The Wings of the Dove
by Iain Softley
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Actor: Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth McGovern, Helena Bonham Carter, Linus RoacheDirector: Iain Softley
Brand: BOHMAN CARTER,HELEN
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Caroline Wood
Producer: David Parfitt
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Producer: Mark Cooper
Writer: Henry James
Writer: Hossein Amini
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-09-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Wings of the Dove
Movie Review: Fantastic movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Beautifully shot, with gorgeous costumes, this Henry James adaptation is stunning. Forget the beauty of the film for a second; this is a fantastic example of human nature and what we are capable of.
I'm surprised that the book is not more popular given the nuances of the story. There are no straight lines here and the director, along with the characters and actors, give the impression, as they should, that the action is happening on the spot.
If you liked THE GOLDEN BOWL or some of Wharton's adptations, this one will fall into the same category. What is most amazing abou this movie is its subtlty and yet raw portrait of love, meaness, and all that goes along with being human.
Summary of The Wings of the Dove
Highly acclaimed as one of the year's most outstanding movies, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE is a provocative tale of passion, temptation, and greed. Helena Bonham Carter (HOWARDS END) delivers a stunning, award-winning performance as Kate, a beautiful young society woman whose desire for a common journalist (Linus Roache) presents her with an impossible decision: leave him, or marry -- and face a life of poverty. Events take an unexpected twist, however, when Kate befriends a lonely young heiress (Alison Elliott) whose own tragic secret offers an irresistible ... but dangerous ... solution. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards(R), this intriguing story of forbidden love is a motion picture event you won't soon forget!Queen of the costume drama Helena Bonham Carter finally got a chance to loosen her corset a bit with this exquisitely mounted (Sandy Powell's costumes were nominated for an Academy Award) romantic drama based on Henry James's classic novel. Set in turn-of-the-century London and Venice, Wings of the Dove is a stately departure--more PBS than MTV--for Iain Softley, director of Hackers and the birth-of-the-Beatles biopic Backbeat. But there's enough romantic intrigue to perhaps fuel a week's worth of daytime TV talk shows: My Lover Seduced a Dying Heiress for Her Money.
Bonham Carter, who won several critics association honors for her performance (she was nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar as well) stars as Kate, who is engaged in a secret affair with Merton (Linus Roache), a journalist whose poor financial standing makes marriage impossible. Kate's manipulative aunt (Charlotte Rampling) threatens to disown her unless she marries the more suitable Lord Mark (Alex Jennings). Opportunity--admittedly sordid--arrives in the form of Millie (Alison Elliott), an American heiress whom Kate befriends. When Kate learns that Millie is dying, she suggests to Merton that he seduce her to make her last days happy, and ensuring that Millie will leave Merton her money when she dies. Merton reluctantly agrees, just as Kate begins to have second thoughts that threaten to sabotage the scheme.
One of the most rapturously reviewed films in recent years, Wings of the Dove is a must-own film for the Merchant-Ivory crowd. But guys: don't dismiss this as a "chick flick." Beneath its Masterpiece Theatre exterior beats the wild and untamed heart of Dawson's Creek. --Donald Liebenson
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