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Princess Caraboo

Movie (1994)

"She was everything they dreamed of... And nothing they expected."

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away land. She is then welcomed by a family of haughty aristocrats that only wants to heighten their prestige. However, the local reporter is not at all convinced ...

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Released:	Sep 16th, 1994
Budget:	N/A
Revenue:	$3,021,629.00

Princess Caraboo Main Cast

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Jim Broadbent
plays Mr. Worrall

Phoebe Cates
plays Princess Caraboo / Mary Baker

Wendy Hughes
plays Mrs. Worrall

Kevin Kline
plays Frixos

John Lithgow
plays Professor Wilkinson

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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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The beige dress with two buttons at the waist worn by Kate Ashfield (Ella, the maid) is the same gown Sylvestra Le Touzel (Fanny Price) wears in Mansfield Park 1983.
The striped muslin day dress worn by Kate Ashfield (Ella, the Worrell's maid) is the same costume worn by Helen Fraser (Mrs. Morland) at Fullerton in "Screen Two" (1985) {Northanger Abbey (#3.7)}, Toni Collette (Harriet Smith) while reading Mr. Elton's charade, Sophia Myles (Susan Price) at Portsmouth in Mansfield Park, and Charity Wakefield (Marianne Dashwood) when Edward calls at Mrs. Jennings' London house in Sense And Sensibility (UK).
The jeweled white gown with dark velvet overdress Jacqueline Pearce wears at the Prince Regent's ball is the same costume worn by an extra at the London ball in Sense and Sensibility, by Embeth Davidtz (Mary Crawford) for the theatrical in Mansfield Park, and by Jane How (Lady Holland) to a ball in Byron (2003) (TV).
The tan and brown print satin pelisse Anna Chancellor (Mrs. Peake) wears when she comes to the Worrall's house is the same gown Sheila Gish (Mrs. Norris) wears to Maria's wedding in Mansfield Park. The costume is also worn an extra during the French invasion in Goya's Ghosts, and by an extra in the first church scene in Miss Austen Regrets (2008) (TV).

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