Marie Antoinette (2006)

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Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Oct 20, 2006
Running Time: 123 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Sofia Coppola
synopsis
When betrothed to King Louis XVI, the naïve and beautiful, Austrian-born Marie Antoinette enters the opulent French court, which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal. Without guidance, adrift in a dangerous world, the young girl rebels against the isolated atmosphere of Versailles and becomes France's most misunderstood monarch. Stripped of her riches and finery, imprisoned, and ultimately beheaded by her own subjects, the Queen of France became a toxic symbol for the wanton extravagance of the 18th century monarchy that incited the French Revolution.
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rating  PETER TRAVERS - October 20, 2006
With one critic calling it "frippery" and the Internet buzz saying it's only "for girls and gays," Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette makes it challenging for a guy to do her a solid. But here goes. In adapting Lady Antonia Fraser's biography of the eighteenth-century queen, writer-director Coppola threw out a lot of things, including the politics, most of the French Revolution and Marie's beheading after dismissing the starving peasants with "Let them eat cake," a line she never utters in this… Continued
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One part lavishand revisionisthistory of one of France's most reviled monarchs, one part ode to classic teen-girl-alienation of the John Hughes variety, Marie Antoinette is a surprisingly sumptuous slice of cinematic cake.

Story

The film follows the journey of the title character (Kirsten Dunst), the winsome, sweet-natured teenage archduchess of Austria, who is dispatched by her family in the late 1700s into a politically advantageous marriage to Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the future king of… Continued

cast + crew
Sofia Coppola
Director
Kirsten Dunst
Marie Antoinette
Jason Schwartzman
Louis XVI
Asia Argento
Madame Du Barry
Rip Torn
Louis XV
Molly Shannon
Aunt Victoire
Judy Davis
La Comtesse de Noailles
Steve Coogan
Ambassador Mercy
Marianne Faithfull
Empress Maria Teresa
Shirley Henderson
Aunt Sophie
Aurore Clement
Duchesse de Char
Sofia Coppola
Screenplay
Antonia Fraser
Source Material
Sofia Coppola
Producer
Ross Katz
Producer
Fred Roos
Executive Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Paul Rassam
Executive Producer
Callum Greene
Co-Producer

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