Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)

Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial)

Infobox Film
name =Vanity Fair


caption =
director = Marc Munden
producer =
writer = William Makepeace Thackeray (novel)
Andrew Davies
starring = Natasha Little
Frances Grey
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = BBC
released = 1 November, 1998
runtime = 300 min.
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
imdb_id = 0159090

William Makepeace Thackeray's novel "Vanity Fair" (1847 - 1848) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. This BBC television drama serial adaptation was broadcast in 1998. It also has a screenplay by Andrew Davies.

Plot summary

For a full length summary of the book see: "Vanity Fair" plot summary.

Awards

"Winner":
*1999: "Television and Radio Industries Club Awards" - BBC Programme of the Year
*1999: "Banff Television Festival" - Special Jury Prize
*1999: "Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming" - Best TV Series and Serials, Best Actress (Natasha Little), Screenplay

"Nominated":
*1999: "British Academy of Film and Television Arts" - Best Drama Serial, Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Original Music, Best Photography

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400EED91039F931A15753C1A96F958260 Review] - "New York Times"
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/vanityfair.shtml Review]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/vanity-fair-film-4 Review]

Trivia

Natasha Little has also starred in the Reese Witherspoon adaptation of Vanity Fair. Not as Becky Sharp, but instead as her kindly sister-in-law Lady Jane Sheepshanks.


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