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After a lukewarm reception to their latest opera, Gilbert and Sullivan overcome creative differences by drawing inspiration from Japanese culture to create The Mikado.
Why watch: Mike Leigh recreates the making of The Mikado. Two Oscars for design.
Cast
Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert
Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan
Timothy Spall as Richard Temple (The Mikado)
Lesley Manville as Lucy Gilbert
Ron Cook as Richard D'Oyly Carte
Wendy Nottingham as Helen Lenoir
Kevin McKidd as Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
Shirley Henderson as Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum)
Dorothy Atkinson as Jessie Bond
Martin Savage as George Grossmith
Eleanor David as Fanny Ronalds
Sam Kelly as Richard Barker
Andy Serkis as John D'Auban
Charles Simon as Gilbert's Father
Vincent Franklin as Rutland Barrington
Crew
Mike Leigh — Director
Mike Leigh — Writer
Simon Channing Williams — Producer
Nina Gold — Casting
Dick Pope — Director of Photography
Robin Sales — Editor
Eve Stewart — Production Design
Helen Scott — Art Direction
Lindy Hemming — Costume Design
Carl Davis — Original Music Composer
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