Blithe Spirit (2021)
- 2021 film
Film adaptation of the hit comic play by Noël Coward about a writer struggling for inspiration. Also features Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox and more.
Streaming rank this week: 8,665
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 2021
- Stars
- Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adil Ray, Michele Dotrice and more
- Writers
- Noël Coward, Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard and Piers Ashworth
- Director
- Edward Hall
- Producers
- James Spring, Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft, Peter Snell, Toni Pinnolis, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz, Hilary Bevan Jones and more
- Companies
Best-selling crime novelist Charles is struggling with catastrophic writer's block and a stressful deadline for his first screenplay. His picture-perfect second wife Ruth is doing her best to keep him focussed in the hope of fulfilling her dream of heading to Hollywood.
Charles's desperate search for inspiration leads him to invite Madame Arcati, an eccentric medium recently exposed as a fraud, to perform a séance in their home. They all get more than they bargained for when Arcati accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife: the fiery and jealous Elvira who embarks on a mission to kill Charles so she can spend eternity with him - which leads to an increasingly comical and deadly love triangle.
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Additional details
- UK certificate
- 12A
- Duration
- 96 minutes
- Produced
- 2019
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
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Recording details
- Twickenham Film Studios - Studios
- Cliveden - River and stag path scenes
- Two Temple Place - The London Spiritual Alliance courtyard scene
- Richmond Theatre - Theatre scenes
- Pinewood Studios - Pinewood and Hollywood scenes