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Release Date: 2009

Cast: Claudie Blakley, Samuel Roukin, Kerry Fox, Sebastian Armesto, Thomas Sangster, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Lucinda Raikes, Abbie Cornish, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Amanda Hale, Edie Martin, Paul Schneider ...MORE

Cast: Claudie Blakley, Samuel Roukin, Kerry Fox, Sebastian Armesto, Thomas Sangster, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Lucinda Raikes, Abbie Cornish, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Amanda Hale, Edie Martin, Paul Schneider, Gerard Monaco, Vincent Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Alfred Harmsworth, Olly Alexander, Theresa Watson, Samuel Barnett, Jonathan Aris ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Biography, Romance Film, Romantic Drama, Period Piece, Drama Film

Bright Star is a 2009 film based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. It stars Ben Whishaw as Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny. A British/Australian/French co-production, it was directed by Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay and was inspired by the biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant on the film. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, and was first shown to the public on 15 May 2009. The film's title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats named "Bright... MORE

Bright Star is a 2009 film based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. It stars Ben Whishaw as Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny. A British/Australian/French co-production, it was directed by Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay and was inspired by the biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant on the film. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, and was first shown to the public on 15 May 2009. The film's title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats named "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art", which he wrote while he was with Brawne. In 1818 Hampstead, the fashionable Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is introduced to poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) through the Dilke family. The Dilkes occupy one half of a double house, with Charles Brown (Paul Schneider) (Keats' friend, roommate, and associate in writing) occupying the other side. Though Fanny's flirtatious personality contrasts with Keats' notably more aloof nature, she begins to pursue him after she has her siblings, Samuel and Toots, obtain his book of poetry "Endymion". Despite her efforts to LESS