"Gosford Park"
I think that "Gosford Park" ranks with some of director
Robert Altman's best work, including "M*A*S*H," "Nashville,"
and "The Player." Maggie Smith, Emily Watson, Alan Bates,
Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Derek Jacobi, and Kristin Scott Thomas are
among the members of the large all-star ensemble cast. Set in 1932,
the movie is about a gathering of a dozen aristocrats and their servants
for a pheasant hunt at a fancy English country estate called Gosford
Park, where someone is murdered. The film has aspects of an Agatha
Christie mystery, but what I like best about the movie is that it's
a closely observed study of a fascinating social milieu, both above
and below stairs. |
