Marie Antoinette (2006)

Director:

Sofia Coppola

Writer (WGA):

Sofia Coppola (written by)

Release Date:

20 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History

Tagline:

Let Them Eat Cake

Plot:

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Plot Keywords:

Bathtub | Austria | 18th Century | Giving Birth | Shoes

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Kirsten Dunst	...	Marie Antoinette
Jason Schwartzman	...	Louis XVI
Judy Davis	...	Comtesse de Noailles
Rip Torn	...	Louis XV
Rose Byrne	...	Duchesse de Polignac
Asia Argento	...	Comtesse du Barry
Molly Shannon	...	Aunt Victoire
Shirley Henderson	...	Aunt Sophie
Danny Huston	...	Emperor Joseph
Marianne Faithfull	...	Maria Teresa
Mary Nighy	...	Princesse Lamballe
Sebastian Armesto	...	Comte de Provence
Jamie Dornan	...	Count Fersen
Aurore Clément	...	Duchesse de Char
Guillaume Gallienne	...	Vergennes

Also Known As:

Marie Antoinette (France)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

Japan | France | USA

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

UK:12A | Peru:PT | Canada:G (Québec) | Philippines:R-13 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Taiwan:PG-12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:S | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | France:U | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:AL | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:14 | Germany:o.Al. | Italy:T | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Chateau de Millemont, Millemont, Yvelines, France

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Sofia Coppola had Spanish footwear designer Manolo Blahnik create hundreds of specially made shoes for the film.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Kirsten Dunst's contact lenses can be seen multiple times during close-ups.

Quotes:

Ambassador Mercy: How pretty Madame Royale is today.
Marie Therese - 6 years: I am pleased you find me so.

Movie Connections:

References All That Jazz (1979)

Soundtrack:

Aphrodisiac

The Film Marie Antoinette Would Have Made About Herself

This film is so vacuous and self-indulgent, the friend who accompanied me to the screening remarked that this is exactly the film Marie-Antoinette would have made about herself.

Sofia Coppola's own life of privilege is so transparently on screen in every frame here, I don't know why she just didn't turn a camera on her rich, bored, indulged movie-making friends.

Like many people who enjoyed "Lost In Translation," I was looking forward to this. The fact that Judy Davis, my favorite living actress, is in it helped. But what a waste.

I guess Judy needs to work like everyone else, and this is the kind of high profile project that keeps her profile high among the Tinseltown movers and shakers who won't be honest with Sofia Coppola about what a turkey she's made.

All the PR guff about the costumes and the production design made on a limited budget. If you want to see beautiful images in a movie which cost a buck ninety-nine, rent Sally Potter's "Orlando." Each image is like a tableau in that film.

But don't waste your money on this one.