Which 1999 Oscar winning film was directed by Mike Leigh and starred Jim Broadbent as Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame?
Jim Broadbent "Enchanted April" (1992), "Bullets over Broadway" (1994), "The Borrowers" (1997), and "Little Voice" (1998) before taking a leading role in another Mike Leigh film, "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), playing dramatist Sir William S. Gilbert. He played "The Shy Doctor" in the 1999 Comic Relief parody "Doctor Who" sketch, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death". In 2001, Broadbent starred in three of the year's most successful films: "Bridget Jones's Diary"; "Moulin Rouge!", for which he won a BAFTA; and "Iris", for which he won an Oscar for his portrayal of John Bayley. Broadbent voiced Madame Gasket in the 2005 film "Robots".
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan is a 1953 British technicolor film that dramatises the story of the collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan wrote 14 comic operas, later referred to as the Savoy Operas, which became the most popular series of musical entertainments of the Victorian era and are still popular today. The film was written by Leslie Baily, Sidney Gilliat and Vincent Korda, based on Baily's "The Gilbert and Sullivan Book". It was directed by Sidney Gilliat, with cinematography by Christopher Challis and production design by Hein