The Bostonians (film)

The Bostonians

Directed by	James Ivory
Produced by	Ismail Merchant
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Based on	The Bostonians by Henry James
Starring	Christopher Reeve Vanessa Redgrave Jessica Tandy Madeleine Potter Nancy Marchand Wesley Addy Barbara Bryne Linda Hunt Charles McCaughan Nancy New John Van Ness Philip Wallace Shawn
Music by	Richard Robbins
Cinematography	Walter Lassally
Distributed by	Almi Pictures (USA)
Release dates	2 August 1984 (1984-08-02) (United States)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,009,700^[1]

The Bostonians is a 1984 American romance drama film based on Henry James's novel of the same name. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Madeleine Potter and Jessica Tandy. The movie received respectable reviews and showings at arthouse theaters in New York, London and other cities. Vanessa Redgrave received 1984 Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and the movie earned other award nominations for its costume design.

It was filmed in Boston, Martha's Vineyard, Belvedere Castle in Central Park, New York City, and Troy, New York.

Cast

Christopher Reeve - Basil Ransom
Vanessa Redgrave - Olive Chancellor
Jessica Tandy - Miss Birdseye
Madeleine Potter - Verena Tarrant
Nancy Marchand - Mrs. Burrage
Wesley Addy - Dr. Tarrant
Barbara Bryne - Mrs. Tarrant
Linda Hunt - Dr. Prance
Charles McCaughan - Music Hall Police Officer
Nancy New - Adeline
John Van Ness Philip - Henry Burrage
Wallace Shawn - Mr. Pardon

Awards

1985 National Society of Film Critics

Won: Best Actress - Vanessa Redgrave

1985 Golden Globes

Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Vanessa Redgrave

1985 Academy Awards

Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role - Vanessa Redgrave
Nominated: Best Costume Design - Jenny Beavan, John Bright

1985 BAFTA Awards

Nominated: Best Costume Design - Jenny Beavan, John Bright

Location

This film was principally photographed at:

The Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Gibson House Museum
Beacon Hill, Boston
Harvard University
Chateau-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Central Park (including Belvedere Castle), New York City
Martha's Vineyard

References

↑ The Bostonians

External links

The Bostonians at the Internet Movie Database
The Bostonians at AllMovie
The Bostonians at the TCM Movie Database
Merchant Ivory Productions

Merchant Ivory Productions

Films

1960s	The Householder (1963) Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The Guru (1969) The Night of Counting the Years (1969)

1970s	Bombay Talkie (1970) Savages (1972) The Wild Party (1975) Autobiography of a Princess (1975) Roseland (1977) Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) The Five Forty-Eight (1978) The Europeans (1979)

1980s	Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) Quartet (1981) The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) Heat and Dust (1983) The Bostonians (1984) A Room with a View (1985) Maurice (1987) The Deceivers (1988) The Perfect Murder (1988) Slaves of New York (1989)

1990s	Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) Howards End (1992) The Remains of the Day (1993) In Custody (1994) Feast of July (1995) Jefferson in Paris (1995) The Proprietor (1996) Surviving Picasso (1996) Side Streets (1998) A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1999) Cotton Mary (1999)

2000s	The Golden Bowl (2001) The Mystic Masseur (2002) Le Divorce (2003) Heights (2004) The White Countess (2005) The City of Your Final Destination (2007) Before the Rains (2008)

Collaborators and artists

James Ivory Ismail Merchant Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Madhur Jaffrey Saeed Jaffrey Shashi Kapoor Jennifer Kendal Aparna Sen Leela Naidu Tony Pierce-Roberts Richard Robbins Greta Scacchi Helena Bonham Carter Emma Thompson Rupert Graves Hugh Grant James Wilby Simon Callow Anthony Hopkins Glenn Close Uma Thurman Vanessa Redgrave Natasha Richardson Ralph Fiennes

Film portal

Films directed by James Ivory

The Householder (1963)
The Delhi Way (1964)
Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
The Guru (1969)
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972)
Savages (1972)
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
The Wild Party (1975)
Roseland (1977)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
The Five Forty-Eight (1978)
The Europeans (1979)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Quartet (1981)
Heat and Dust (1983)
The Bostonians (1984)
A Room with a View (1985)
Maurice (1987)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Howards End (1992)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
The Golden Bowl (2001)
Le Divorce (2003)
The White Countess (2005)
The City of Your Final Destination (2007)

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