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  1. The Bostonians is a 1984 historical romance drama film directed by James Ivory. The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is based on the 1886 American novel The Bostonians by Henry James. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Madeleine Potter, and Jessica Tandy. The Bostonians was released in the United States on 2 August ...

  2. Sep 29, 2020 · The original trailer of The Bostonians directed by James Ivory. Starring Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy and Madeleine Potter.AKA:A boston...

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  3. A film adaptation of Henry James's novel about a young woman caught between two suitors, one a lawyer and one a feminist activist. Roger Ebert praises the film's intelligence, subtlety and openness to the underlying tragedy of the story.

  4. Based on Henry James' novel, Merchant-Ivory's The Bostonians tells the story of Olive Chancellor, a 19th-century Boston woman dedicated to the suffrage movement who takes Verena Tarrant, a...

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    • Drama
    • James Ivory
  5. Synopsis. When Mississippi lawyer and Confederate Civil War veteran, Basil Ransom, visits his affluent cousin Olive Chancellor in Boston, she reluctantly takes him to a political meeting where Verena Tarrant delivers a feminist speech. Ransom, a strong conservative, is annoyed by the speech but fascinated with the speaker.

    • Henry James
    • 1886
  6. Nov 19, 2018 · THE BOSTONIANS tells the story of a young woman caught in a tricky romantic drama between a womens suffrage activist and a conservative Southern lawyer in a...

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  7. THE BOSTONIANS tells the story of a young woman caught in a tricky romantic drama between a womens suffrage activist and a conservative Southern lawyer in a post-Civil War Boston. The film tackles the idea of forbidden romance, changing political landscapes, and class issues, based on the novel by Henry James.

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