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Release Date
• USA: May 5, 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 24, 2000
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.
Running Time
1 hour, 55 minutes
Country UK, USA
Studio Intermedia Films, Mirage, Universal, USA Films
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Other Titles
• Up at the Villa
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Genre: Drama, Murder, Period Piece
Tagline: Danger is the ultimate attraction.
Plot: With UP AT THE VILLA, director Philip Haas offers an intriguing cocktail of romance, melodrama, and suspense. The setting is Italy in the late 1930s--fascism is on the rise, and British expatriate Mary Panton (Kristin Scott Thomas), a penniless young widow, is searching for a new husband who will be able to support her. She has all but made up her mind to accept wealthy Sir Edgar Swift's (James Fox) proposal when the situation is complicated by the arrival of a debonair American playboy, Rowley Flint, played by Sean Penn (who is cast against type here). A flirtation develops between the two--but it is yet another suitor, Austrian war refugee Karl Richter (Jeremy Davies), whose amorous advances Mary finally succumbs to out of pity. When Richter realizes that a continuation of their love affair is out of the question, he commits suicide. Now it's up to the rakish Rowley to save Mary from the consequences of her fateful one-night-stand, even if it means being arrested for murder. Directed with Haas’s trademark flair for beautiful scenery, UP AT THE VILLA is an elegant cinematic adaptation of a novella by Somerset Maugham.
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Philip Haas
Angels & Insects, The Music of Chance, Lathe of Heaven |
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| Belinda Haas
Angels & Insects, The Music of Chance, The Blood Oranges |
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 | Sean Penn
Mystic River, The Game, The Thin Red Line |
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 | James Fox
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Patriot Games, The Remains of the Day |
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