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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780966185010
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0966185013
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Geneon [Pioneer]
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 15, 1998
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 100871
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Theatrical Release Date: 1984
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Before their breakthrough successes with A Room with a View, Howards End, and The Remains of the Day, the Merchant-Ivory filmmaking team refined their literary adaptation skills with this 1984 drama, adapted from the classic novel by Henry James. Although the film can only begin to approximate the internal dialogues that make up much of James's fascinating fiction, it retains the central conflict of the post-Civil War drama, which takes place just as women are beginning their struggle for equality. The story involves a triangle of conflicting relationships, in which a repressed lesbian (Vanessa Redgrave) engages in a subtle, unspoken tug-of-war with a Southern lawyer (Christopher Reeve) for the affections of a young woman (Madeleine Potter) who is just coming into her own as a young suffragette. Although the film is slow and dry compared to Merchant-Ivory's later efforts, it's eminently respectable (as you might expect) and is highlighted by Redgrave's superb, Oscar-nominated performance as the story's feminist heroine. The supporting cast is equally impressive, and includes Jessica Tandy, Linda Hunt, Wallace Shawn, and Wesley Addy. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - IF WE COULD MEET WITH THE PARENTS OF OUR GRANDPARENTS, WHAT MIGHT THEY SAY?
It's Boston, 1875, One hundred and thirty-three years have past. Eveything has changed.
This is an adaptation of a novel by Henry James, and the story begins with a meeting and lecture having to do with The Emancipation of Women -- a subject of some controversey -- and we are quickly enough introduced to all of the principal participants in the drama. These principals are played by Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Nancy Marchand, Jessica Tandy and Madelaine Potter. This is a ... Read More
Rating:  - just another merchant-ivory movie
basically your basic merchant-ivory adaptation of yet another henry james novel. as usual, you get fine performances (christopher reeve, vanessa redgrave, nancy marchand, et al) in impressive sets imprisoned in a static screenplay and even more "leisurely" direction. i respect the merchant-ivory movies, but rarely (there ARE a few, like "remains of the day") enjoy them.
Rating:  - America is still battling...and again it's Boston brewing!
There is alot that does not readily meet the eye on just a one time viewing of this magnificently engaging adaptation of Henry James' novel.Merchant-Ivory has assembled an incredibly intelligent look at the American struggle for independence by focusing us back to "The Cradle of the Revolution"-Boston.It is 1875.The film commences with an organist thunderously improvising on the tune AMERICA:MY COUNTRY,'TIS OF THEE.A melodramatic stage has been set for us to view another American battle about to ... Read More
Rating: - Trouble in Boston
Based on Henry James's novel, this movie is a satirical look at the women's emancipation movement around the turn of the century in general, and how one woman (played by Vanessa Redgrave) keeps another (Madeleine Potter) locked away for her own purposes. Unfortunately, the movie does not focus in on this irony strongly enough. Where the movie should be crystal clear in its intentions, it is instead soft-focused and wishy-washy. In addition, Christopher Reeve plays a lawyer who also becomes interested ... Read More
Rating: - "Will you be my friendly friend forever and ever?"
Set in 1875, this Merchant-Ivory film focuses on the post-Civil War intellectual community of Boston and Cambridge, bringing to life the suffragist movement, which passionately involved many of its women. Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter) is a beautiful and charming young woman who draws large, paying crowds to hear her speak about "the just revolution," which would free women from their second class status. Though Verena describes herself as "only a girl, a simple American girl," her strength as a ... Read More
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