The house of mirth [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics ; Showtime and Granada present ; in association with The Arts Council of England, FilmFour, The Scottish Arts Council and Glasgow Film Fund ; a Three Rivers production ; written and directed by Terence Davies ; produced by Olivia Stewart.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 06455 | Sony Pictures ClassicsLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: [London] : Granada Films ; Culver City, CA : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0767867076
- 9780767867078
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Film adaptations
- Benefactors -- Drama
- Friendship -- Drama
- Inheritance and succession -- Drama
- Love -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Single women -- Drama
- Social classes -- Drama
- Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama
- Women -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Young men -- Drama
- New York (N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama
- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama
- Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Michael Parker ; production designer, Don Taylor ; costume designer, Monica Howe ; musical director, Adrian Johnston ; hair & make-up, Jan Harrison Shell.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Adapted for the screen from Edith Wharton's much-loved novel of the same name, House of Mirth follows the fortunes -- or lack thereof -- of Lily Bart, an ambitious but financially imperiled young woman looking for a rich husband in early 20th century New York. The story opens as Lily (Gillian Anderson) takes tea at the apartment of Lawrence Selden (Eric Stoltz), a young bachelor lawyer to whom Lily is attracted but cannot marry because he is not wealthy enough for her liking. Lily stops at Selden's apartment en route to Bellomont, where she is planning to husband-hunt at the country home of shifty businessman Gus Trenor (Dan Aykroyd) and his wife. Gus agrees to invest some money for Lily, but his intentions toward her quickly turn carnal, and when she rebuffs his advances, she finds herself $9,000 in debt. Help arrives in the form of financier Sim Rosedale (Anthony LaPaglia), who extends to Lily a businesslike proposition of marriage; though she is tempted, Lily refuses his offer because he is nouveau riche rather than blueblood society. Soldiering on, Lily journeys to the Mediterranean, where she has been invited to the home of Bertha Dorset (Laura Linney), an alpha socialite who schemes to use Lily as an unwitting decoy for an affair under the nose of her husband George (Terry Kinney). When the trip starts to go bad, George tells Lily that he wants to divorce the slatternly Bertha, but needs some solid proof of her affairs in order to do so. Lily knows that one of Bertha's previous lovers was Selden, but her loyalty to him prevents her from speaking up to George. So, still in debt to Gus and given only a paltry inheritance by her aunt (Eleanor Bron), Lily endures a slew of unsuccessful jobs and, tragically, gradually sinks into the mire of genteel poverty. Directed by Terence Davies, House of Mirth premiered at the 2000 Locarno Film Festival. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
From the novel "The house of mirth" by Edith Wharton.
Special features: Director commentary [audio feature]; Deleted scenes with optional commentary (13 min.); Filmographies [text feature]; Theatrical trailers (12 min.).
Start -- Lawrence Selden -- Fond of dangerous people -- Rules of engagement -- Elaborate game -- Great favor -- Bertha's indiscretion -- Tremendous admirer -- Miss Lily Bart as summer -- "I need your help." -- Night at the opera -- Den of iniquity -- Words with Aunt Julia -- Grace's advice -- Tea with the right woman -- "Leave the yacht." -- Friendly hint -- "Miss Bart remains here." -- Julia's will & desire -- "I was deceived." -- Delicate matter -- Outside of society -- Terminated -- Folly of her cause -- Tea and sympathy -- Words to live by -- Debt & honor -- Great mercy.
Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Michael Parker ; production designer, Don Taylor ; costume designer, Monica Howe ; musical director, Adrian Johnston ; hair & make-up, Jan Harrison Shell.
Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Eric Stoltz.
Originally produced as a British motion picture in 2000.
The story takes place at the opening of a new century, one that held forth all kinds of promises, especially for women. In this post-Victorian Fifth Avenue milieu, Lily Bart, an unmarried woman of 29 with dwindling prospects, needs a husband badly. She lives beyond her means, relying on the grudging charity of her elderly aunt. She is the kind of girl who would make an admirable decoration on some fine gentleman's arm, but there is a liveliness--a knowingness--in her eyes that alarms potential suitors. Lily is unsuccessful in her search for a haven, because she values her emotional and financial independence. To her eternal sorrow, it is other women, the doyennes of high society, who obliquely, ruthlessly, keep that independence forever out of poor Lily's reach.
MPAA rating: Rated PG for thematic material.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, 2.0 Dolby digital surround; widescreen presentation, preserving the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition.
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.