Gosford Park
Gosford Park
Summary
The movie Gosford Park is a story that takes place in an old rich English country house in the 1930’s.
Sir William McCordle and his wife Lady Sylvia is a pair of wealthy British socialites. They have their big house, a complete staff, a butler and everything that an upper class English family would have.
One weekend they invite their friends and family up for a weekend shooting party. All the guests are also wealthy and some even bring their own maids. Among the guests we have Sylvia’s sister and her husband, Lord and Lady Stockbridge, film star Ivor Novello and an American Hollywood producer Morris Weissman, Sylvias aunt, Anthony Meredith, and a variety of other business associates.
Downstairs we have all the servants: the butler Jennings, Mrs. Croft, Mary, George, Arthur, Probert, Parks, and many others. The servants are expected to do as they are told and not to comment on anything.
The movie shows the lives of the English upper class, and how the servants have a totally different life just downstairs. When Sir William, the man of the house, gets murdered, everyone is to suspect. At first, it appears that he was stabbed, but when the police announce that he died of poisoning, two people must have tried to kill him at almost the same time. Every person in the movie has secrets, and as the weekend goes on, many of the secrets are revealed. And in the end we find out who the murderer is.
Analysis of the movie
The movie maintains many different themes and problems that all plays out in the large British country house. The setting is a typical upper-class house in the 1930’s in England.
The movie is a crime story. The “upstairs” “downstairs” way of life is what the whole story centers around. The movie gives us insight in both ways of life. The servants always seem to be present when the nobles discuss their secrets and problems. This way gossip is distributed to the servants and it becomes the main topic downstairs. Every
Summary
The movie Gosford Park is a story that takes place in an old rich English country house in the 1930’s.
Sir William McCordle and his wife Lady Sylvia is a pair of wealthy British socialites. They have their big house, a complete staff, a butler and everything that an upper class English family would have.
One weekend they invite their friends and family up for a weekend shooting party. All the guests are also wealthy and some even bring their own maids. Among the guests we have Sylvia’s sister and her husband, Lord and Lady Stockbridge, film star Ivor Novello and an American Hollywood producer Morris Weissman, Sylvias aunt, Anthony Meredith, and a variety of other business associates.
Downstairs we have all the servants: the butler Jennings, Mrs. Croft, Mary, George, Arthur, Probert, Parks, and many others. The servants are expected to do as they are told and not to comment on anything.
The movie shows the lives of the English upper class, and how the servants have a totally different life just downstairs. When Sir William, the man of the house, gets murdered, everyone is to suspect. At first, it appears that he was stabbed, but when the police announce that he died of poisoning, two people must have tried to kill him at almost the same time. Every person in the movie has secrets, and as the weekend goes on, many of the secrets are revealed. And in the end we find out who the murderer is.
Analysis of the movie
The movie maintains many different themes and problems that all plays out in the large British country house. The setting is a typical upper-class house in the 1930’s in England.
The movie is a crime story. The “upstairs” “downstairs” way of life is what the whole story centers around. The movie gives us insight in both ways of life. The servants always seem to be present when the nobles discuss their secrets and problems. This way gossip is distributed to the servants and it becomes the main topic downstairs. Every