Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day was the link movie connecting Practical Magic 2 and Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Linked through Lee Pace and Ciarán Hinds.
Both Lee Pace and Ciarán Hinds appeared in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.
About Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
"Every woman will have her day."
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
Directed by Bharat Nalluri
Written by Simon Beaufoy, David Magee
Where to watch
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
Powered by JustWatch
Top cast
Behind the camera
Box office
Awards
Paul Englishby's score won the ASCAP Award in 2009.
Soundtrack
Score by Paul Englishby
The score was written and conducted by Paul Englishby, who won the ASCAP Award in 2009; he also arranged and conducted three additional songs used in the film: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and "If I Didn't Care". The film also uses a 1935 Lew Stone recording of "Anything Goes" and a 1945 Pied Pipers recording of "Dream" despite its 1939 setting.
Movie trivia
-
1
The screenplay, by David Magee and Simon Beaufoy, adapts Winifred Watson's 1938 novel of the same name.
-
2
Winifred Watson's son revealed the novel's film rights were first sold to Universal in 1939 and a planned Billie Burke musical adaptation was shelved after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
-
3
Universal renewed the rights in 1954 but the property stayed undeveloped until producers Stephen Garrett and Nellie Bellflower revived it and navigated the Universal/Focus arrangement to proceed.
-
4
Location shooting included the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Whitehall Court and Pimlico, while interiors were filmed at Ealing Studios.
-
5
Composer Paul Englishby wrote and conducted the film's score and also arranged and conducted three additional period songs featured in the picture.
-
6
Contemporary critics singled out Amy Adams and Frances McDormand: reviewers praised Adams' screen magic and McDormand's metamorphosis, and noted the film's convincing 1930s patina.
Themes
Videos
If you liked this, try…
Or browse the full puzzle archive →