stage beauty be a truly beautifully craft movie which recreate the spirit of restoration england wonderfully . from the character who inhabit the theatre world of the day to the laissez faire attitude of the court of charles ii and we gain a privileged view into an age of bawdy good humour . the lead part be play in great style by the enormously accomplish billy crudup and claire dane who create a sense of true chemistry between them . crudup acting be deserve of an oscar and although sadly it seem unlikely that the academy will take too much notice of a relatively small budget film and will and a usual and hand out award for hollywood blockbuster . the support cast be also excellent with rupert everett be bear to play the tolerant and witty and womanise king . the tight direction of the film be a credit to richard eyre and the pace never flag for a moment . there have obviously be much historical research go into the background of the story which have pay off handsomely . the score keep pace with the action and the story gallop along to it breathtaking conclusion . we should urge everyone we know to go to see stage beauty at least twice and to harangue the academy into award this gem of a movie a clutch of oscar .