Gosford Park
Gosford Park is a 2001 satirical black comedy mystery film directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes. The film, which is influenced by Jean Renoir's French classic The Rules of the Game, follows a party of wealthy Britons plus an American producer, and their servants, who gather for a shooting weekend at Gosford Park, an English country house. A murder occurs after a dinner party, and the film goes on to present the subsequent investigation from the servants' and guests' perspectives.
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| Distributed by | Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)
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| Running time | 137 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $19.8 million
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| Box office | $87.8 million
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Mrs. Croft: Well, I'm not surprised, the way you carry on. Just see it never happens to you, that's all.
- The camera is always moving (if only slightly) in every shot of the film as requested by director Robert Altman.
- Altman consulted the writer Ezna Sands in depth on the idea before commencing with the project, having wanted to employ his doctoring skills on the script. Sands simply said it was as close to perfect as it could possibly be.
- There really was a Charlie Chan in London (1934) film made in 1934 and it was indeed a mystery set in an English manor house. While it did feature Alan Mowbray and Ray Milland, it was produced by John Stone, not Morris Weissman (a fictional character).
- Ivor Novello (played by Jeremy Northam) was a well known London matinée idol, singer and composer who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's silent classic The Lodger (1927). He had a good voice and starred again in the successful "talkie" remake The Phantom Fiend (1932). In Gosford Park (2001), set in November 1932, Countess Constance (Maggie Smith) refers to the remake as a flop.
- In the documentary Altman it is stated that the director was unable to fund this movie, even with most major star not being paid;and lining up to work with him. Eventually he said he won the lottery when the British Lottery funded the film.
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