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The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Saul Dibb, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas Jensen, based on the 1998 book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, about the late 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. She was a distant relation of Diana, Princess of Wales, from whom the quote "There were three people in her…
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In a similar vein to how John Wayne is synonymous with Westerns, Keira Knightley has built her reputation by starring in period pieces. She appears to play these roles with the ease that might elude other, less talented or fortunate actors. Knightley's talent can be observed even in playing the larger-than-life real personality that is the protagonist of *The Duchess*, a 2008 biopic directed by Saul Dibb. In the fil…More
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The Duchess profiles the life of Georgina Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire. The Duchess was a politically active outspoken aristocrat in eighteenth century England. She was ahead of her time in many ways to include her politics, her sense of fashion and her dalliances. The Duchess (Keira Knightly) marries the Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes) two days before her seventeenth birthday. The Duke has a ferocious ap…More
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