The V. I. P. s
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Directed by	Anthony Asquith
Produced by	Anatole de Grunwald
Written by	Terence Rattigan
Starring	Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor Louis Jourdan Maggie Smith Orson Welles Rod Taylor Elsa Martinelli Margaret Rutherford
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography	Jack Hildyard
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release date(s)	1963
Running time	119 min
IMDb profile

The V. The Honourable Anthony Asquith ( November 9, 1902 – February 20, 1968) was a respected English Film director. Anatole de Grunwald ( 25 December, 1910 – 13 January, 1967) was a British Film producer and Screenwriter. Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan ( June 10 1911 – November 30 1977) was one of England 's most popular 20th century Dramatists Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress This article is about the French actor for the Musician see Louis Jordan. Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born December 28 1934) better known as Maggie Smith, is a British Film, stage George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Rodney Sturt Taylor (born January 11, 1930) is an Australian -born Film and Television Actor. Elsa Martinelli, born Elsa Tia, on August 3, 1932 or 13 January 1935, according to different sources, in Grosseto, Dame Margaret Rutherford DBE ( May 11, 1892 &ndash May 22, 1972) was an Academy Award -winning English Miklós Rózsa (ˈmikloːʃ ˈroːʒɒ or Miklos Rozsa ( April 18, 1907 - July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian -born Composer Jack Hildyard, BSC ( March 17, 1908, London &mdashSeptember 1990 London was a British Cinematographer who worked on more than I. P. s, also known as Hotel International, is a 1963 MGM drama film. The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes It was directed by Anthony Asquith, produced by Anatole de Grunwald and written by Terence Rattigan, with a music score by Miklós Rózsa. The Honourable Anthony Asquith ( November 9, 1902 – February 20, 1968) was a respected English Film director. Anatole de Grunwald ( 25 December, 1910 – 13 January, 1967) was a British Film producer and Screenwriter. Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan ( June 10 1911 – November 30 1977) was one of England 's most popular 20th century Dramatists Miklós Rózsa (ˈmikloːʃ ˈroːʒɒ or Miklos Rozsa ( April 18, 1907 - July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian -born Composer The film has an all-star cast including Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles and Margaret Rutherford, who won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe in the same category. All-star (also allstar or all star) is a term with meanings in both the worlds of Sports and Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress This article is about the French actor for the Musician see Louis Jordan. Elsa Martinelli, born Elsa Tia, on August 3, 1932 or 13 January 1935, according to different sources, in Grosseto, Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born December 28 1934) better known as Maggie Smith, is a British Film, stage Rodney Sturt Taylor (born January 11, 1930) is an Australian -born Film and Television Actor. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Dame Margaret Rutherford DBE ( May 11, 1892 &ndash May 22, 1972) was an Academy Award -winning English "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance

Contents 1 Plot 2 Background and production 3 Reaction 4 Cast 5 External links

Plot

The film is set at London's Heathrow airport during a fog. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. As flights are delayed, the VIPs of the title play out the drama of their lives in a number of slightly interconnected stories. The delays have caused serious hardship for most of the characters and have plunged some of them into deep personal or financial crisis. The central story concerns Frances Andros (Elizabeth Taylor) trying to leave her husband, millionaire Paul Andros (Richard Burton) and fly away with her lover Marc Champselle (Louis Jourdan). Because of the fog, Andros has the opportunity to come to the airport to convince his wife not to leave him. Film producer Max Buda (Orson Welles) has to leave London, taking his newest protégée Gloria Gritti (Elsa Martinelli) with him, if he is to avoid paying a hefty tax bill. The Duchess of Brighton (Margaret Rutherford) is on her way to Florida to take up a job which will pay her enough money to save her historic home. Les Mangrum (Rod Taylor), an Australian businessman, is anxious to get to New York to prevent his business from being sold. His dutiful secretary, Miss Mead (Maggie Smith) is secretly in love with him. Knowing that it is a matter of great urgency, she decides to approach Andros, unbeknownst to her boss, and asks him to advance the money which will save Mangrum's company. Raymond Austin, stuntman and friend of Burton, played Burton's driver.

Background and production

According to the playwright Terence Rattigan who wrote the screenplay, this is based on the true story of Vivien Leigh's attempt to leave her husband Laurence Olivier and fly off with her lover Peter Finch and being delayed by a fog at Heathrow. Vivien Leigh Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 &ndash 8 July 1967 was an English actress. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron This article is about the actor For the poet see Peter Finch (poet.

The team of director Asquith, producer De Grunwald and writer Rattigan were to produce another portmanteau film the following year entitled The Yellow Rolls-Royce. The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Stringer Davis, husband of Margaret Rutherford, plays "Mr Stringer", a tiny role as a sympathetic hotel waiter in a scene with Rutherford. Stringer Davis (born James Buckley Stringer Davis on 4 June, 1899 in Birkenhead, Cheshire (now Merseyside) was an

Reaction

Critical reaction to the film was generally poor. It nevertheless did extremely well at the box office, helped by the enormous publicity attached to the Burtons' previous film, Cleopatra. Cleopatra is a 1963 Film directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht,

Cast

External links

• The V.I.P.s at the Internet Movie Database

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