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Memoirs of a Geisha

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Original title

Memoirs of a Geisha

Year

2005

Running time

145 min.

Country

United States

Director

Rob Marshall

Screenwriter

Robin Swicord. Novel: Arthur Golden

Cast

Music

John Williams

Cinematography

Dion Beebe

Producer

Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Spyglass Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment

Genre

Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. Costume Drama. 1930s

Synopsis

Based on the internationally acclaimed best-selling novel by Arthur Golden. In the years before World War II, a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man beyond her reach.

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Awards: 2005: 3 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography, Costume Design, Art Direction. 6 Nomin.

2005: Golden Globes: Best Original Soundtrack. 2 Nominations

2005: 3 BAFTA Awards: Best Music, Cinematography and Costume Design. 6 Nominations

2005: National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actress (Gong Li)

2005: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Bess Actress (Zhang Ziyi)

2005: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Composer (Williams). 3 Nominations

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Critics' reviews

"'Memoirs of a Geisha' supplies what is required, elegantly and with skill. The actresses create geishas as they imagine them to have been, which is probably wiser than showing them as they were. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"'Memoirs of a Geisha' is like a sumptuous piece of silk: stunning yet ultimately flimsy. You wish it were more like a kimono, richly woven, multilayered and more substantial (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"A consummate piece of traditional studio craftsmanship (...) In the leading role, Zhang is convincing and mesmerizingly beautiful"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Spanning two decades and a momentous war, Memoirs of a Geisha displays all the pomp and grandeur of an epic, but you wouldn't call it sweeping."

Carina Chocano: Los Angeles Times
"'Memoirs of a Geisha' is very like a geisha itself: a thing of exquisitely refined surfaces beneath which beats an ordinary heart."

Ty Burr: Boston Globe
"Beautiful (...) but the film is too labored and the story too overstuffed and cliched to incite passion in an audience"

Mick LaSalle: SFgate
"So much to see and hear, yet the magic of Memoirs of a Geisha is the human way it touches the heart. The cumulative effect is like being knocked unconscious by the wing of a butterfly"

Rex Reed: The New York Observer
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