Editing Gosford Park (section)

==Themes==
The film is a study of the British [[class system]] during the 1930s; [[Stephen Fry]], Inspector Thompson in the film, says that it shows the upper class's dependency on a servant class.<ref name="making of" /> A number of secondary themes are also explored. For example, the film takes a subtle look at sexual mores during the 1930s. As it is set in 1932, between the [[Interwar period|world wars]], the impact of the [[First World War]] is explored in the film's screenplay.<ref name="NYTreview">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9804EFD81531F935A15751C1A9679C8B63 |title=Full of Baronial Splendor and Hatefulness |access-date=26 April 2008 |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=26 December 2001 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> It mentions the decline of the [[British Empire]] and the [[peerage]] system. Writing for [[PopMatters]], Cynthia Fuchs described surface appearances, rather than complex interpersonal relationships, as a theme of the film.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.popmatters.com/gosford-park-dvd-2496243079.html |title=Gosford Park |access-date=26 April 2008 |last=Fuchs |first=Cynthia |date=27 June 2002 |work=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref>

[[Salon.com]] critic Steven Johnson notes a revival of the [[manor house]] mystery style, popularised by the writings of [[Agatha Christie]], in the screenplay for ''Gosford Park''. He called it a blend between this literary style and that of the [[Novel#19th century|19th century novel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/feature/2002/01/24/gosford_novels/ |title=The ghosts of "Gosford Park" |access-date=26 April 2008 |last=Johnson |first=Steven |date=24 January 2002 |work=[[Salon.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514122854/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/feature/2002/01/24/gosford_novels/ |archive-date=14 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bob Balaban, an actor and producer for ''Gosford Park'', says that the idea of creating a murder mystery told by the servants in the manor was an interesting one for him and Altman.<ref name="making of">{{cite video |people=Miller, Danny (Director); Gill, Kevin (Executive Producer) |date=14 December 2001 |title=The Making of Gosford Park |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Focus Features|USA Films]]}}</ref>

Themes from the film were picked up and integrated into the series ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' by Julian Fellowes. Maggie Smith starred again in her role as a dowager countess, this time her title not being ''Trentham'' but ''Grantham''; the family are related to the ''Marquess'' (rather than the Earl) of Flintshire.