Directed by Mike Leigh
Screenplay by Mike Leigh
Starring Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Lesley Manville, Timothy Spall, Kevin McKidd, Shirley Henderson, and others
There was no reason I had to reach down to a Best Original Screenplay loser to find a 199 entry for this series. After all, while I’ve seen everything in the 1999 Best Picture and Best Director races, there were various lead acting losers who’s films I’d not seen: Sean Penn[1] in Sweet and Lowdown; Denzel Washington in The Hurricane; Janet McTeer in Tumbleweeds; Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair; and Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart[2].
So, if I had all those options from the acting categories alone, why did I reach so far down to find Topsy-Turvy? The short answer is Mike Leigh. Continue reading