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Released 22 years ago.
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"A love that would never die and music that would live forever."
2004 2h 5m EN
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6.6
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★6.1TMDB · 152🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 11,992
DramaMusic
Synopsis
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From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.
“A love that would never die and music that would live forever.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Kevin Kline
Cole Porter
Ashley Judd
Linda Porter
Jonathan Pryce
Gabriel
Kevin McNally
Gerald Murphy
Sandra Nelson
Sarah Murphy
Allan Corduner
Monty Woolley
Peter Polycarpou
Louis B. Mayer
Keith Allen
Irving Berlin
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Irwin Winkler
- Writers
- Jay Cocks
- Languages
- Italian, French, English
- Countries
- United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, French, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Irwin Winkler, shot by Tony Pierce-Roberts. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Julie Monroe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd and Jonathan Pryce carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A love that would never die and music that would live forever.".
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IMDB entry: tt0352277 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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The take
Irwin Winkler directs. Tony Pierce-Roberts behind the camera. Julie Monroe cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Italian, French, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 22 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, French, English.
- 3Directed by Irwin Winkler, shot by Tony Pierce-Roberts. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Julie Monroe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd and Jonathan Pryce carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "A love that would never die and music that would live forever.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0352277 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 15 themes, including "composer", "blackmail", "musical", "biography".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Editing
- Julie Monroe
- Production design
- Eve Stewart
- Costume design
- Janty Yates
- Makeup / hair
- Felicity Bowring
- Runtime
- 125 min · 2h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $18,400,000
- Return
- 123% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
- IMDB
- De-Lovely (2004)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 49% 🥫 Rotten
- Metacritic
- 53/100
- IMDB rating
- 6.6/10 · 11,992 votes
- MPAA
- PG-13
Awards
2 wins & 13 nominations
Also by
Irwin Winkler
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
United Artists
US
Winkler Films
US
Key crew
- ProducerCharles Winkler
- ProducerIrwin Winkler
- Script SupervisorLibbie Barr
- Makeup ArtistFelicity Bowring
- HairstylistBeth Miller
- EditorJulie Monroe
- Costume SupervisorClare Spragge
- Art DirectionJohn Hill
- CastingNina Gold
- ChoreographerFrancesca Jaynes
- ProducerRob Cowan
- Costume DesignJanty Yates
- Production DesignEve Stewart
- Assistant Art DirectorAndrew Grant
- Set DecorationJohn Bush
- LyricistCole Porter
- SongsCole Porter
- "B" Camera OperatorNic Milner
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- composer
- blackmail
- musical
- biography
- hollywood
- songwriter
- bisexual man
- broadway star
- 1920s
- 1940s
- 1930s
- american music
- showtunes
- cole porter
- american musician
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2004-07-02PG-13
Also known as
International titles
- Just One of Those ThingsUS
