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Release Date
• USA: Dec 24, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 18, 1997
• R2: 25 Jun 2001
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for mature sensuality and some brief nudity.
Running Time
2 hours, 22 minutes
Country UK, USA
Studio Gramercy Pictures, Polygram
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Other Titles
• The Portrait of a Lady
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Genre: Drama, Period Piece, Marriage, Deception, Love, Scams And Cons
Plot: Nicole Kidman stars in this dark, elaborate adaptation of Henry James's novel, director Jane Campion's follow-up to THE PIANO. American Isabel Archer (Kidman) visits her wealthy relatives in 1872 England, where she turns down an offer of marriage by a kind and rich suitor (Richard E. Grant) in order to see the world and experience life. Her consumptive cousin (Martin Donovan) is secretly in love with her and arranges that she inherit a fortune so she can fulfill this desire, but she lets herself be seduced into marriage by a manipulative, egotistical aesthete named Osmond (John Malkovich). As Osmond works to subjugate her, it’s up to Isabel to see the truth and earn back her dying cousin's faith. The stellar cast includes Viggo Mortenson, Mary-Louise Parker, Shelley Winters, Christian Bale, Shelley Duvall, Valentina Cervi as Osmond's beautiful, dominated daughter, and, best of all, Barbara Hershey as Madame Servena, Isabel's scheming friend. The moving, nuanced performances are complemented and at times even eclipsed by Janet Patterson’s ethereal costume designs, the decadently dark color schemes, and Campion's graceful camera movements.
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Henry James
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