Emily Mortimer
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- DictionaryBright young thing
noun
- 1. an enthusiastic, ambitious, and self-consciously fashionable young person, a term originally applied in the 1920s to a member of a young fashionable set noted for exuberant and outrageous behaviour: "his mansion in Los Angeles was a magnet for the bright young things of Hollywood"
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Bright Young Things is a 2003 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Fry. The screenplay, based on the 1930 novel Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, provides satirical social commentary about the Bright Young People —young and carefree London aristocrats and bohemians—as well as society in general, in the interwar era .
- $2.7 million
- Stephen Fry
- Gina Carter, Miranda Davis
- Anne Dudley
The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, was a term given by the tabloid press to a group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. They threw flamboyant fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used illicit drugs — all of which was enthusiastically ...
ImageNameHarold Acton (1904–1994)Books: Bright Young People: The Lost ...William Acton (1906–1945)Books: Brian Howard: Portrait of a ...Kathleen Adam Smith (1900–1941) [10]Newspaper articles: Bright Young People ...John Amery (1912–1945)Books: Bright Young People: The Lost ...Oct 3, 2003 · Bright Young Things: Directed by Stephen Fry. With Simon McBurney, Michael Sheen, Emily Mortimer, James McAvoy. An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Stephen Fry
- 2003-10-03
one of the exhausted young things sighs late one night. The story takes place in London and English country houses between the two wars, and, like Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time, occupies the intersection of the aristocratic, the rich, the ambitious, the decadent, the fraudulent and the bohemian.
Movie Info. During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam...
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- Stephen Fry
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- Emily Mortimer
Summaries. An adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s. A fool and his money. In the 1930s, Adam Fenwick-Symes (Stephen Campbell Moore) is part of the English idle class, wanting to marry the flighty Nina ...
Q / A. Plot: What's the story about? A group of young geniuses are drawn together by a mysterious advertisement, then suspiciously abandoned on an island, where they scramble to sort out their collective fate. Comedy Foreign. 4.67 / 5 stars ( 3 users) Poll: Will you see Bright Young Things? Will See 1. Won't See 3.
