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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.
Sep 10, 2004 · Simon has a crisis when his friends discover his double-dealing, and he is uninvited to a crucial party; he implores his friend Adam to cover for him, Adam produces a sensational (if libelous) scoop, and Lord Monomark (who likes to print tonight and call the lawyers in the morning) gives him the Chatterbox column.
Agatha has a breakdown and is committed. Miles (Michael Sheen) is forced to flee the country to avoid prosecution when letters to his male lover are discovered. Simon (James McAvoy) commits suicide when he loses his job as paparazzo.
May 16, 2003 · 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 Fenwick-Symes (Stephen...
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In the 1930s, a social set known to the press – who follow their every move – as the “Bright Young Things” are Adam and his friends who are eccentric, wild and entirely shocking to the older generation.
Sep 9, 2003 · By Derek Elley. A glittering cast of known and unknown thesps have a ball in “Bright Young Things,” a slick, no-nonsense adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel “Vile Bodies,” which sardonically...
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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.
