12-481: [REDACTED] Look up beautiful people in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Beautiful People may refer to: Film, television, and theater [ edit ] Beautiful People (film) , a 1999 British comedy Beautiful People (1974 film) or Animals Are Beautiful People , a South African wildlife documentary Beautiful People (American TV series) ,
24-402: A 1952 short story by Charles Beaumont See also [ edit ] " Beautiful People Beautiful Problems ", a song by Lana Del Rey Beauty Jet set Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Beautiful People . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
36-1292: A 1990s UK Jimi Hendrix tribute act 120 Days , originally The Beautiful People, a 2001-2012 Norwegian band Albums [ edit ] Beautiful People (album) , by The New Seekers, 1971 Beautiful People , or the 1967 title song, by Kenny O'Dell , 1968 The Beautiful People (album) , by SiM, 2016 Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits of Melanie , a compilation album by Melanie , 1999 Songs [ edit ] "Beautiful People" (Australian Crawl song) , 1979 "Beautiful People" (Barbara Tucker song) , 1994 "Beautiful People" (Big Country song) , 1991 "Beautiful People" (Chris Brown song) , 2011 "Beautiful People" (Ed Sheeran song) , 2019 "Beautiful People" (Pet Shop Boys song) , 2009 "Beautiful People", by ASAP Ferg from Always Strive and Prosper , 2016 "Beautiful People", by Carolina Liar from Wild Blessed Freedom , 2011 "Beautiful People", by Mark Pritchard, with vocals by Thom Yorke , 2016 "Beautiful People", by Melanie from Affectionately Melanie , 1969; also recorded by The New Seekers (1971) "Beautiful People", by Rusted Root from When I Woke , 1994 "Beautiful People", by Stress , 1991 "Beautiful People", by Wiz Khalifa, featuring Sia , 2013 "Beautiful People (Stay High)", by
48-411: A 2005 drama series Beautiful People (British TV series) , a 2008 sitcom The Beautiful People (audio play) , a 2007 Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles audio play The Beautiful People (play) , a 1941 play by William Saroyan Beautiful People , the working title for the 2014 film Dead House Music [ edit ] Performers [ edit ] Beautiful People (band) ,
60-583: Is fairly lighthearted, under the circumstances; like Catch-22 , it enjoys the paradoxes that occur when you try to apply logic to war." James Berardinelli gave it the same rating and made most of the same comparisons; according to Berardinelli, "Dizdar has accomplished what few filmmakers are capable of—taking a serious subject and crafting an effective comedy from it that is defined by rich characters, genuine laughs, and an unpredictable plot." He concluded: After appearing as an 'Un Certain Regard entry in
72-562: Is funny, not merely grimly amusing. This makes Beautiful People one of the most intriguing and thought-provoking comedies to reach U.S. theaters in early 2000. Unlike those made by Ebert and Berardinelli, the comparisons made by the Boston Phoenix are more precise: the film "combines British social realism with the bitter, jagged humor of Balkan directors like Emir Kusturica ( Underground ) and Srdjan Dragojevic ( Pretty Village, Pretty Flame )." According to Scott Tobias of
84-415: The 1999 Cannes Film Festival, Beautiful People received international acclaim through film festival screenings and during its regular U.K. release (the screenplay was nominated for a British Independent Film Award ). However, the most impressive thing about this film is not the recognition it has received, but the accessibility of the humor. While Beautiful People is best described as a black comedy,... it
96-505: The A.V. Club, "Though its title seems ironic at first, Beautiful People is boundless in its optimism, growing increasingly contrived as it progresses, steering the messy lives of about 25 interconnected characters in the same hopeful direction....[Dizdar] displays a gift for light absurdist comedy... but as lively and skillfully orchestrated as it is on the whole, Beautiful People adds up to curiously little, limited in large part by Dizdar's narrow view of humanity. In his enthusiasm to resolve
108-600: The Black Keys , 2024 "The Beautiful People" (song) , by Marilyn Manson, 1996 "The Beautiful People", by Tom Sankey from The Golden Screw , 1967 Other uses [ edit ] Beautiful People (manga) , an anthology of short stories by Mitsukazu Mihara BeautifulPeople.com , a dating website The Beautiful People (professional wrestling) , a professional wrestling stable The Beautiful People (book) , by Marylin Bender , 1967 The Beautiful People ,
120-877: The best film in Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival . Beautiful People is set in London during the time of the Bosnian War . In London during October 1993, England are playing the Netherlands in the World Cup qualifiers . The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from former Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile,
132-534: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beautiful_People&oldid=1197289989 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Beautiful People (film) Beautiful People is a 1999 British satirical comedy film written and directed by Jasmin Dizdar . The film won an award for
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#1732779886677144-610: The lives of four English families are affected in different ways by an encounter with the refugees; one of the families improbably becomes involved with a Balkan refugee through the England vs Netherlands match. The film was selected as an Un Certain Regard entry at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival . Roger Ebert gave the film three stars (out of four), and made several comparisons: Beautiful People "loops and doubles back among several stories and characters, like Robert Altman's Short Cuts and Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia "; "it
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