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5.6A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.
Released: 1984-05-01122 minDir: James IvoryDrama, Romance
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Cast
- Christopher Reeve as Basil Ransome
- Vanessa Redgrave as Olive Chancellor
- Jessica Tandy as Miss Birdseye
- Madeleine Potter as Verena Tarrant
- Nancy Marchand as Mrs. Burrage
- Wesley Addy as Dr. Tarrant
Themes
- boston, massachusetts
- lawyer
- feminist
- post civil war
- 19th century
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
2,555 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Bostonians
- Director
- James Ivory
- Screenwriter
- Henry James
- Composer
- Richard Robbins
- Producer
- Ismail Merchant
- Cinematographer
- Walter Lassally
- Narrative location
- Boston
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 861384
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1985-07-12
- title
- The Bostonians
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- after a work by
- Henry James
- costume designer
- Jenny Beavan
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 81%
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