The Affair of the Necklace
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| The Affair of the Necklace | |
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 Promotional movie poster for The Affair of the Necklace |
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| Directed by | Charles Shyer |
| Produced by | Charles Shyer |
| Written by | John Sweet |
| Starring | Hilary Swank Adrien Brody |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Ashley Rowe |
| Editing by | David Moritz |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.a |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Affair of the Necklace is a 2001 film directed by Charles Shyer and starring Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, and Joely Richardson.
A lavish costume drama based on a scandal in the final days of the French monarchy, when Queen Marie Antoinette's reputation was trashed by a confidence trickster, who absconded with a lavish diamond necklace which she had purchased using the Queen's name but without her knowledge. See Affair of the diamond necklace for details.
Richardson expressed sympathy with Marie Antoinette's undeserved fate, something which she tried to convey in the film. However, it was a critical failure: "an endless illustrated Harlequin paperback of mawkish backstory and corset-popping purple prose", according to Jessica Winter in The Village Voice, though Richardson's performance was listed among the "incidental pleasures" of the film by Roger Ebert and described as a "sly, commanding performance that reflects a marvelous understanding of this notorious character" by Salon.com.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
[edit] External links
- The Affair of the Necklace at the Internet Movie Database
- The Affair of the Necklace at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Affair of the Necklace at Metacritic
- The Affair of the Necklace at Box Office Mojo
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