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The Wings of the Dove has been made into theatrical films three times, first in 1981, again in 1997, and lastly in 1998. Iain Softley directed the 1997 adaptation starring Helena Bonham Carter as Kate Croy, Alison Elliott as Milly Theale, and Linus Roache as Merton Densher. The film received mostly favourable reviews, and fared well at the box ...
Nov 7, 1997 · The movie is a modern facsimile of the potboilers James transfigured. A great movie may yet be made of James, but it will have to be done by someone who has read him. Read More. FULL REVIEW. See All 18 Critic Reviews. View All. User Score. Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings. 8.0.
Sep 10, 2012 · The familiar Jamesian conflict of American innocence and Old World intrigue emerges, darker and crueller than a conventional romantic triangle, and a palpable sense of anguish, guilt and confusion ...
Nov 7, 1997 · Based on the 1902 Henry James novel of the same name, The Wings of the Dove is set in 1910. After the death of her mother, Kate Croy (Helena Bonham Carter) has become a ward of her wealthy Aunt Maude (Charlotte Rampling), who is paying her dissipated father (Michael Gambon) to stay out of Kate's life.
Mar 18, 2020 · The 1997 film, if not perhaps “truly tremendous,” is a definite success. And part of the reason is it embraces the “trashy” possibilities of the characters, such as Charlotte Rampling’s cold and calculating Aunt Maud and Alex Jennings’ debauched Lord Mark.
Other articles where The Wings of the Dove is discussed: Helena Bonham Carter: …performance as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove (1997).
Nov 7, 1997 · Director. Henry James. Novel. Hossein Amini. Screenplay. Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named ...
