Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
1h 25m
Running Time
September 1, 1978Release Date
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
1h 25m
Running Time
September 1, 1978Release Date
Plot.
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who come to the decaying Art Deco palace of a young Maharaja (Victor Banerjee) to examine a legendary collection of Indian miniature paintings. While vying with each other to get the pictures away from the royal couple—nicknamed Georgie and Bonnie as children by their Scottish governess—they must also divine the true motives of the Indian curator of the collection (Saeed Jaffrey), who, in league with the Maharaja’s beautiful sister (Aparna Sen), may be working against them. Amidst the backdrop of lavish tourist entertainments, Christmas parties, fireworks, and even an English ghost, a desperate game of palace intrigue will determine the ultimate resting place of the priceless paintings.
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Cast & Crew.
Peggy Ashcroft
Lady Gee
Larry Pine
Clark Haven
Saeed Jaffrey
Sri Narain
Aparna Sen
Bonnie
Victor Banerjee
Georgie
James Ivory
Director
Jane Booker
Lynn
Jins Shamsudin
Deaf Mute
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Writer
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Jenny Beavan
Governess / Costume Design
Aladdin Langa
Servant
Vic Flick
Composer
Humphrey Dixon
Editor
Walter Lassally
Cinematographer
Melvyn Bragg
Editor
Javed Siddiqui
Assistant Director
Purnima Agarwal
Costume Design
Media.
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Wiki.
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures is a 1978 film by Merchant Ivory Productions (written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant) set in India, starring UK stage actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft.