Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | |
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Directed by | James Ivory |
Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Starring | Peggy Ashcroft Larry Pine Saeed Jaffrey Victor Banerjee Aparna Sen |
Music by | Vic Flick |
Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
Editing by | Melvyn Bragg Humphrey Dixon |
Distributed by | Contemporary Films Ltd. (1979 UK, theatrical) Criterion Collection (DVD) |
Release date(s) | 1978 (TV premiere) |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Language | English |
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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions (written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant) set in India, starring UK great stage actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft.
[edit] Plot synopsis
A group of people descend upon a palace in order to steal a collection of valuable paintings. The group includes Lady Gee (Peggy Ashcroft), a museum curator, the Maharaja (Victor Banerjee) , his sister Bonnie, (Aparna Sen) who wants to sell the paintings to Sotheby's, and a few others.