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The film's theme song "[[Nothing Has Been Proved]]" was written and produced by [[Pet Shop Boys]] and sung by [[Dusty Springfield]]. |
The film's theme song "[[Nothing Has Been Proved]]" was written and produced by [[Pet Shop Boys]] and sung by [[Dusty Springfield]]. |
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The film was screened out of competition at the [[1989 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/242/year/1989.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Scandal |accessdate=2009-08-04|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> The film's original trailer on UK television commercials |
The film was screened out of competition at the [[1989 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/242/year/1989.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Scandal |accessdate=2009-08-04|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> The film's original trailer on UK television commercials never showed any clips of the film but just a blank screen featuring the word "SCANDAL" in white text, with a voiceover saying "Its a scandal!, keep watching!". Another trailer was featuring clips was subsequently shown, as a follow-on from the original. |
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==Plot summary== |
==Plot summary== |
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An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War |
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his wide range of contacts and his parties she and her friend meet and date members of the [[Conservative Party]. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War comes to public attention. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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| Directed by | Michael Caton-Jones |
| Written by | Michael Thomas |
| Produced by | Stephen Woolley |
| Starring | John Hurt Joanne Whalley Bridget Fonda Ian McKellen |
| Cinematography | Mike Molloy |
| Edited by | Angus Newton |
| Music by | Carl Davis |
Production company | Palace Pictures |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
Release dates | 3 March, 1989 |
Running time | 115 min. (UK) 106 min (US) 111 min (Canada) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $8,800,000 |
Scandal (1989) is a British drama film, a fictionalised account of the Profumo Affair based on 1987 Anthony Summers' book Honeytrap.
Starring Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler and John Hurt as Stephen Ward, personalities at the heart of the affair, the film details the scandal that, in 1963, rocked the government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and may have contributed to the defeat of the ruling Conservative Party at the following year's general election.
The cast also includes Ian McKellen as John Profumo, Britt Ekland as Mariella Novotny, Bridget Fonda as Mandy Rice-Davies, Leslie Phillips as Lord Astor, and Roland Gift as Johnnie Edgecombe.
The film's theme song "Nothing Has Been Proved" was written and produced by Pet Shop Boys and sung by Dusty Springfield.
The film was screened out of competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film's original trailer on UK television commercials never showed any clips of the film but just a blank screen featuring the word "SCANDAL" in white text, with a voiceover saying "Its a scandal!, keep watching!". Another trailer was featuring clips was subsequently shown, as a follow-on from the original.
Plot summary
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his wide range of contacts and his parties she and her friend meet and date members of the [[Conservative Party]. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War comes to public attention.
Cast
- John Hurt - Stephen Ward
- Joanne Whalley - Christine Keeler
- Bridget Fonda - Mandy Rice-Davies
- Ian McKellen - John Profumo
- Leslie Phillips - Lord Astor
- Britt Ekland - Mariella Novotny
- Daniel Massey - Mervyn Griffith-Jones
- Roland Gift - Johnnie Edgecombe
- Jean Alexander - Mrs. Keeler
- Alex Norton - Detective Inspector
- Ronald Fraser - Justice Marshall
- Paul Brooke - John, Detective Sgt.
- Jeroen Krabbé - Eugene Ivanov
- Keith Allen - Kevin, Reporter Sunday Pictorial
- Ralph Brown - Paul Mann
- Iain Cuthbertson - Lord Hailsham
- Johnny Shannon - Peter Rachman
Filming Locations
Part of Scandal was filmed in Bathurst Mews, W2 though Stephen Ward's house was actually in Wimpole Mews, W1. [2]
Reception
At the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Scandal received an overall approval rating of 90%.[3]
It was rated number 1 in the Top 10 Best British Films by the Record Press website in February 2013. [4]
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Scandal". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
- ^ Lurot Brand, Mews News, May 2003. Retrieved on 26 July 2013
- ^ Scandal at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ "This Top 10 Best British Films proves UK made films are the greatest!!".
External links
- Scandal at IMDb
- Scandal at Box Office Mojo
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