Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: AWPL Classic Monday – Gosford Park (2001)

AWPL Classic Monday – Gosford Park (2001) Robert Altman’s satirical black comedy – inspired Jean Renoir’s 1939 French classic The Rules of the Game – follows a party of wealthy Britons plus an American film producer, and their servants, who in 1932 gather for a shooting weekend at Gosford Park, an English country house. A murder occurs after a dinner party, and the film goes on to present the subsequent investigation from the servants’ and guests’ perspectives. The film has an ensemble cast including Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas and Emily Watson.  Rated R: 2 hours 17 minutes.