Princess Caraboo (1994)
- Starring:
- Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Austin
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Loosely based on an actual incident, this family-friendly British comedy is also a sly satire of class consciousness. Phoebe Cates stars as a woman who appears in the English countryside of 1817 wearing exotic garb and speaking gibberish. Delivered to a nearby manor, the mystery woman is sheltered by the Worralls (Wendy Hughes and Jim Broadbent), who are then persuaded by their suspicious Greek butler Frixos (Kevin Kline, Cates' real-life husband) to have the drifter tried for vagrancy and begging, capital crimes. At the hearing, however, the woman persuades the magistrate through pantomime that she is a princess of Javanese origin named Caraboo, escaped from pirate kidnappers. The Worralls welcome Caraboo back into their home, lavishing upon her the deference due a royal. A society sensation, Caraboo wins over a linguist (John Lithgow), the prince regent (John Session), and even Frixos. Only an Irish reporter, Gutch (Stephen Rea), remains skeptical about Caraboo's origins. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 96 mins
Complete Cast:
- Phoebe Cates - Princess Caraboo
- Wendy Hughes - Mrs. Worrall
- John Lithgow - Professor Wilkinson
- Peter Eyre - Lord Apthorpe
- John Wells - Reverend Hunt
- John Sessions - Prince Regent
- Annabel Brooks - Lady Neville
- Steven Mackintosh - Harold
- Jerry Hall - Lady Motley
- Anna Chancellor - Mrs Peake
- Andrew Seear - Mr Peake
- Edward Tudor-Pole - Lord Neville
- Murray Melvin - Lord Motley
- Peter Howell - Clerk of the Court
- Jim Broadbent - Mr. Worrall
- Kevin Kline - Frixos
- Stephen Rea - Gutch
- Jacqueline Pearce - Lady Apthorpe
- John Lynch - Amon McCarthy
- Arkie Whiteley - Betty
- Rachel Fielding - Mrs Benson
- Stromboli
- Dougray Scott - Dragoon Captain
- David Sibley - Harrison
- Jacqueline Tong - Mrs Hunt
- Roger Lloyd Pack - Magistrate Haythorne
- David Glover - Musician
- Barbara Keogh - Mrs Wilberforce
- Director(s):
- Michael Austin
- Writer(s):
- John Wells, Michael Austin
- Producer(s):
- Simon Bosanquet, Andrew S. Karsch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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