The Bostonians

The Bostonians is a 1984 Merchant Ivory film based on Henry James's novel of the same name. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve, Madeleine Potter and Jessica Tandy. The movie received respectable reviews and showings at arthouse theaters in New York, London and other cities. Vanessa Redgrave received 1984 Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and the movie earned other award nominations for costume design and... More
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Initial release date:

  • Aug 2, 1984

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  • 2 h 2 min

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  • The Bostonians

Film

Directed by

James Ivory

James Francis Ivory (born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards. Ivory...

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Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1984
  • Apr 15, 1998
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  • 2 h 2 min

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Awards

Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee Notes/Description
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • role: Olive Chancellor
  • 1984
  • 1984
  • 1984
  • Costume Design
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film Nominees

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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 6,491
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1984

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The Bostonians

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin...

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