Princess Caraboo (film)
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| Princess Caraboo | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Michael Austin |
| Produced by | Simon Bosanquet Andrew S. Karsch |
| Written by | Michael Austin John Wells |
| Starring | Phoebe Cates Jim Broadbent Wendy Hughes Kevin Kline John Lithgow |
| Music by | Richard Hartley |
| Cinematography | Freddie Francis |
| Editing by | George Akers |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 1994 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
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Princess Caraboo is a 1994 film, directed by Michael Austin, based on the real-life 19th-century character Princess Caraboo, who passed herself off in British society as an exotic princess who spoke a strange foreign language. She is played in the film by Phoebe Cates. The film was written by Michael Austin and John Wells. The original music score was composed by Richard Hartley.
[edit] Plot summary
In 1817, a young woman appears in the English countryside, wearing exotic garb and speaking gibberish. She also bears unusual tattoos, that resembled Polynesian tattoos, on her legs. Delivered to a nearby manor, the mystery woman is sheltered by the Worralls, who are then persuaded by their suspicious butler Frixos to have the drifter tried for vagrancy and begging, capital crimes. At the hearing, however, the woman persuades the magistrates through pantomime that she is a princess of Polynesian origin named Caraboo, escaped from pirate kidnappers. The Worrals welcome Caraboo back into their home, lavishing upon her the deference due a royal member. A society sensation, Caraboo wins over a linguist, the prince regent, and even Frixos. Only an Irish reporter, Gutch, remains skeptical about Caraboo's origins.
[edit] Main cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Phoebe Cates | Princess Caraboo/Mary Baker |
| Jim Broadbent | Mr. Worrall |
| Wendy Hughes | Mrs. Worrall |
| Kevin Kline | Frixos |
| John Lithgow | Professor Wilkinson |
| Stephen Rea | Gutch |
| Peter Eyre | Lord Apthorpe |
| Jacqueline Pearce | Lady Apthorpe |
| John Wells | Reverend Wells |
| John Lynch | Amon McCarthy |
| John Sessions | Prince Regent |
| Arkie Whiteley | Betty |
| Jerry Hall | Lady Motley |
