Keira Knightley and

The Duchess premiered at London’s Leicester Square last night with the lead role being played by Keira Knightley who attended the event. By all accounts this is an Ocscar tipped Film and for those that are fans of period dramas, this looks to be a quality number.

Keira Knightley “The Duchess” photo by IMafanofstuff13

The Duchess – Trailer #1 TRUE-HD

Film Info:

The Duchess is a forthcoming film based on Amanda Foreman’s biography of the scandalous, 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It is scheduled for release in September 2008. Originally to be directed by Susanne Bier, The Duchess was directed by Saul Dibb.

Plot
Set at the end of the eighteenth century, The Duchess is the story of the beautiful and, glamorous Georgiana Spencer, the most fascinating woman of the age. While her beauty and charisma made her name, her extravagant tastes and appetite for gambling and love made her infamous. Married young to the older, distant Duke of Devonshire, intimate of ministers and princes, Georgiana became a fashion icon, a doting mother, a shrewd political operator and darling of the common people. But at the core of her story is a desperate search for love. From Georgiana’s passionate and doomed affair with Earl Grey to the complex ménage à trois with her husband and her best friend, Lady Bess Foster, The Duchess is a very contemporary tale of fame, notoriety and the search for love. (Her love child with Lord Grey was Eliza Courtney). 

Film Information courtesy The Duchess article at Wikipedia

The Duchess – World Premiere courtesy Elizabeth Toni at You Tube

Latest Keira Knightley and The Duchess News;

Keira Knightley Plays Diana’s Sensuous Ancestor in `Duchess’
Bloomberg 
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) — An English aristocrat in her teens marries a middle-aged blue-blood who loves someone else. Sound familiar? It’s supposed to. …

Stars turn out for Duchess premiere
The Press Association 
The stars of Oscar-tipped The Duchess were in London on Wednesday for the film’s premiere. Leading lady Keira Knightley casually chatted and signed …

Noble passions and posh froth
Financial Times, UK  By Martin Hoyle “Banality of banalities, all is banality,” saith the critic emerging from The Duchess as he hums the locations, wigs and furniture. …

Knightley stars at Duchess launch
BBC News, UK 
Actress Keira Knightley has graced the red carpet in London’s Leicester Square for the world premiere of her latest costume drama The Duchess. …

Keira Knightley’s Oscar fears
China Daily, China ‘The Duchess’ actress, who has been tipped for Academy Award glory next year for her role in the period drama, is terrified at the thought of accepting the …

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