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Kate falls in love with a penniless journalist named Merton. If she marries him she will live in poverty but if she gives him up she will receive her inheritance. There is, however, one option. Merton could seduce Millie, an American heiress, who is dying - but what if he loses his heart to Millie? Just how far will the lovers go...

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ProducerStephen Evans, David Parfitt

EAN5055201819680

eBay Product ID (ePID)108985869

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ActorAlex Jennings, Rachele Crisafulli, Elizabeth Mcgovern, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Diana Kent, Shirley Chantrell, Charlotte Rampling, Philip Wright, Alexander John, Helena Bonham-Carter, Ben Miles, Michael Gambon

Film/TV TitleThe Wings of the Dove

DirectorIain Softley

Release Year2011

FormatBlu-ray

LanguageEnglish

GenreDrama, General

Run Time98 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Number of Discs1

ComposerEdward Shearmur

Production DesignerJohn Beard

Additional InformationA social-climbing young woman gains a foothold in the late Victorian upper crust by virtue of her wealthy and cultured aunt's social connections, but finds marriage to her true love, a poor hack journalist, incompatible with her new station. She cooks up a plan to use her lover to bilk a guileless and fabulously wealthy American woman of her considerable fortune, but putting the scheme into action sparks painful conflicting emotions. A sleek adaptation of the eponymous Henry James novel, with the source material's bitterness tempered by a more sympathetic characterization of its heroine. Academy Award nominations: 4, including Best Actress--Helena Bonham Carter; Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Cinematography.

ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - "...Ravishing...[and] impassioned..." -- Rating: B+, Sight and Sound - ...[A] skillful, graceful movie..., Movieline - ...[A] dazzling stylistic achievement....Like James's novel, the film honors the mysterious process by which life is at once extinguished and renewed..., New York Times - ...Spellbinding....This magnificent film conveys an intimation of what values count the most, of what really matters....Intelligent and sympathetic..., USA Today - "...[An] exquisitely mounted romantic gem..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4

ScreenwriterHossein Amini

Costume DesignerSandy Powell

AuthorHenry James

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorTariq Anwar

Movie/TV TitleThe Wings Of The Dove

Director of PhotographyEduardo Serra

Consumer AdviceContains scenes of moderate sex