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Release Date
• USA: Dec 22, 2000
• UK: 13 Oct 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 29, 2001
• R2: 1 May 2002
Budget $10,000,000
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG for thematic material.
Running Time
2 hours, 20 minutes
Country UK, France, Germany, USA
Studio Arts Council, Diaphana Films, Glasgow Film Fund, Granada Television Group, Kinowelt Filmproduktion, Progress, Showtime, Three Rivers
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Other Titles
• The House of Mirth
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Genre: Romance, Tragedy, Infidelity, Love, Drugs, Blackmail, Law, Period Piece
Tagline: When a woman has the beauty men admire and women envy...it is wise to tread carefully.
Plot: Terence Davies (DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES) triumphs with his sumptuous, painterly adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, which is set amid the vicious moneyed classes of 1905 New York and features a heartrending, perfectly nuanced performance by Gillian Anderson as doomed heroine Lily Bart. Lily, though strikingly beautiful and socially prominent, remains unmarried at the late age of 29. She jokes that marriage is a woman's vocation, but she is conflicted between her desire to marry a wealthy man and her love for handsome, elegant Lawrence Selden (Eric Stoltz), who, unforgivably, must work for a living. Lily's options begin to narrow, however, when her backstabbing friend, Bertha Dorset (Laura Linney), informs potential suitors of her gambling debts. In a world where the slightest hint of impropriety equals social death, Lily's self-professed genius in doing the wrong thing at the right time leads to trouble. A potential solution to Lily's downward social spiral arrives when a useful secret falls into her lap. In order to save herself, Lily must struggle with her naïveté, pride, and ineptitude at playing the elite's deadly, coded game. Davies's beautifully composed, richly textured images and Anderson's skillful evocation of quiet desperation make for a visually stunning,
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Terence Davies
Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The Neon Bible |
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Terence Davies
Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The Neon Bible | |
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Pearl Harbor, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghost Busters |
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 | Eric Stoltz
Pulp Fiction, The Butterfly Effect, Say Anything... |
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