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Format: VHS
Aug 1993
Rated PG
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Closed Captioned
99 min. |
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Movie Description
Based on Edith Wharton's 1911 novel detailing a forbidden love triangle, Ethan Frome (Liam Neeson) is torn between his joyless marriage to Zenobia (Joan Allen, Oscar nominated for NIXON and THE CRUCIBLE) and his longing for cousin and housekeeper Mattie Silver (Patricia Arquette). The film, by director John Madden would later direct the multi-Oscar winning SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, features a rare screen appearance by Katherine Houghton (GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER).
Synopsis
An adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel about frustrated dreams and desires.
When Reverend Smith, the new clergyman for the town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, arrives he quickly becomes intrigued with a mysterious couple, Ethan and Zeena Frome. And soon he learns their tragic tale... a tale of passion, adultery, and cruel fate.
Industry Reviews
"...Ethan Frome is the quintessential American Playhouse movie: careful, literary, restrained, nicely acted..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy (01/18/1993)
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