The Bostonians 1984  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Jessica Tandy, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy, Wallace Shawn, Linda Hunt, Barbara Bryne, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, Jon Van Ness
Based on Henry James' novel, this is the story of young feminists in the late 1800s who find their quest for equality is not going to be an easy fight. Lesbian suffragette Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave) engages in a tug-of-war with Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve) when they both pursue young Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter). Basil is in love with Verena, but Olive wants to use Verena's connections to promote the suffragette ideology. Emotions flare when decisions must be made between love and fighting for the cause of equal rights. Redgrave received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
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The Europeans 1979  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Choate, Lisa Eichhorn, Nancy New, Kristin Griffith, Norman Snow, Helen Stenborg, Tim Woodward, Gedda Petry, James Ivory
Henry James' novel is the source for this film contrasting American and European manners during the mid-19th century. The story takes place in New England during a period of time when European cousins Eugenia (Lee Remick) and Felix (Tim Woodward) visit their American relatives and try to take advantage of their prosperity by marrying one of them. Eugenia woos cousin Robert (Robin Ellis), while Felix really falls for Gertrude (Lisa Eichhorn), but there are differences from the start marked by sophisticated, but poor, Europeans and stern, but wealthy, New Englanders. Will real love rise to the fore and overcome those differences?
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Jane Austen in Manhattan 1980 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate, John Guerrasio, Katrina Hodiak, Kurt Johnson, Philip Lenkowsky, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, Sean Young, Bernard Barrow, Naomi Riordan, Bella Jarrett, Lee H. Doyle
Rival directors Lilliana (Anne Baxter) and Pierre (Robert Powell), who differ in their plans for the mode of presentation, fight for the right to bring to the stage a long-lost play written by Jane Austen when she was a mere 12 years old. During their competition for the rights to present the play, they also vie for actress Ariadne (Sean Young) to perform in the play–and the intrigue continues.
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| 1. The Bostonians (1984)
2. The Europeans (1979)
3. Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
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