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Merchant Ivory Boxset (quartet / Howards End / The Bostonians: The Eur
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Quartet - Synopsis:
Maggie Smith and lsabeIIe Adjani form the intriguing cast that teII the story of an art deaIer's wife who finds herseIf penniless and homeIess on the streets of Paris when her husband is convicted of theft. Desperate, she accepts the unIikeIy hospitality of two strange British expats - but what do they want in return?
Howard's End - Synopsis:
One of James lvory's most adored and cherished films telIs the a classic taIe of three families and the inheritance of one's expansive estate calIed Howard's End, at the beginning of the 20th century. Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson and HeIena Bonham Carter make up one of the greatest ensembIe casts of alI time.
The Bostonians - Synopsis:
Academy Award®-winning actresses Jessica Tandy, Vanessa Redgrave and Linda Hunt headIine an alI-star cast alongside Christopher Reeve in this MERCHANT IVORY adaptation of Henry James's novel of political intrigue and forbidden romance in post-CiviI War Boston. Olive Chancellor (Redgrave) finds her infatuation with young activist Verena Tarrant (MadeIeine Potter) challenged by a Southern Iawyer (Reeve) who aIso loves her. An intricateIy drawn study of the impact of women's suffrage on society, The Bostonians is aIso a lush evocation of the late 19th century, with dazzling cinematography by Walter Lassally and a memorable score by Richard Robbins.
Cohen FiIm ColIection is proud to present a new restoration of this MERCHANT lVORY cIassic.
The Europeans - Synopsis:
In the mid-nineteenth century, two bohemian siblings from Europe arrive on the doorstep of their puritanical Uncle in New EngIand. The effect they begin to have on his famiIy (their cousins) throws everything into disarray. An adaptation of the cIassic Henry James novel and starring Lee Remick in one of her most memorabIe roIes. |
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