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Howards End
One of Merchant Ivory's undisputed masterpieces, this adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic novel won multiple prizes including three Academy Awards, with Emma Thompson picking up Best Actress. A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel (Thompson), who, along with her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter), becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox (Anthony...
Yanks
Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave (Julia) and Richard Gere (Arbitrage) light up the screen in this captivating drama that follows American GIs in Britain during the second World War. From 1942 until D-Day, millions of U.S. soldiers landed in the United Kingdom on their way to combat on the European front. Though resented by many war-weary locals, these far-from-home “Yanks” found company, friendship and sometimes even love with lonely English women. Based on the screenplay by Colin Welland...
Atonement
From the award-winning director of Pride and Prejudice comes a stunning, critically acclaimed epic story of love. When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend, her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will irrevocably change the course of all their lives forever. Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an all-star cast in the film critics are hailing "the year's best picture" (Thelma Adams, US Weekly).
The Bostonians
Academy Award®-winning actresses Jessica Tandy, Vanessa Redgrave and Linda Hunt headline an all-star cast alongside Christopher Reeve in this Merchant Ivory adaptation of Henry James's novel of political intrigue and forbidden romance in post-Civil War Boston. Olive Chancellor (Redgrave) finds her infatuation with young activist Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter) challenged by a Southern lawyer (Reeve) who also loves her. An intricately drawn study of the impact of women's suffrage on society,...
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Get ready for a mystery adventure like no other when Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. The world's two greatest masters in the art of detection, Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) and Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin), join forces for the first time with the persistence of Dr. Watson (Robert Duvall), which leads to a thrilling investigation into a kidnapping case. With a superb supporting cast including Academy Award® winners Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave,...
Evening
An all-star cast of the greatest actresses of our time - including Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave, Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Natasha Richardson and Glenn Close - come together in this passionate and heartwarming story. As Ann (Redgrave) reflects on one beautiful and life-changing weekend with the one true love of her life, her daughters (Collette and Richardson) come to their own understanding about the power of the past and the unbreakable bonds...
Focus Features Spotlight Collection (Brokeback Mountain / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind / Atonement)
Brokeback Mountain: This sweeping epic explores the lives of two young men, a ranch hand (Heath Ledger) and a rodeo cowboy (Jake Gyllenhaal), who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind in this romantic comedy unlike any other. Atonement: Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an...
Anne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots 2-Movie Collection
Enter the world of majesty with two emotionally charged epics that expose the secret lives and public battles of England's most influential royalty in the Anne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots 2-Movie Collection ! Honored with a combined 15 Academy Award® nominations, these films tell the torrid true-life tales of King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Featuring lavish costumes, stunning Technicolor photography and critically acclaimed performances...
Atonement / Pride & Prejudice / Jane Eyre / Elizabeth Four Feature Films
Atonement: Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an all-star cast in a stunning, critically acclaimed epic story about love, jealousy and the power of truth. Pride & Prejudice: Kiera Knightly is Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen is Mr. Darcy in this adaptation of Jane Austen’s masterpiece, considered the greatest love story of all time. Jane Eyre: Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender lead an all-star cast in this timeless romance about orphaned governess Jane Eyre and her wealthy...