GOSFORD PARK (2001) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Robert Altman

Written by - Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, Julian Fellowes

Starring - Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Philippe, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson

"A group of moneyed people arrives at a household for a weekend shooting party. Never tied fully to a conventional genre, rather flirting with period drama, comedy and thrillers much like the work of Agatha Christie and Renoir’s Rules of the Game from which this film freely draws inspitarion, Altman once again explores the drama and comedy of intertwining storylines in this period piece with a good screenplay that looks at interesting aspects like the relations between the upper class and their servants and the bitterness among the wealthy people. It also features a quality star studded cast."

Period Drama, UK/USA/Italy