'Music Documentary 'Echo In The Canyon' Set As LA Film Festival Opener'. ^ 'Production begins on 'The Chaperone' with Elizabeth McGovern'.'Haley Lu Richardson Joins Elizabeth McGovern's PBS Movie 'The Chaperone' '. ^ 'Elizabeth McGovern Returns to MASTERPIECE in The Chaperone'.There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including I Am Number Four, Unknown and Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. ' 'Downton Abbey' Writer Julian Fellowes & Elizabeth McGovern Reunite For 'The Chaperone' – Cannes'. The Chaperone was released in 2011 on Friday, Febru(Limited release). 'Fox Searchlight Sets Simon Curtis-Directed 'The Chaperone' With 'Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern'. The site's critical consensus reads, ' The Chaperone is inspired by a potentially interesting real-life story, but loses its sharpest and timeliest angles in the telling.' On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 48 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews.' References The Chaperone holds a 47% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10.

The film had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 23, 2018. Principal photography began in August 2017. Victoria Hill, Greg Clark, Luca Scalisi, Rose Ganguzza, Kelly Carmichael and Gary Hamilton also served as producers on the film. The film received a theatrical release prior to airing on PBS. Masterpiece, Altus Media, and Rose Pictures produced the film, with PBS Distribution distributing it. In May 2017, it was announced Michael Engler would direct the film, instead of Curtis, who remained as executive producer on the film. Fox Searchlight Pictures would distribute the film. In February 2013, it was announced Elizabeth McGovern would star in the film, with Simon Curtis directing from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, based upon the novel by Laura Moriarty, with McGovern, Curtis, Eli Selden, and Adam Shulman producing under their Anonymous Content banner. Elizabeth McGovern as Norma (The Chaperone).The story centers on Norma Carlisle, a middle-aged woman who chaperones the teenage Louise Brooks, who ventures to New York City to study dance at the Denishawn school.

Chaperone movie 2011