Restoration [videorecording] / Miramax Films presents ; a Segue Productions, Avenue Pictures production ; in association with Oxford Film Company ; directed by Michael Hoffman ; screenplay by Rupert Walters ; produced by Cary Brokaw, Andy Paterson, Sarah Ryan Black ; co-producers, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Donna Gigliotti.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 17376 | Miramax Home EntertainmentSeries: Miramax classicsPublication details: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Montréal, Québec : Distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Films, [2008]Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .R47 2008
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton; production design, Eugenio Zanetti; editor, Garth Craven; music, James Newton Howard.
Awards:
  • Academy Award, 1995: Best Achievement in Art Direction and Costume Design, 1995
Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Sam Neill, Meg Ryan, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Ian McKellen, Hugh Grant.Summary: Robert Merivel abandons his medical studies to revel in gluttony, indolence, & buffoonery at the court of King Charles II. He becomes King Charles' medic to the royal dogs, and is delegated to marry the royal mistress. When he falls in love with her, however, he is banished from court, leading to work in a Quaker Bedlam.
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Based on the novel by Rose Tremain.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

Special features: production featurette, theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton; production design, Eugenio Zanetti; editor, Garth Craven; music, James Newton Howard.

Robert Downey, Jr., Sam Neill, Meg Ryan, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Ian McKellen, Hugh Grant.

Robert Merivel abandons his medical studies to revel in gluttony, indolence, & buffoonery at the court of King Charles II. He becomes King Charles' medic to the royal dogs, and is delegated to marry the royal mistress. When he falls in love with her, however, he is banished from court, leading to work in a Quaker Bedlam.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; widescreen.

For private home use only.

In English with optional English SDH subtitles; closed-captioned.

Academy Award, 1995: Best Achievement in Art Direction and Costume Design, 1995