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Bright star - Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Jane Campion

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Movie propaganda

Bright star tells the story of John Keats the great romantic poet through the eyes of his love and inspiration - Fanny Brawn. Inspired by the actual love letters between the couple and Keats' sublime poetry, Bright star will reveal a great untold love story from the heart of one of literature's most loved and tragic figures.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film John Keats biography Romantic poet romance poetry love Fanny Brawne family marriage period

Persons of interest

Thomas Sangster .... Samuel Brawne
Abbie Cornish .... Fanny Brawne
Ben Whishaw .... John Keats
Paul Schneider .... Charles Armitage Brown
Kerry Fox .... Mrs Brawne
Samuel Barnett .... Joseph Severn
Roger Ashton-Griffiths .... Shop Keeper
Samuel Roukin .... John Reynolds
Antonia Campbell-Hughes .... Abigail O'Donaghue
Sebastian Armesto .... Mr Haslam
Olly Alexander .... Tom Keats
Adrian Schiller .... Mr Thompson
Alfred Harmsworth .... Charles Dilke Jr
Jonathan Aris .... Leigh Hunt
Joyia Fitch .... Dilke Maid
Will Garthwaite .... Human Orchestra
Edie Martin .... Margaret 'Toots' Brawne
Jane Campion .... Screenwriter
Jane Campion .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2010: Nominated: Costume design
Australian Film Institute (AFI) 2010: Won: Best cinematography (Greig Fraser), Best production design, Best costume design (Janet Patterson); Nominated: Best film (Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt), Best direction (Jane Campion), Best original screenplay (Jane Campion), Best lead actress (Abbie Cornish), Best supporting actress (Kerry Fox), Members' choice award (Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt), Best editing (Alexandre de Franceschi ASE), Best original music score (Mark Bradshaw)
if Awards: Nominated: Best sound (John Dennison, Tony Vaccher, Craig Butters), Best editing (Alexandre De Franceschi), Best cinematography (Greig Fraser), Best production design (Janet Patterson)

See also The edge of love
Studios and distributors:

Hopscotch Films

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Theatrical report

Hoo boy. You have to like period dramas to like this film. Think Jane Austen. You also have to like John Keats' poetry. Think Ode on a Grecian urn. Whatever. You also have to like unrequited love. Not a fan. What I did like in this film is the cinematography. There are images and colours that made me fall in love with the English countryside all over again. Don't get me wrong, I love a sunburnt country, but so much of English culture is predicated on the English countryside: rolling green hills, leafy forests, wild flowers, the inevitable turn of the seasons, nothing to kill you but a bit of bad weather.

Ben Whishaw is the perfect romantic hero (let alone Romantic poet): you'll fall in love with him in the first three seconds. He also played the uber-camp Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead revisited. Talk about versatility.

If you like old-time manners and romance you'll adore Bright star. You're also probably a chick or an aging professor of English literature.

The John Keats biography movie Bright star is directed by Jane Campion and stars Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox.