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De-lovely - Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Natalie Cole, Irwin Winkler

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Movie propaganda

A love that would never die and music that would live forever.

De-lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter (Kevin Kline), filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action on-stage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits like Anything goes, It's de-lovely and Night and day, Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter (Ashley Judd).

Persons of interest

Kevin Kline .... Cole Porter
Ashley Judd .... Linda Porter
Jonathan Pryce .... Gabe
Kevin McNally .... Gerald Murphy
Sandra Nelson .... Sara Murphy
Allan Corduner .... Monty Woolley
Peter Polycarpou .... Louis B Mayer
Keith Allen .... Irving Berlin
James Wilby .... Edward Thomas
Kevin McKidd .... Bobby Reed
Richard Dillane .... Bill Wrather
Edward Baker-Duly .... Boris Kochno
Angie Hill .... Ellin Berlin
Harry Ditson .... Dr Moorhead
Tayler Hamilton .... Honoria Murphy
Lexie Peel .... Patrick Murphy
Greg Sheffield .... Boath Murphy
Peter Jessop .... Diaghilev
Jeff Harding .... Cody
Susannah Fellows .... Mrs LB Mayer
Caroline O'Connor .... Ethel Merman
Robbie Williams .... Wedding singer
Jay Cocks .... Screenwriter
Irwin Winkler .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

De-lovely official movie site
De-lovely QuickTime movie trailers

Awards and film festivals:

American Cinema Editors, USA 2005: Nominated: Eddie: Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical (Julie Monroe)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005: Nominated: Best Soundtrack
Cannes Film Festival 2004: Out of competition
Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2004: Nominated: Worst film, Best non-heterosexual character (Cole Porter - Kevin Kline)
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005: Nominated: Excellence for Costume Design for Film - Period/Fantasy (Janty Yates)
Recording Academy (Grammys) 2005: Nominated: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Peter Asher, Stephen Endelman)
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2004: Nominated: Best Performance By An Actress - Musical Or Comedy (Ashley Judd), Best Performance By An Actor - Musical Or Comedy (Kevin Kline)
International Press Academy Golden Satellite Awards 2004: Won: Art Direction and Production Design (John Hill); Nominated: Actor In A Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical (Kevin Kline), Costume Design (Janty Yates)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2005: Nominated: Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing in Feature Film: Musical
São Paulo International Film Festival 2004: International perspective

Studios and distributors:

United Artists * 20th Century Fox

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

My god, despite having one of the world's best original soundtrack, Irwin Winkler's biography of Cole Porter is boring! Boring! Boring! Boring! De-lovely has none of the vivacious sparkle of Cole's music. Anything goes, It's de-lovely, Let's misbehave... even though they appear in the film they are presented the way they would be on the TV news if Cole Porter had died today. Oy.