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FilmPG-132008

The Duchess

DramaHistoryRomance

Directed by Saul Dibb

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life. From TMDB

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The Duchess is a 2008 drama history romance film, directed by Saul Dibb, starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Charlotte Rampling.

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  • Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    Downgrade a movie: The Duchess Bride

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  • Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    Downgrade a movie: The Duchess Bride

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  • ACID KEG COMICS "The Housewife's Friend" @acidkeg.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2025

    At first glance I thought this Jack Rickard painting was an adult-ish take on Alice in Wonderland, but it's actually for the movie THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX. #comics #comicart #illustration #jackrickard

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  • Tennisfanv3 @tennisfanv3.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    Everything You Need to Know About Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex’s New Netflix Show. With Love, Meghan will arrive in full on January 15 #PrincessMeghan #WithLoveMeghan #MeghanMarkle www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...

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  • This Day In Thomas @thomashistory84.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2026

    On this day in 2009 the CGI series began as "Hero of the Rails" premiered! This marked Hiro, Victor and Kevins first appearances! Spencer and the Duchess of Boxford also had their first movie appearances here! Rocky and the Duke of Boxford also had their first speaking roles-

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  • Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.comBluesky · Oct 21, 2024

    . 45 Days of Great Movies The Election Will Be Over (we hope) in 16 Days 16 More Days of #GreatMovies #30 "The Duchess"

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  • KarenM (Sussex Squad) @karensussex.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2025

    Duchess Meghan's New Netflix Show Is a Rewarding Return to Self The Tig fans rejoice—the Duchess of Sussex is fully back in her lifestyle bag. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...

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  • Colleen Gruver @colleengruver.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    #SussexSquad ❤️ After eight years away from acting in film and television productions, the Duchess of Sussex is now working on a movie featuring stars Lily Collins and Brie Larson. Meghan was seen on the set of Amazon MGM Studios’ Close Personal Friends in Pasadena.

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  • Lucy Ashford @lucyashford.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2025

    Here in Derbyshire, I've given my writing-weary brain a rest and gone for my favourite walk - a tramp around Chatsworth House, used in film versions of Jane Eyre, The Duchess, Pride and Prejudice and many others. Heavenly in the January sun.

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  • Lil Lamia Kaikai Twins @lamiaprincesskairi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    Even as a huge Alice in Wonderland fan the Mad Hatter has gotta be the most overhyped mf in the extended media compared to his importance in the novels when’s the Duchess And Her Pig Baby She Hates animated movie coming out

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  • Kathryn Reynolds 📚🎨 @cozykathryn.comBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    Downgrade a movie: The Duchess Bride

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  • njm1314 @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 26, 2025

    >Natalie Dormer has said she won’t promote ITV and Britbox‘s upcoming drama series “The Lady,” in which she plays Sarah Ferguson, following revelations over the Duchess of York’s connections to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Brit actress has also said she has donated her entire salary from the show to charities focused on child abuse You read that paragraph, not even to mention the entire rest of the article that goes into more detail, and couldn't parse who these people are and…

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  • Tonstadt Lagerplatz @tonstadtlagerplatz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    In the famous 'STOP THAT TRAIN' scene in the 1983 film version of The Dresser, the locomotive is 6229 The Duchess of Hamilton, and is shown WITHOUT the streamlining fitted. However, the streamlining was only removed in 1947, several years after the film was set.

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  • Tim 🎃wens @attimowens.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2026

    Plazir-15 was as close as we've gotten. A couple years ago I posted that they should use the Halcyon interiors to film a special, bringing back the Captain & the Duchess, plus whoever else. That's all changed, sadly, but there's a new Holiday Special in that guy's heart, I know it.

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  • Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2025

    #TodayInQueerHistory August 1 (1714) Queen Anne, the last of the UK's Stuart monarchs died #OTD. Anne had close, possibly romantic, relationships with Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough and Abigail Masham. You might be familiar with Anne's story from the film The Favourite.

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  • The-Autistic-Artist 🥥 🎃 🍉 🏳️‍🌈 Halloween Era @theautisticart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    "Stay tuned for the Friday night movie, The Duchess Approves, starring Sturly Stembleburgiss as "The Duchess" and Grampton St. Rumpterfrabble as irascible coxswain "Saunterblugget Hampterfuppinshire"!"

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  • QueenofNoirs @queenofnoirs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2026

    Film quality. Wow. "Are they all wearing pantyhose over their heads?" the Duchess asks #Bmoviemaniacs

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  • Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    It's probably the highest profile casualty of the BBFC tightening their guidelines at 12A on sex and especially SA, after saying a film like The Duchess would not pass at that now. It shows how much things have improved that they don't simply list SA as "sex" like they did 20 years ago.

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  • Meghan and Harry Fans @meghanandharryfans.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    #SussexSquad On Nov. 5, the Duchess of Sussex, “was spotted on the set of the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios film Close Personal Friends in Pasadena, California, where she will play herself. The movie stars Brie Larson, Lily Collins, Jack Quaid, and Henry Golding.” people.com/meghan-markl...

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  • KarenM (Sussex Squad) @karensussex.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    I was surprised to see Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, mentioned in a Nigerian movie.

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  • Ellieween Dawn 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gayBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    Downgrade a movie: The Duchess Bridesmaid

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  • QueenofNoirs @queenofnoirs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2026

    I cant believe this is Ed Woods. "Its like a real movie," the Duchess observes #Bmoviemaniacs

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  • njm1314 @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 26, 2025

    Weird cuz that paragraph tells you there is one. I mean it tells you Natalie Dormer is a British actress. You now know who she is. I don't understand the disconnect here. It tells you that Ferguson was the Duchess of York. You now know who she is. What's to get here buddy? That's how information is conveyed. If you want more information there's more if you keep reading.

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  • Cinematic Giants @cinematicgiants.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2025

    Julandjim’s The Duchess Melody sounds like a memory you forgot you had. cinematicgiants.com/2025/05/13/j...

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2023

    I think of it as an Elizabethan slasher film. Now, The Duchess of Malfi is my idea of a (Jacobean) horror movie.

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  • Taka Hanazawa @takahanazawa.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2023

    Stay tuned for the Friday night movie "The Duchess Approves" starring Sturly Stembleburgis as "The Duchess" and Grampton St. Rumpterfrabble as the irascible coxswain "Saunterblugget Hampterfuppinshire".

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  • Collin Spice Latte @collinlieberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    Downgrade a movie: The Duchess Bridesmaid

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  • Celine @celineloup.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2024

    Turning to my devastated partner after watching The Duchess: "this movie grinds my bones to DUST"

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  • Rudy Gamble @rudygamble.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    MLB Network and Lifetime will be co-producing a Christmas film where @ellenadair.bsky.social returns back to this town to reclaim the Duchess title Her Dad passed on being the Duke of Adair so he can marry a Philly girl and the town fell for the wrong type of arms

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  • This Day In Thomas @thomashistory84.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2026

    In a movie here! While, the Duchess of Boxford had her first speaking role in general here. Lady Hatt had her first cameo role in a movie here while, Annie and Clarabel had their final cameo roles in a movie. This marked Spencer's first accident too! This was the first movie-

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  • Del Winters @del.winters.rodeoBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    I’ve got to rethink the strategy for just including the word ‘Sundance’ in the feeds. I didn’t consider random celebrities and royalty attend and then the cineaste feed gets filled with the Duchess of Sussex instead of film writing.

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  • erikkdane.bsky.social @erikkdane.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2025

    Meghan’s Moment 'After years of being subsumed by other people’s narratives, the Duchess of Sussex is ready to author her own next chapter' #MeghanSussex #HarpersBazaar www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film...

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  • acurry85255.bsky.social @acurry85255.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    Many thanks to Paris Film Festival/Film Freeway for awarding THE DUCHESS .. Their judgement was constructive, and association rewarding.

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  • Biopic: A Podcast Story @biopic-podcast.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    Also born on the date of June 8: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was played by Keira Knightley in The Duchess. Biopic: A Podcast Story talked about The Duchess back in Episode 22: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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  • Biopic: A Podcast Story @biopic-podcast.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2025

    Flashback to Ralph Fiennes’s performance as the Duke of Devonshire in The Duchess, #ralphfiennes which we talked about in Episode 22: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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  • thearclampman.bsky.social @thearclampman.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 11, 2025

    Watching the 2008 film "The Duchess" She has just married the Duke and the carriage enters the courtyard of their home Devonshire house But hang on.. Wait.. What? A gas street light! No gas street lighting appeared until after her death in 1806

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  • Ultán @kaospheric.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2025

    Film 147 for '25 ▶️ A Victorian-era architect commissioned by the Duke of Towers to design his stables falls in love with the Duchess: #NowWatching "Peter Ibbetson" (1935) #Film #PhysicalMedia #Bluray

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  • Zane @moochie6us.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2025

    I loved this novel & its film. Her The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is also very good. 💙📚

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  • Patrick Murtha @patrickmurtha.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2024

    Helene Hanff, BOTD 1916. Of course I was charmed by 84, Charing Cross Road (which made a surprisingly good film with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins). I liked The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street and Q’s Legacy, too. A tribute to Arthur Quiller-Couch, hot damn.

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  • SirFox @sirfox.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    Downgrade a movie The Duchess fiancé

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  • KarenM (Sussex Squad) @karensussex.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    montecito royals Junior MasterChef Australia is back on the menu in 2027! Poh Ling Yeow will be joined by special guest Meghan, Duchess of Sussex to guide the next generation of young culinary talent 👩🏽‍🍳🍴 The Duchess will film in Australia for a few weeks in 2027 🇦🇺 #JrMasterChefAU @Channel10AU

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  • Mark "Spooky Nickname" Schmidt @aravine.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    Downgrade a movie : The Duchess Bridesmaid

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  • Omega Ford Truther @weirdermageddon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 7, 2026

    He's editing the Duchess Approves vampire AU fanfic he started writing in 1957 when the movie originally came out (he doesn't trust Google Docs and keeps everything in his notes app)

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  • Zane @moochie6us.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    Her "The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street" was also really good. I love the Bancroft / Hopkins film.

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  • Comic Book Cinephile @comicbookcinephile.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    Born in Brooklyn, New York, on this day in 1882, Alice Fleming appeared as the Duchess (Red Ryder’s aunt) in the Republic Pictures' 'Red Ryder' film series. #RedRyder #Western #filmsky

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  • Naida46 @naida46.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2025

    HRH Prince William and Catherine, The Prince and The Princess of Wales (then The Duke and The Duchess of Cambridge), and Tom Cruise attend the "Top Gun: Maverick" #Royal Film Performance at Leicester Square #OTD May 19, 2022 in London, England.

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  • Naida46 @naida46.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2025

    #royal Prince William, The Prince of Wales, President of BAFTA, and Catherine, The Princess of Wales, then The Duke and The Duchess of Cambridge, attend the EE British Academy Film Awards at Royal Albert Hall #OTD Feb 10, 2019 in London, England.

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  • iMattLondon @imattlondon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2025

    Dame Joan Collins set to play Wallis, Duchess of Windsor in new royal biopic. The film about the American socialite is called The Bitter End. The Duchess died in Paris in 1986 at the age of 89. #JoanCollins #DuchessofWindsor

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  • Florens_ex_Machina 🏳️‍⚧️ @flomachina.bsky.socialBluesky · May 10, 2024

    I went to The Duchess' house for rope and movie night and found myself in the central core of a cuddle mass and got my titties tortured while I was in there and now my nipples hurt 🥴🥴🥴

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  • OsakaJack @osakajack.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    Downgrade a movie The Duchess Fiancee

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  • Luna @lunalore.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    I’m never gonna get used to scrolling a streamer and then OH HEY ISNT THAT THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX why is she in a random Hallmark movie shouldn’t she be Duchessing somewhere important

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  • David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.comBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    I grew up watching movies voraciously through the 70s, so I have a vast pool to choose from - but the film I so actively loathed that I had to leave after half an hour was The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox, a ‘comedy western’ with Goldie Hawn and George Segal struggling like dinosaurs in a tar pit

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  • David Brunt @davidbrunt.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    Thunderbirds wasn't scheduled after April in 2001. There was an episode on 11 September 2006, but it was 'The Duchess Assignment'. The BBC1 late film 'Fire in the Sky' was pulled, I think.

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  • John Ananias @burtonesque.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    My favorite teacher from my film school days was one of the writers on THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX - which is not the only reason I found it pretty fun, but...I did think it an amusing lark of a movie.

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  • Ultragramps @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 6, 2026

    # ♪Episode Song References♪ # ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ - 00:00:15 [Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles]() - 00:43:56 Firing up the iPad (unknown melody) - 01:23:30 A Thousand Miles again - 01:25:27 and again - 02:28:56 and again - 03:05:57 Taliesin:♪unknown burlesque drum loop♪ --- **Highlights** - 00:00:00 Witcher reference "Winds howling." The two party members in the Seekers table who do not sleep find time for conversation. *The green of her eyes stays open in this shock that you find some palpable…

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 25, 2026

    Film-wise: at 9pm, Carlito’s Way on Film4, Moonraker on ITV4 or About a Boy on 5Star. At 10.40, Whitney: I Wanna Dance with Somebody on BBC1. At 11.30, The Duchess on BBC2. At 11.35, Kill Bill Vol2 on ITV4. At 11.45, Doll’s Eye on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social At 11.55, Ready Or Not on Film4 #telly

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  • Alucard (悪魔城下町) @akumajoukamachi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2026

    Alongside this idea of a chess match between God and the Soul, there's also the notion of God's Pursuit of the Soul, as in Francis Thompson's "Hound of Heaven" or Chaucer's "Book of the Duchess." This imagery also appears in the film with additional Psalm 23 overtones and a mystical singing choir.

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  • River Speaks Out ☕💚🌍 @riverspeaksout.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2025

    impressionist to do the Queen or rather 'The Duchess of Brenda ' and a man who knew how to put on a REAL show and impress! He was a star of Stage, Radio TV and Film and was one who didn't get the credit he truly deserved, a legend before his time and who will be sorely missed by me and....

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  • Naida46 @naida46.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2025

    #royal Prince Edward and Katharine, The Duke and The Duchess of Kent, attend a film premiere at the Dominion Theatre in London #OTD 20th October 1969. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Kent arrive at the Dominion Theatre in London for a film premiere on 20th October 1969.

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  • Professor Peacock @jmpeck4.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    The Duke of York and the Duchess are both like the portrait hidden away in the attic in the horror film, "The Picture of Dorian Grey." The portrait exhibits all their sins.

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