The Bostonians
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discussed in biography
- In Merchant and Ivory
…adaptations, The Europeans (1979) and The Bostonians (1984), which were followed by three Forster adaptations—Maurice (1987), A Room with a View (1986), and Howards End (1992)—all of which won awards. For the latter two films, Ivory received Academy Award nominations for best director, and both were nominated for best picture.…
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Hunt
- In Linda Hunt
…the Merchant and Ivory film The Bostonians (1984) and in David Lynch’s Dune (1984). Hunt played a saloon hostess in Silverado (1985), Alice B. Toklas in Waiting for the Moon (1987; part of the American Playhouse television series), and Aunt Dan in the Off-Broadway premiere of Wallace Shawn’s Aunt Dan…
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Jhabvala
- In Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
…Henry James’s The Europeans (1979), The Bostonians (1984), and The Golden Bowl (2000).
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Redgrave
- In Vanessa Redgrave: Movies of the 1980s and ’90s
…film adaptation of Henry James’s The Bostonians (1984). Other notable performances included a literary agent in the film Prick Up Your Ears (1987), and for television, Lady Alice More in the remake of A Man for All Seasons (1988), Lady Torrance in Tennessee Williams’s Orpheus Descending (1990), and Blanche Hudson…
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