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'''''Girl with a Pearl Earring''''' is a 2003 film directed by Peter Webber, based on [[Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel)|the novel by Tracy Chevalier]].  It stars [[Scarlett Johansson]] and [[Colin Firth]], and explores the creation of [[Girl with a Pearl Earring (painting)|the famous painting by Vermeer]].

The film garnered numerous awards both in the States and abroad. They include three Academy Award nominations, a Best Photography Oscar, and two Golden Globes for Best Actress and Best Score. In England, it won a London Critics Circle Film Award and a British Independent Film Award, both for Best Actress.

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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Colin Firth in ''[[St Trinian's]]'' jokes about the painting.
** Not to mention that his character was right to want to shag the titular model.
** May also be considered [[Celebrity Paradox]] as there were many references to Colin Firth's previous works in ''[[St Trinian's]]''.
* [[Attempted Rape]]: {{spoiler|Van Ruijven to Griet}}
* [[Cillian Murphy]]: A vegetarian actor ironically cast as a butcher.
* [[Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy]]: Griet does this a lot.
* [[Hands-On Approach]]: Johannes Vermeer attempts to teach Griet to grind paints by placing his large manly Dutch Master hands over hers, totally obliterating the proper social barriers between them —- she gets pretty flustered.
* [[Hollywood Science]]: A case of artistic perception of housework. Anyone doing their chores as slowly as Griet would never get ''anything'' done. A good example is cleaning windows scene, where Griet starts cleaning a whole wall of windows so slowly and meticulously it would probably take her a whole day to clean them all in [[Real Life]].
* [[Lonely Piano Piece]]: The incidental music is incredibly sparing and this is virtually the only motif used in the entire film.
* [[Person with the Clothing]]
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Between Vermeer and Griet.
* [[Wall-Bang Her]]: {{spoiler|Pieter and Griet.}}
* [[What Beautiful Eyes!]]: [[Scarlett Johansson]] plays Griet, and her bright green eyes are shown often in close up. They really are very beautiful eyes, to be honest.

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