April 10, 2008

Rachel Portman: The Duchess

Rachel Portman, the Academy Award-winning composer of Emma, The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, is currently working on the score for The Duchess, the 18th century drama starring Keira Knightley as aristocrat Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire. The film is based on Amanda Foreman's book, Saul Dibb directs from an screen adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher (Casanova) and acclaimed Danish writer Anders Thomas Jensen (After the Wedding). The Duchess, which is produced by BBC Films and Pathé, co-stars Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper and Charlotte Rampling and is scheduled to premiere on August 29.

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