The Bostonians
An intimate and exquisite probe of the feminist heart.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 21, 2019
- Originally Released: 1984
- Label: Cohen Film Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve & Madeleine Potter | |
Performer: | Jessica Tandy, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy, Linda Hunt, Jon Van Ness & Wallace Shawn | |
Directed by | James Ivory | |
Screenplay by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
Original story by | Henry James | |
Composition by | Richard Robbins | |
Produced by | Ismail Merchant | |
Director of Photography: | Walter Lassally |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
Reeve is earnest if not entirely believable in a pivotal role, but Redgrave and Potter are excellent.
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Film Frenzy
Rating: 4/5 --
absorbing drama
Classic Film and Television
Rating: 3/4 --
[The Bostonians is] intelligent and subtle and open to the underlying tragedy of a woman who does not know what she wants, a man who does not care what he wants, and a girl who does not need what she wants.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Included in The New York Times 10 BEST FILMS OF 1984
New York Times
Like the Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala team's 1979 The Europeans, this is a classy adaptation of a Henry James novel.
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Variety
''The Bostonians,'' which opens today at Cinema I, unfolds elegantly but not always smoothly... But the performances, especially that of the astonishing Miss Redgrave, generate an urgency and momentum to match Mr. James's own.
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New York Times
...Ably and enthusiastically adapted for the screen....The performances, especially that of the astonishing [Redgrave], generate an urgency and momentum to match [Henry] James's own.
New York Times
Product Description:
Director James Ivory brings Henry James's classic novel THE BOSTONIANS to the screen in this evocative, historical adaptation filled with exciting, exacting performances. The story centers on the fight between an ardent feminist and a southern gentleman for a charismatic faith healer's daughter. Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), a conservative lawyer, woos the youthful, charming, and articulate Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter in her first film role), but he objects to her involvement in the suffragist movement and to Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave), Verena's feminist mentor. The relationship between Redgrave, Reeve, and Potter is mesmerizing to watch, and Reeve, better known for his role in SUPERMAN, is handsomely dynamic as the lover Verena cannot deny. Jessica Tandy, Linda Hunt, and Nancy Marchand costar in this strong ensemble film shot in stunning New England locations. THE BOSTONIANS was Merchant Ivory Productions' second adaptation of a Henry James novel, following THE EUROPEANS.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 74,328
- UPC: 741952852094
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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