Gosford Park

"Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight."

2001 2h 17m EN

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6.8

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87%

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7.2

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★6.8TMDB · 1,299🍅87%Rotten Tomatoes●90Metacritic★7.2IMDB · 100,528

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Synopsis

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In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

“Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight.”

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Cast

Maggie Smith
Constance Trentham
Michael Gambon
William McCordle
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sylvia McCordle
Camilla Rutherford
Isobel McCordle
Charles Dance
Raymond Stockbridge
Geraldine Somerville
Louisa Stockbridge
Tom Hollander
Anthony Meredith
Natasha Wightman
Lavinia Meredith

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Altman
Writers: Julian Fellowes
Languages: English
Countries: Italy, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Italy, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Altman, shot by Andrew Dunn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tim Squyres shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon and Kristin Scott Thomas carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Altman directs. Andrew Dunn behind the camera. Patrick Doyle scores. Tim Squyres cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Italy, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3International production across 2 countries: Italy, United States of America.
4Directed by Robert Altman, shot by Andrew Dunn. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Tim Squyres shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon and Kristin Scott Thomas carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Tea at four. Dinner at eight. Murder at midnight.".
9IMDB entry: tt0280707 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 21 themes, including "england", "servant", "butler", "lordship".

The technical file

Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
Original score: Patrick Doyle
Editing: Tim Squyres
Production design: Stephen Altman
Costume design: Jenny Beavan
Makeup / hair: Sallie Jaye
Sound: Robin O'Donoghue
Runtime: 137 min · 2h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $19,800,000
Box office: $87,754,044
Return: 443% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Gosford Park (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes: 87% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 90/100
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 · 100,528 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 36 wins & 74 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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sykobanana2020-05-16
★ 6/10
6/10 Good acting and a solid plot for a murder mystery, but has at least 20-30 minutes of scenes that could have been trimmed, esp as it takes 90min for the murder to occur. I had figured out the key points and was falling asleep at the end...I'm still tired now, writing this.
CinemaSerf2023-08-07
★ 7/10
I remember watching this and thinking it reminded me of a very exclusive game of Cleudo! The great and the (not so) good assemble at the stately home of "Sir William McCordle" (Sir Michael Gambon). Now what becomes clear as this gathering gets steadily more sloshed and satiated is that their host has been subsidising many of these high-class scroungers for quite a while and some have become a bit more dependent than others. What might they do to secure a share of his loot? Might they even slay the fatted calf himself? Well that's the mystery part that Julian Fellowes and an on-form Robert Altman deliver in this quite quirkily crafted upstairs/downstairs whodunit that swipes at just about everyone from all levels of the social scale using cruelty, lust and loads of dark, often sarcastic, humour in the process. Ryan Philippe is the obvious fish out of water amongst their glittering array of Knights and Dames, but he brings a freshness to his rather odious character ("Denton") and in many ways provides a good foil to the otherwise rather well trammelled plot portrayal of the landed vacuous and the well meaning; the pompous and the selfish. It is well written and well paced after a bit of a slow start that serves to introduce just one too many a character all at once. Kristin Scott Thomas is a natural for these sort of parts; Stephen Fry delivers effectively as the policeman "Thompson" and, of course, Dame Maggie Smith is another who takes to these roles like the proverbial duck to water. Now it is a bit long, but when juggling so many characters, potential red herrings, character assassinations and general mischief then I think this is probably about the shortest it could be. It sustains the momentum once it's got up an head of steam, looks splendid and is comfortably amongst the best of the period drama genre - without, thankfully, a sign of Jane Austen!