John Ruskin是英国维多利亚时代的艺术家、诗人、建筑师、思想家,还扶持培养了一批年轻艺术家,不过成为社会新闻的却是他与Effie Gray的婚姻,两人结婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻,理由是两人“从未真正成为夫妻”,这桩官司成为一时谈资。John Ruskin承认两人从没上过床,但为自己辩护说妻子的“某种状况”破坏了他的激情。Effie Gray离婚后,嫁给了受John Ruskin重视提拔的画家John Everett Millais。据艾玛·汤普森说,这部新片将从两人的新婚之夜开始,通过John Ruskin的经历和性格来解开这个谜团。
2011.08.17.达科塔取代西尔莎成为《Effie》女主角.
Dakota Fanning replacing Saoirse Ronan in Emma Thompson's 'Effie'
August 16
Source: Deadline
Just last November, one Casting Tidbits update revealed The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan landed the title role in Effie, a biopic about Effie Gray, the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, who became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle. Now Deadline reports Dakota Fanning will star in the period drama from writer/actres****a Thompson which chronicles the strange romance, or lack thereof, between Gray and Ruskin. Despite her beauty, Ruskin was said to be disgusted with Gray's body, did not consummate the marriage and annulled it, allowing her to marry Ruskin's protégé John Everett Millais.Though Orlando Bloom was once attached to play Millais, apparently Tom Sturridge (Pirate Radio) has stepped into the role. In addition, Thompson will also star in the film as Lady Eastlake, who takes Effie under her wing when it becomes clear the union was destroying the young woman. Her husbandGreg Wise (Johnny English) will play Ruskin while Julie Walters (Harry Potter franchise) and Derek Jacobi (The King's Speech) will play his parents. Finally, Edward Fox (Gandhi) is in talks to play Eastlake's husband Sir Charles a man who was not only fed up with Ruskin and his radical ideas, but also the main patron of the Royal Academy which held sway over what constituted fine art.
Richard Laxton (An Englishman in New York) is directing the film which begins shooting in Scotland on October 17th with shooting to follow in London and Venice as well. The cast has been shuffled on this project for awhile with Carey Mulligan once attached to the title role as well, but a copyright infringement claim held up the film, which resulted in scheduling conflicts for the previously attached cast members. Producer Don Rosenfeld says, "It’****a Thompson’s first original script after doing several fine adaptations, and it gets to the heart of Victorian England." Though this sounds a bit more along the lines of her work on Sense and Sensibility as opposed to Nanny McPhee, her work on the page should make for a great British drama down the road.。取材于江静波的小说《师姐》。 抗日战争时期,上海某大学搬迁到南方某县城。物理系一对学生李涛和容秀枝真诚相爱。与此同时,秀枝的同舍好友丽英也爱上了李涛,使李涛不知如何是好。容秀枝3岁丧父,14岁丧母,由其远房伯父养大,后因伯父生意亏本,把她卖给萨家抵债,遭到萨继祖奸污,这一不幸遭遇在秀枝心灵上留下了深深的创伤。秀枝早想把这一切告诉李涛,但发现自己已怀孕,而这时,萨继祖也逼她离校回家,这使她异常痛苦。离校时,她请求丽英好好照顾李涛。从此,丽英对李涛更加柔情蜜意。毕业前夕,丽英自作主张请颇有权势的父亲来校主持她和李涛的婚事。李涛十分吃惊,在表叔陈主任的帮助下,藏了起来。日本投降后,李涛留校任教。一天,李涛接到家信,说母亲病危,要他回去完婚。回家途中,李涛无意中碰到丽英,这时丽英已经结婚,丈夫是少校副官。丽英告诉李涛,秀枝就在这镇上教书,萨继祖在一次车祸中丧...。地球,还是这个地球。美利坚,也依然叫做美利坚。可眼前“这个”世界,却似乎总有点古怪。撒谎是啥玩意?没听过!骗人是什么意思?没概念!无论是政客还是广告商,无论是觥筹交错的客套名流还是街头的男男女女,在“这个”世界都有一个共同点:直来直去。人与人之间总是坦诚相待,任何人都不会掩饰自己内心的想法,欺骗根本就不存在,就算安慰别人的善意谎言也压根没有,“这个”世界的人类甚至于从来就没有想到过还有骗人这档子事。
在这个只有真实的世界里,有一个名叫马克(瑞奇·贾维斯)的倒霉蛋。这个其貌不扬的家伙成日庸庸碌碌,据没一点同情心且只会说大实话的同事反映:老板(罗伯·洛伊)恨他,助理(蒂娜·菲)讨厌他,连过往的路人甲乙丙丁都对他没啥好脸色。好不容易碰到梦中情人珍妮弗(珍妮弗·加纳)吧,用脚趾头也想得到,人家好端端一只天鹅断看不上他这个体重超标的癞蛤蟆。看来,万念俱灰的马克除了混吃等死之外估计也没别的出路了。
可据说老天爷关了一扇门,总会给你打开一扇窗,不知不觉中,狗屎运终于轮到了马克身上。偶然某次去银行取钱的时候,不知是灵感突发还是神经通窍,账户里本来只有三百大洋的马克,居然破天荒说出了史上第一句胡话:“我账户里有八百块。”毫无怀疑,银行出纳乖乖支付了八百美金,还为工作上的“失误”连连道歉。得意洋洋走出银行,马克突然发现世界格外阳光灿烂。从此,一个接着一个的谎言脱口而出,马克毫不费力就成了衣食无忧、钱财地位齐全的社会名流,美女争相投怀送抱不说,他胡诌乱造的段子居然还被信徒顶礼膜拜。但是,千谎百计总难自圆其说,没撒一个谎就必须用更多更大的谎言去填补,当全世界都等待着他发号施令,完美的肥皂泡似乎也渐渐有了失控的前兆。不过,真正令马克头疼的还不是这些,他最纠结的反而是面对心仪的珍妮弗,任何谎言都变得无所适从……。