![]() ![]() It is set in Amsterdam in the 17th century, at the height of the city's outbreak of "tulip mania". This chain of events hardly fosters a sense of anticipation, yet the film has a lot going for it, starting with the beguiling nature of Moggach's narrative and the timelessness of its theme. Disgusted by a lacklustre response to footage shown at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Weinstein shelved the film, finally releasing it this year with next to no publicity.ĭane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz and Alicia Vikander. Stoppard had been retained and Swedish actress Alicia Vikander and rising American star Dane DeHaan were now the leads. ![]() ![]() His heyday was already behind him but there was still room for hope.īritish television's Justin Chadwick had been signed to direct the film. Nine years later, having shed $23 million of its $48 million budget, it was put back together by Harvey Weinstein. Then England tightened its tax concessions and the whole confection melted away. Credit: Roadshow Filmsīack in 2004 when an adaptation of novelist Deborah Moggach's well-loved book was first conceived, Steven Spielberg was to produce and John Madden, his reputation still burnished by the success of Shakespeare in Love, was to direct from a Tom Stoppard script with Jude Law and Keira Knightley as leads. Tulip Fever with Dane DeHaan and Alicia Vikander. ![]()
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