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- The play became a 1949 film — an Oscar vehicle for Olivia deHavilland, whose Catherine took revenge on male cruelty at the expense of her own happiness. Holland and first-time screenwriter Carol Doyle apply a feminist twist that neither James nor the Goetzes imagined.
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Washington Square is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith and Judith Ivey. The screenplay by Carol Doyle is based on Henry James' novel of the same name, which was filmed as The Heiress in 1949. The film was a critical success, but a ...
Holland, the perceptive director of Europa, Europa and The Secret Garden, brings a contemporary feminist eye to the proceedings. (She also brings a painter’s eye; her color scheme is the same...
Agnieszka Holland’s new movie “Washington Square” makes of this situation a sad story about a young woman named Catherine (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who spends much of her life seeking the love of two men who do not deserve it. (The story was also filmed in 1949 as “The Heiress.”)
Oct 10, 1997 · Holland and first-time screenwriter Carol Doyle apply a feminist twist that neither James nor the Goetzes imagined. Leigh’s Catherine moves from clumsy dolt to new woman, a nurturer of the...
Washington Square hits the mark as a riveting study of class consciousness and its dire effects upon love. Director Agnieszka Holland ( The Secret Garden ) tilts the film toward a fine feminist finale.
With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Ben Chaplin. In this adaptation of the Henry James novel set in 19th-century New York City, a wealthy spinster with an overbearing father is pursued by a handsome fortune hunter who may be only after her money.
Holland departed from the style of The Heiress and told the story in her own way – in her version, the love story takes on a feminist approach and is, as the director herself pointed out, influenced by the style of Witold Gombrowicz.
