
The Bostonians
by Christopher Reeve (Basil Ransome),
Madeleine Potter (Verena Tarrant),
Vanessa Redgrave (Olive Chancellor),
Jessica Tandy (Miss Birdseye),
Nancy Marchand (Mrs. Burrage),
Wesley Addy (Dr. Tarrant),
Barbara Bryne (Mrs. Tarrant),
Linda Hunt (Dr. Prance),
Nancy New (Adeline Luna),
John Van Ness Philip (Henry Burrage),
Wallace Shawn (Mr. Pardon),
Maura Moynihan (Henrietta Stackpole),
Martha Farrar (Mrs. Farrinder),
Peter Bogyo (Mr. Gracie),
Barbara Byrne (Mrs. Tarrant),
Dusty Maxwell (Newton),
Charles McCaughan (Music-Hall Policeman),
J. Lee Morgan (Music-Hall Official),
Lee Doyle (Mr. Filer),
Jane Manners (Maid),
Janet Cicchese (Irish Washerwoman),
Jon Van Ness (Henry Burrage),
Scott Kradolfer (Tough Boy),
June Mitchell (Party Guest),
Leo Austin (Production Designer),
Don Carpentier (Art Director),
James Ivory (Director),
James Ivory (Director),
Michael S. Landes (Executive Producer),
Michael S. Landes (Executive Producer),
Walter Lassally (Cinematographer),
Ismail Merchant (Producer),
Mark Potter (Editor),
Albert Schwartz (Executive Producer),
Albert Schwartz (Executive Producer),
Tom Walden (Art Director),
Katherine Wenning (Editor)
Format: DVD
ISBN: 741952852094
Publication Date: 05/21/2019
Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Henry James, Merchant/Ivory's The Bostonians is set among the Back Bay uppercrust of the 19th century. Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), bored by his opulent lifestyle and his "proper" friends, is fascinated by his cousin, outspoken suffragette Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave). Basil and Olive's mutual friend is likeable, gregarious Verena Tannant (Madeleine Potter). Soon a triangle develops, albeit an unorthodox one: Basil and Olive both find themselves pursuing Verena, Basil because he is in love with her, and Olive because she wants to exploit Verena's social connections and gift for public speaking to promote her own political ideology. Lurking in the background is Verena's true love, poor-but-honest attorney Henry Burrage (John Van Ness).
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