A social-climbing young woman gains a foothold in the late Victorian upper crust by virtue of her wealthy and cultured aunt's social connections, but finds marriage to her true love, a poor hack journalist, incompatible with her new station. She cooks up a plan to use her lover to bilk a guileless and fabulously wealthy American woman of her considerable fortune, but putting the scheme into action sparks painful conflicting emotions. A sleek adaptation of the eponymous Henry James novel, with the source material's bitterness tempered by a more sympathetic characterization of its heroine. Academy Award nominations: 4, including Best Actress--Helena Bonham Carter; Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Cinematography.
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Winning One Heart…Meant Seducing Another.
A highly acclaimed, outstanding movie, The Wings of the Dove is a provocative tale of passion, temptation and greed. Helena Bonham Carter delivers a stunning, award-winning performances as Kate, a beautiful young society woman whose desire for a common journalist presents her with an impossible decision: leave him, or marry - and face a life of poverty. Events take an unexpected twist, however, when Kate befriends a lonely young heiress (Allison Elliot) whose own tragic secret offers an irresistible…but dangerous…solution. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, this intriguing story of forbidden love is a motion picture event you won't soon forget!
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