Merchant Ivory Collection (1979 - 1992) DVD-boksi

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- The Europeans

- Quartet

- The Bostonians

- Howard's End

Ohjaus: James Ivory

Pääosissa: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Isabelle Adjani

*** The Europeans ***

In the mid-nineteenth century, two bohemian siblings from Europe arrive on the doorstep of their puritanical Uncle in New England. The effect they begin to have on his family (their cousins) throws everything into disarray. An adaptation of the classic Henry James novel and starring Lee Remick in one of her most memorable roles.

*** Quartet ***

Maggie Smith and Isabelle Adjani form the intriguing cast that tell the story of an art dealer's wife who finds herself penniless and homeless on the streets of Paris when her husband is convicted of theft. Desperate, she accepts the unlikely hospitality of two strange British expats - but what do they want in return?

*** The Bostonians ***

Academy Award®-winning actresses Jessica Tandy, Vanessa Redgrave and Linda Hunt headline an all-star cast alongside Christopher Reeve in this MERCHANT IVORY adaptation of Henry James's novel of political intrigue and forbidden romance in post-Civil War Boston. Olive Chancellor (Redgrave) finds her infatuation with young activist Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter) challenged by a Southern lawyer (Reeve) who also loves her. An intricately drawn study of the impact of women's suffrage on society, The Bostonians is also a lush evocation of the late 19th century, with dazzling cinematography by Walter Lassally and a memorable score by Richard Robbins.

Cohen Film Collection is proud to present a new restoration of this MERCHANT IVORY classic.

*** Howard's End ***

One of James Ivory's most adored and cherished films tells the a classic tale of three families and the inheritance of one's expansive estate called Howard's End, at the beginning of the 20th century. Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter make up one of the greatest ensemble casts of all time.

Collection of four romantic period dramas directed by James Ivory.

Films included:

Quartet (1981), based on the novel by Jean Rhys, is set in bohemian 1920s Paris where Marya Zelli (Isabelle Adjani), a beautiful young novelist, finds herself destitute when her art dealer husband, Stephan (Anthony Higgins) is sent to prison for theft. A rich patron, H.J. Heidler (Alan Bates), and his artist wife, Lois (Maggie Smith), offer to take Marya in for the duration of Stephan's incarceration. Heidler, a shameless philanderer with a predilection helpless young women, soon seduces Marya - while Lois reckons with his infidelity.

In Howards End (1992), set in 1910, sisters Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) and Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) live in London with their brother, but the lease on their flat is about to expire. Margaret has recently befriended the ailing Mrs Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave) who decides to bequeath her house, Howards End, to her. However, upon Mrs Wilcox's death her family close ranks, refusing to inform Margaret of her inheritance. When the widowed Henry Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins) begins to take a romantic interest in Margaret, however, events take a tragic turn.

The Bostonians (1984), is set in 19th-century Boston, where Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter) is torn between her feelings for Southern lawyer Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), who wants to marry her, and her passionate attachment to suffragette Olive Chancellor (Redgrave) and the fledgling Women's Movement.

Finally, in The Europeans (1979), set in the 1850s, Baroness Eugenia Munster (Lee Remick) travels from Europe with her brother Felix (Tim Woodward) to live with her puritanical relatives, the Wentworths, in New England. They regard Eugenia and Felix as a pair of dangerous European bohemians. Felix falls in love with Gertrude Wentworth (Lisa Eichhorn) and Eugenia embarks on a romance with Robert Acton (Robin Ellis), the district's most eligible bachelor.