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The Saddest Music in the World

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The Saddest Music in the World
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R,1hr 39min
Genres:
Musical,Comedy
Released:
April 30, 2004
Director:
Guy Maddin
Distributor:
IFC Films
Starring:
Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros  ...more
Synopsis: Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin directs The Saddest Music in the World, reworked from an original screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, the film involves a contest announced by the legless and glamorous Lady Port-Huntly (Isabella Rossellini) to find the saddest music in the world. She's hoping the contest will result in increased sales of her company's brand of beer. American theatrical producer Chester Kent (Mark McKinney) shows up to win the contest with his kooky ... Full Synopsis
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Elbert Ventura, AMG Review
A feverish whirligig of a movie, The Saddest Music in the World finds Canadian director Guy Maddin continuing his career-long excavation of the dead idioms of cinema past. Coming on the heels of Dracula, Pages From a Virgin's Diary and the exhilarating short The Heart of the World, a masterpiece that signaled his resurgence, this is the closest the cult favorite has come to mainstream acceptance. The ... Full Review
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Mark McKinney
Chester Kent
Isabella Rossellini
Lady Port-Huntly
Maria de Medeiros
Narcissa
David Fox
Fyodor, Fyodor Kent
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