Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy

This entertaining story from a delicious early novel by Henry James takes place in a New England Arcadia that stands for everything beautiful, pure and good. Into this Eden come a sophisticated Europe...( read more  read more... )an brother and sister who turn up unexpectedly on the doorstep of their staid American cousins, the Wentworths. The fortune-hunting Eugenia (Lee Remick) and her high-spirited brother Felix (Tim Woodward) turn this Puritan world upside down. The film concludes with three betrothals, like a Mozart opera. But Eugenia has been too clever, and must return to Europe as empty-handed as she came.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: James Ivory

Release Date: May 1, 1979

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DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003

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  • June 20, 2009
    I got the colour scheme for my drawing room from watching this film.
  • December 22, 2008
    nominated for best picture by NBR and for best foreign film at the golden globes
  • November 25, 2007
    Good movie to take a nap through.
  • November 14, 2007
    The cinematography is very beautiful, and Lee Remick gives a fine performance but the rest is sort of listless, although the period detail is impressive.

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