Bright Star (film)

Bright Star
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jane Campion
Written by	Jane Campion
Produced by	Jan Chapman Caroline Hewitt
Starring	Ben Whishaw Abbie Cornish Paul Schneider Kerry Fox Thomas Sangster Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Cinematography	Greig Fraser
Edited by	Alexandre de Franceschi
Music by	Mark Bradshaw
Production companies	BBC Films Screen Australia UK Film Council New South Wales Film and Television Office Pathé
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Entertainment UK (United Kingdom) Pathé Distribution (France)[1] Hopscotch Films (Australia)[2]
Release dates	15 May 2009 (2009-05-15) (Cannes) 6 November 2009 (2009-11-06) (United Kingdom)
Running time	119 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Australia France
Languages	English French
Budget	$8.5 million
Box office	$14.4 million[3]

Bright Star is a 2009 biographical romantic drama film, written and directed by Jane Campion. It is based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). Campion's screenplay was inspired by a 1997 biography of Keats by Andrew Motion, who served as a script consultant.

Bright Star was in the main competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and was first shown to the public on 15 May 2009. The film's title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats titled "Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art", which he wrote while he was with Brawne.