Blithe Spirit


10:00 pm - 11:55 pm, Monday, December 22 on Sky Arts (350)

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A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer's block, but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife. That leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current spouse of five years. Director Edward Hall's take on the Noel Coward comedy, starring Isla Fisher, Dan Stevens and Leslie Mann


2020 HD subtitles 16x9 audio-description
Comedy Fantasy Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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Isla Fisher (Actor) .. Ruth Condomine
Dan Stevens (Actor) .. Charles Condomine
Leslie Mann (Actor) .. Elvira Condomine
Judi Dench (Actor) .. Madame Arcati
Edward Hall (Director)

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Isla Fisher (Actor) .. Ruth Condomine
Born: February 03, 1976 in Muscat, Oman
Best Known For: Home and Away, and a string of Hollywood movies.
Early-life: Isla Lang Fisher was born in Muscat, Oman, on February 3, 1976. Her parents are Scottish but they were living in Oman at the time of her birth. In her early years, her family moved to Bathgate, Scotland, and when she was six, they relocated to Perth, Western Australia. From a young age, she appeared in commercials on Australian TV and went on to win roles in children's shows Bay City and Paradise Beach.
Career: Isla's big break came in 1994 when she landed the role of Shannon Reed on Home and Away. After leaving the show in 1997, she enrolled at L'Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq, a theatre and arts training school in Paris. She also exploited the fame she achieved on Home and Away by appearing in pantomime in the UK. In 2002, she played Shaggy's love interest on the big screen in Scooby-Doo (2002). Since then she has appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including I Heart Huckabees (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Bachelorette (2012), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Now You See Me (2013). On the small screen, she had a recurring role in the fourth season of Arrested Development.
Quote: "I love the power women have. I think women rule the world because they rule men."
Trivia: At the age of 18, she published two teen novels, Bewitched and Seduced by Fame. Wed actor Sacha Baron Cohen in 2010. They have two daughters, Olive and Elula.
Dan Stevens (Actor) .. Charles Condomine
Born: October 10, 1982 in Croydon, London
Best Known For: Playing Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey.
Early-life: Daniel Jonathan Stevens was born on October 10, 1982 in Croydon, London. He was adopted at birth by two teachers and grew up in Wales and southeast England. Dan discovered his love of acting while studying at Tonbridge School and began training over the summer holidays at the National Youth Theatre. He studied English Literate at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, where he was part of the Marlowe Society and Footlights. He played the titular role in a Marlowe Society production of Macbeth, where he caught the attention of director Peter Hall.
Career: Stevens' professional acting career started in 2004, when he played Orlando in Peter Hall's touring production of As You Like It. Following a number of theatre roles, Stevens landed the lead part in the BBC adaptation of The Line of Beauty. His biggest break came when he was cast as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. He left the show after its third season so that he could star in The Guest (2014). Since then, he has played the lead role in the TV series Legion and played the Beast in the live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017).
Quote: "I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can."
Trivia: He was a judge for the Man Booker Prize for Literature in 2012 and had to read 148 novels in eight months.
Leslie Mann (Actor) .. Elvira Condomine
Born: March 26, 1972 in Los Angeles
Best Known For: Knocked Up and This is 40.
Early-life: Leslie was born in Los Angeles on March 26, 1972 and grew up in Newport Beach. She went on to study acting at the Joanne Baron/DW Brown Acting Studio and with the comedy improv troupe The Groundlings. In her late teens, she began appearing in TV commercials.
Career: In 2004, Mann played a nurse in short-lived medical drama Birdland and a year later she was chosen from an open audition of 500 candidates to star in The Cable Guy (1996). Since then she has starred in a number of big-screen comedies, including George of the Jungle (1997), Big Daddy (1999), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), 17 Again (2009) and This Is 40 (2012). A number of her films have been directed by her husband, Judd Apatow. Her recent credits include The Bling Ring (2013), Mr Peabody & Sherman (2014) and The Other Woman (2014).
Quote: "I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are."
Trivia: She is a supporter of 826LA, a Los Angles-based organisation dedicated to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
Judi Dench (Actor) .. Madame Arcati
Born: December 09, 1934 in York
Best Known For: Her Bond film appearances.
Early-life: Judith Olivia Dench was born on December 9, 1934, in York, the daughter of a doctor and his Irish wife. She attended Mount School, a Quaker institution, alongside author AS Byatt. She made her stage debut there - as a snail. Originally intending to be an artist, the experience changed her mind. She was also inspired by backstage visits to York Theatre Royal, where her father was the company's GP. She followed older brother Jeffrey to the Central School Of Speech And Drama.
Career: Dench made her professional debut with the Old Vic Company before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961, and has frequently worked on stage ever since. She became a household name in the 1980s thanks to sitcom A Fine Romance, for which she won a Bafta. She's also won the award for Four in the Morning, Talking to a Stranger, Iris, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Shakespeare In Love (for which she picked up an Oscar too), A Handful of Dust, Mrs Brown and A Room With a View. Other notable productions include Chocolat, Notes on a Scandal, J Edgar, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its sequel, and several Bond movies, including Skyfall, in which she bowed out as M.
Quote: "I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed. That's why I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again."
Trivia: She became a Dame of the British Empire in 1988.
Edward Hall (Director)

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