Sliver


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 1993
Country: USA
Runtime: 108
Rating: 5.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Phillip Noyce
Sound: Dolby SR
Taglines:

  • You like to watch…dont you

  • Writing by: Ira Levin – (novel)
    Joe Eszterhas – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Joe Eszterhas – executive producer
    Robert Evans – producer
    Hawk Koch – executive producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
    William J. MacDonald – co-producer
    Laura Viederman – associate producer

    Cast: Sharon Stone – Carly Norris
    William Baldwin – Zeke Hawkins
    Tom Berenger – Jack Landsford
    Polly Walker – Vida Warren
    Colleen Camp – Judy Marks
    Amanda Foreman – Samantha Moore
    Martin Landau – Alex Parsons
    CCH Pounder – Lt. Victoria Hendrix
    Nina Foch – Evelyn McEvoy
    Keene Curtis – Gus Hale
    Nicholas Pryor – Peter Farrell

    Music: Howard Shore
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    Plot Outline: Sliver Heights has everything a girl could want. Panoramic views of the city, a fully functional gym…
    Plot: Sliver Heights has everything a girl could want. Panoramic views of the city, a fully functional gym and a voyeuristic landlord with a minor oedipal complex and psychotic tendencies. One day, one of the tenants has an accident. First she looks out the window, then she looks the wrong way and finally she looks like pavement pizza. This leaves a vacant room, which Carly Norris takes a fancy to. Shes a 30 something executive who has never had that much success with men. But, hey, isnt that a perfectly eligible voyeuristic landlord with a minor oedipal complex and psychotic tendencies?

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    As the end credits roll, we see people socializing at an A.A. meeting.

    Goofs: We know about 6 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Audio/visual unsynchronized: Polly Walkers digital answering machine makes sounds of a tape transport machine as it intercepts a message.

    Trivia: There are 10 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The script originally called for full male frontal nudity, but William Baldwin changed his mind after the scenes had been shot.
    • Ira Levin was reluctant to sell the rights to his book. He had only been pleased with the movie adaptation of Rosemarys Baby (1968) out of all the attempts to film his novels. When producer Robert Evans, who had produced Rosemarys Baby (1968), got wind of this, he sent Levin a copy of Roman Polanskis autobiography, with all the mentions of Evans salvaging the film highlighted. The ploy worked and Levin sold the rights to Evans for $250,000.
    • During filming, a crew was sent to Hawaii to film an active volcano for the opening credits. During the flyover, the volcano erupted, and the helicopter carrying the crew crashed. No one was killed, but all film was lost. The opening credit scene is referenced in the film by the crystal volcano in Zekes Room.


Funny Face


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Comedy, Musical
Release Year: 1957
Country: USA
Runtime: 103
Rating: 5.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Stanley Donen
Sound: Mono, Mono
Taglines:

  • Presenting a Real New Dimension in Motion Picture Entertainment.
  • S Wonderful! S Marvelous!

  • Writing by: Leonard Gershe – written by

    Produced by: Roger Edens – producer

    Cast: Audrey Hepburn – Jo Stockton
    Fred Astaire – Dick Avery
    Kay Thompson – Maggie Prescott
    Michel Auclair – Prof. Emile Flostre
    Robert Flemyng – Paul Duval
    Dovima – Marion
    Suzy Parker – Specialty Dancer (Pink Number)
    Sunny Hartnett – Specialty Dancer (Pink Number)
    Jean Del Val – Hairdresser
    Virginia Gibson – Babs
    Sue England – Laura

    Music: Ennio Morricone
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    Plot Outline: Fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire), in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model…
    Plot: Fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire), in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stocktons (Audrey Hepburn) dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. He is intrigued by her unique appearance, as is Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson), the editor of a leading fashion magazine. They offer Jo a modeling contract, which she reluctantly accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude toward the job softens, and Jo begins to enjoy the work and the company of her handsome photographer.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 7 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    In episode 23 “Scott of the Antarctic,” the opening segments take up so much time that the theme song doesnt play until about 20 minutes into the show.

    Goofs: We know about 7 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: At the end of the film, we see Dick leave an evening fashion show party to join Jo at the church for the final dance. But a hazy filter once the church scene begins cant hide the fact that it was shot in broad daylight (complete with blue sky), even though it should still be evening.

    Trivia: There are 17 entries in the trivia list – like these:

"The Thorn Birds"


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Drama
Release Year: 1983
Country: USA, Australia
Runtime: 460
Rating: 5.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Daryl Duke
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

  • Desire. Passion. Scandal.

  • Writing by: Carmen Culver – writer
    Colleen McCullough – novel
    Lee Stanley – writer

    Produced by: Irving Paul Lazar – associate producer
    Edward Lewis – executive producer
    Stan Margulies – producer
    Lee Stanley – co-producer
    David L. Wolper – executive producer

    Cast: Richard Chamberlain – Ralph de Bricassart
    Rachel Ward – Meggie Cleary
    Barbara Stanwyck – Mary Carson
    Christopher Plummer – Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
    Jean Simmons – Fiona Fee Cleary
    Richard Kiley – Paddy Cleary
    Ken Howard – Rainer Hartheim
    Piper Laurie – Anne Mueller
    Earl Holliman – Luddie Mueller
    Mare Winningham – Justine ONeill
    Bryan Brown – Luke ONeill

    Music: Scott Glasgow
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    Plot Outline: This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carsons ranch…
    Plot: This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carsons ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the familys priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart. Meggie tries to forget Ralph by marrying dashing stockman Luke ONeill, but she and Ralph are soon reunited, with tragic consequences for them both.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    At the end of the film, before the traditional scrolling credits, the screen is filled with all the main actors names. One at a time, each stars name is highlighted, in alphabetical order. The scrolling credits are in order of appearance.

    Goofs: We know about 5 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Errors in geography: Through out the miniseries you see cars driving on the right-hand side of the road. This story takes place in Australia where they have always driven on the left side of the road. Additionally, the cars in the film are left-hand drive instead of RHD.

    Trivia: There are 8 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The role of Mary Carson was offered to Audrey Hepburn.
    • Many actresses tested for the role of Meggie, including Michelle Pfeiffer. Finally, it came down to two actresses, Rachel Ward, and Jane Seymour. Producers liked Seymours acting much better, but felt she was too strong an actress and lacked the vulnerability needed to play Meggie. So the part went to Ward.
    • Producers found the conditions of shooting in Australia to be impossible. Most of the sheep ranches were to far out in the middle of nowhere for film crews to get to, and the requirements placed on American film crews to shoot in Australia were unrealistic. So the entire ranch, Drohgeda was built in California.


Asylum


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2005
Country: UK, Ireland
Runtime: 99
Rating: 5.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: David Mackenzie
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • Passion knows no boundaries.
  • Passion. Possession.

  • Writing by: Patrick McGrath – (novel)
    Patrick Marber – (screenplay) and
    Chrysanthy Balis – (screenplay)

    Produced by: David E. Allen – producer
    Michael Barlow – executive producer
    Laurie Borg – producer
    John Buchanan – executive producer
    David Collins – co-producer
    Chris Curling – executive producer
    Baron Davis – executive producer
    Harmon Kaslow – executive producer
    Steve Markoff – executive producer
    Bruce McNall – executive producer
    Mace Neufeld – producer
    Robert Rehme – executive producer
    Natasha Richardson – executive producer

    Cast: Natasha Richardson – Stella Raphael
    Hugh Bonneville – Max Raphael
    Gus Lewis – Charlie Raphael
    Ian McKellen – Dr. Peter Cleave
    Joss Ackland – Jack Straffen
    Wanda Ventham – Bridie Straffen
    Sara Thurston – Mrs. Rose (as Sarah Thurstan)
    Alwyne Taylor – Monica
    Maria Aitken – Claudia Greene
    Hazel Douglas – Lilly
    Anna Keaveney – Mrs. Bain

    Music: Mark Mancina
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    Plot Outline: A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husbands inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
    Plot: In the 50s, the psychiatrist Max Raphael is hired to work as superintendent of an asylum in the outskirts of London, and he moves with his wife Stella Raphael and their son Charlie. Stella has a passionless marriage and is ignored by Max; her boredom changes when her son befriends the handsome inmate Edgar Stark, an sculptor that in a crisis of jealousy had killed and disfigured his wife, and that is treated by Dr. Peter Cleave, an ambitious psychiatrist that aspired Maxs position. During the afternoons, Stella has a hot adulterous affair with Edgar until the day he escapes and their affair is discovered. Stella has to take a decision between her family and her wild passion for Edgar.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Delaria is seen still on stage after the credits briefly telling the audience to “go home.”

    Goofs: We know about 8 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Audio/visual unsynchronized: When John Blane tests the safety of the gun on his friend, you can see the hammer fall about one second before the accompanying sound effect is heard.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • When Paramount Pictures secured film rights to the book in 1997, the original plan was to bring Stephen King and Jonathan Demme on board as, respectively, screenwriter and director
    • Natasha Richardsons leading man would have been husband Liam Neeson but for his contractual ties with Kinsey (2004)
    • Both Marton Csokas and Ian McKellan have appeared in ‘The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring’ and The ‘Lord of the Rings: Return of the King’.


Autumn in New York


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Drama
Release Year: 2000
Country: USA
Runtime: 103
Rating: 7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Joan Chen
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Taglines:

  • He fell in love for the first time… she fell in love forever.
  • He taught her how to live. She taught him how to love.

  • Writing by: Allison Burnett – (written by)

    Produced by: Ronald M. Bozman – executive producer (as Ron Bozman)
    Andre Lamal – co-producer
    Gary Lucchesi – producer
    Amy Robinson – producer
    Tom Rosenberg – producer
    Ted Tannebaum – executive producer
    Richard S. Wright – executive producer (uncredited)

    Cast: Richard Gere – Will Keane
    Winona Ryder – Charlotte Fielding
    Anthony LaPaglia – John
    Elaine Stritch – Dolly
    Vera Farmiga – Lisa Tyler
    Sherry Stringfield – Sarah
    Jill Hennessy – Lynn McCale
    J.K. Simmons – Dr. Tom Grandy
    Sam Trammell – Simon
    Mary Beth Hurt – Dr. Sibley
    Kali Rocha – Shannon

    Music: Gabriel Yared
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    Plot Outline: Romantic drama about an aging playboy who falls for a sweet, but terminally ill, young woman.
    Plot: Love story da groppo in gola per due belli e impossibili di Hollywood, di quelle che ti fanno sperare per tutto il film in un eccezionale lieto fine. In una New York autunnale ed umida, Will и uno chef cinquantenne molto amato dalle donne e senza storie troppo lunghe da raccontare, Charlotte и una ventenne dalla salute precaria ed entrambi sono convinti che la loro avventura durerа poco. Sarа vero? Ma lamore puт essere piщ forte di tutto quando un male incurabile sta minando il fisico della ragazza?

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    The words of the song played in the titles and credits, “Ecce homo” (“ecce homo qui est faba. Vale homo qui est faba”) translate to “behold the man who is a bean. Farewell the man who is a bean”.

    Goofs: We know about 5 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: Lisas tummy gets much larger in a short period of time (from when she offers to help find a doctor and when they are waiting for the surgery – both at Christmas time).

    Trivia: There are 14 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The title music “Ecce homo” (“Behold the man”), like many TV themes by Howard Goodall, was originally written as a serious piece of church choral music. New lyrics (in Latin) were written for “Mr. Bean”: “Ecce homo qui est faba. Vale homo qui est faba” (“Behold the man who is a bean. Farewell the man who is a bean”).
    • In the first episode during the church sketch, the unseen preacher is the voice of Rowan Atkinson. He is speaking nonsensical gibberish in his natural voice.
    • The original proposed name for the character was Mr. White. Names of vegetables were next, including Mr. Cauliflower, ending with the choice of Mr. Bean.


Body of Evidence


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 1993
Country: USA, Germany
Runtime: 99
Rating: 7.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Uli Edel
Sound: Dolby
Taglines:

  • An act of love, or an act of murder?
  • This is the murder weapon. Her name is Rebecca.

  • Writing by: Brad Mirman – (written by)

    Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis – producer
    Mel Dellar – line producer
    Stephen Deutsch – executive producer
    Bernd Eichinger – co-producer
    Melinda Jason – executive producer
    Herman Weigel – co-producer

    Cast: Madonna – Rebecca Carlson
    Michael Forest – Andrew Marsh
    Joe Mantegna – Robert Garrett
    Charles Hallahan – Dr. McCurdy
    Mark Rolston – Detective Reese
    Richard Riehle – Detective Griffin
    D. Scot Douglas – Printman
    Mario DePriest – Technician
    John DeLay – 2nd Technician
    Ross Huffman-Kerr – Photographer
    Anne Archer – Joanne Braslow

    Music: Graeme Revell
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: A woman is accused of killing a man to inherit his millions by having sex with him.
    Plot: A millionaire is found dead of heart failure handcuffed to the bed with a home video tape of him and his lover. When cocaine is found in his system, and his will leaves $8 million to his lover, they arrest her on suspicion of murder. Her lawyer succumbs to her charms, and he begins a torrid and kinky affair with her. As new evidence turns up during trial, he begins to wonder if hes defending a murderer.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Special thanks to the directors exploited friends.

    Goofs: We know about 7 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: The kitchen of the busy restaurant where Sharon works has nobody working in it when she runs out.

    Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • When filming the infamous “hot candle wax and cold champagne” sex scene for this film, Madonna agreed to appear nude, but footage clearly showing her nudity was not used in the theatrical version. Instead, it was featured in the “un-rated” version eventually released on DVD.
    • Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell successfully lobbied for a disclaimer to appear on the films trailer and advertisements, saying that the film had no connection with her novel of the same name.
    • This film is listed among the Top Ten Best Bad Films ever made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE.


The Bachelor


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Comedy
Release Year: 1999
Country: USA
Runtime: 101
Rating: 8.7 (0)
Languages: English, Spanish
Director: Gary Sinyor
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Taglines:

  • One thousand brides. One hundred million dollars. Jimmie Shannon is about to discover the true value of love.

  • Writing by: Roi Cooper Megrue – (play "Seven Chances")
    Jean C. Havez – (1925 screenplay "Seven Chances") and
    Clyde Bruckman – (1925 screenplay "Seven Chances") and
    Joseph A. Mitchell – (1925 screenplay "Seven Chances")
    Steve Cohen – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Jeffrey T. Barabe – producer
    Michael De Luca – executive producer
    Leon Dudevoir – co-producer
    Stephen W. Hollocker – co-producer (as Stephen Hollocker)
    Bing Howenstein – producer
    Donna Langley – executive producer
    Gene Levy – line producer
    Chris ODonnell – executive producer
    Lloyd Segan – producer

    Cast: Chris ODonnell – Jimmie Shannon
    Renée Zellweger – Anne Arden
    Artie Lange – Marco
    Edward Asner – Sid Gluckman
    Hal Holbrook – Roy ODell
    James Cromwell – The Priest
    Marley Shelton – Natalie Arden
    Peter Ustinov – Grandad James Shannon
    Katharine Towne – Monique
    Rebecca Cross – Stacey
    Stacy Edwards – Zoe

    Music: David A. Hughes John Murphy
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    Plot Outline: A committment-phobic man goes in search of a bride including his fed up girlfriend, to inherit his grandfathers $100 million inheritance.
    Plot: Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isnt too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marcos wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After shes gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfathers will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless hes married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    The author of the book on which this miniseries is based, Terry Pratchett, is credited in the opening credits of both parts with the line “Mucked About” by Terry Pratchett

    Goofs: We know about 10 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Jimmie is at his grandfathers funeral, he says “…he rose up and called the doctors scum suckers.” But that is clearly not what his mouth says.

    Trivia: There are 4 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Several of the brides chasing the bachelor at the end of this movie are male extras in drag.
    • One of the brides mentions that she “went to Princeton where Brooke Shields went”. Brooke Shields plays Buckley in the movie.
    • The character “Sanzel” is a reference to the writer Ken Sanzel, a childhood friend of Steve Cohen, who wrote the screenplay for this movie.


Carolina


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Comedy
Release Year: 2003
Country: USA, Germany
Runtime: 96
Rating: 7.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Marleen Gorris
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • Inspired by true events.
  • Reach for it with everything youve got.
  • Two can reach higher than one. Eight will touch a miracle.
  • There are no shortcuts to a dream.

  • Writing by: Katherine Fugate – (written by)

    Produced by: Carol Baum – producer
    Michael Beugg – co-producer
    Martin Bregman – producer
    Guy Collins – executive producer
    Keith Cousins – executive producer
    Ann Dubinet – executive producer
    Kate Guinzburg – producer
    Steven Kaye – associate producer
    Michael Klawitter – co-producer
    Christopher Petzel – executive producer
    Lou Pitt – producer
    Louis A. Stroller – executive producer
    Rudolf G. Wiesmeier – executive producer

    Cast: Julia Stiles – Carolina Mirabeau
    Shirley MacLaine – Grandma Millicent Mirabeau
    Alessandro Nivola – Albert Morris
    Randy Quaid – Theodore Ted Mirabeau
    Edward Atterton – Heath Pierson
    Azura Skye – Georgia Mirabeau
    Mika Boorem – Maine Mirabeau
    Jennifer Coolidge – Aunt Marilyn
    Alan Thicke – Perfect Date host
    John Capodice – Ernie the Cook
    Lisa Sheridan – Debbie

    Music: Steve Bartek
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: The everyday life of Arnold, a 4th-grader in a nameless city that resembles Brooklyn, who lives in a multi-racial boarding house with his grandparents and a motley assortment of neighbors and friends.
    Plot: A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    During the opening credits of the pilot “Greatest American Heroine”, the three-note NBC theme is heard as the letters “i-n-e” appear one at a time on screen. (An in-joke as NBC was the network the series was being pitched to at the time)

    Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: The rings on Carolinas left hand change repeatedly between shots when shes kissing Albert at the end of the movie.

    Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list – like these:

Persuasion


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Drama
Release Year: 1995
Country: USA, UK, France
Runtime: 107
Rating: 7.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Roger Michell
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • Not every serial killer fits the profile.
  • Based on the true story of Americas most infamous serial sex killer.

  • Writing by: Jane Austen – novel
    Nick Dear – writer

    Produced by: Rebecca Eaton – executive producer: WGBH
    George Faber – executive producer
    George Faber – producer: BBC
    Fiona Finlay – producer
    Margot Hayhoe – associate producer

    Cast: Amanda Root – Anne Elliot
    Ciarán Hinds – Captain Frederick Wentworth
    Susan Fleetwood – Lady Russell
    Corin Redgrave – Sir Walter Elliot
    Fiona Shaw – Mrs. Croft
    John Woodvine – Admiral Croft
    Phoebe Nicholls – Elizabeth Elliot
    Samuel West – Mr. Elliot
    Sophie Thompson – Mary Musgrove
    Judy Cornwell – Mrs. Musgrove
    Simon Russell Beale – Charles Musgrove

    Music: Jeremy Sams
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    Plot Outline: Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded…
    Plot: Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young seaman, who, though promising, had poor family connections. When her father rents out the family estate to Admiral Croft, Anne is thrown into company with Frederick, because his sister is Mrs. Croft. Frederick is now a rich and successful Captain, and a highly eligible bachelor. Whom will he marry? One of Annes sisters husbands sisters? Or will he and Anne rekindle the old flame?

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Jeffrey Sharp would like to dedicate his work on this film to his mother, Virginia Sharp Albright, with love and admiration.

    Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Anachronisms: After Louisa jumps off the steps, a blue car is seen driving up the Cob behind Captain Wentworth.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Because of the meager budget, the closing shots of Captain Wentworths ship were reused from The Bounty (1984).
    • Filmed completely on location, using all natural light.
    • Made for British television and originally screened by the BBC in April 1995, the film was released theatrically around the rest of the world.


The House of Mirth


Category: Romance
All Genres: Romance, Drama
Release Year: 2000
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany
Runtime: 140
Rating: 7.1 (0)
Languages: English, French
Director: Terence Davies
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • When a woman has the beauty men admire and women envy…it is wise to tread carefully.

  • Writing by: Edith Wharton – (novel "The House of Mirth")
    Terence Davies – (written by)

    Produced by: Pippa Cross – executive producer
    Bob Last – executive producer
    Olivia Stewart – producer
    Alan J. Wands – co-producer

    Cast: Gillian Anderson – Lily Bart
    Dan Aykroyd – Augustus Gus Trenor
    Eleanor Bron – Mrs. Julia Peniston, Lilys Aunt
    Terry Kinney – George Dorset
    Anthony LaPaglia – Sim Rosedale (as Anthony Lapaglia)
    Laura Linney – Bertha Dorset
    Jodhi May – Grace Julia Stepney
    Elizabeth McGovern – Mrs. Carry Fisher
    Eric Stoltz – Lawrence Selden
    Penny Downie – Judy Trenor
    Pearce Quigley – Percy Gryce

    Music: Angela Morley
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
    Plot: Terence Davies The House of Mirth, is a tragic love story set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. Based on the classic Edith Wharton novel. Gillian Anderson stars as Lily Bart, a ravishing socialite at the height of her success who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm starts attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. Torn between her heart and her head, Lilly always seems to do the right thing at the wrong time. She seeks a wealthy husband and in trying to conform to social expectations, she misses her chance for real love with Lawrence Seldon (Eric Stolz).

    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Thanks to the staff of Kelvingrove Museum, the Lord Provost and staff at Glasgow City Chambers, residents of Kersland Street, all the staff at the Arthouse Hotel, Glasgow, and the Earls of Wemyss and March and Lady Wemyss.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Anachronisms: The film, which takes place during 1905-07, depicts several characters attending a performance of the opera “Cosi fan tutte” — but that opera was first performed in New York in 1922.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Shooting angles for some outdoor scenes had to be changed because groups of "The X Files" (1993) fans congregated in the background to see Gillian Anderson.
    • Director Terence Davies whenever possible used actual period dresses–some so fragile with age that they ripped off of the actresses during scenes–and period corsets, which caused some of the actresses great pain but made them understand better the constraints put on women of the period.
    • Due to the bankruptcy of German distributor Kinowelt in 2001, the movie never had an official release in Germany (theatrically or on DVD), although there was already a German dub version created.


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