| Bright Star | |
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| Directed by | Jane Campion |
| Written by | Jane Campion |
| Produced by | Jan Chapman Caroline Hewitt |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Greig Fraser |
| Edited by | Alexandre de Franceschi |
| Music by | Mark Bradshaw |
Production companies | BBC Films Screen Australia UK Film Council New South Wales Film and Television Office Hopscotch International Pathé |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Entertainment UK (United Kingdom; theatrical) 20th Century Fox (United Kingdom; home media) Pathé Distribution (France)[1] Hopscotch Films (Australia)[2] |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Australia France |
| Languages | English French |
| Budget | $8.5 million |
| Box office | $14.4 million[3] |
Bright Star is a 2009 biographical romantic drama film, written and directed by Jane Campion. It is based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). Campion's screenplay was inspired by a 1997 biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant.
Bright Star was in the main competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and was first shown to the public on 15 May 2009. The film's title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats titled "Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art", which he wrote while he was with Brawne.
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- ^ "Bright Star (Australian release)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Bright Star". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 May 2022.