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Mill On the FlossMill On the Floss (1997)
Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. Emily Watson, Bernard Hill
The incandescent Emily Watson justifies this Masterpiece Theatre version of George Eliot's Victorian novel (considerably simplified), bringing some…
Mrs. DallowayMrs. Dalloway (1997)
Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Rupert Graves
Light adaptation of Virginia Woolf's 20s novel about a serene society lady in late–life crisis, reflecting on her choices some thirty years…
RebeccaRebecca (1997)
Dir. Jim O'Brien
Feat. Charles Dance, Diana Rigg, Emilia Fox
Late–90s British televisation of the classic Daphne Du Maurier gothic romance, with Charles Dance as the widowed aristocrat whose remarriage to…
TravellerTraveller (1997)
Dir. Jack N. Green
Feat. Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Margulies
'One–last–score' movie in which a young man, desperate to be accepted by a clan of Irish grifters teams up with a veteran con who wants…
Wings of the Dove, TheWings of the Dove, The (1997) Recommended
Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Charlotte Rampling
Helena Bonham–Carter, back in costume, shines in this adaptation of the Henry James novel, playing a 19th century gentlewoman on the…
A Summer's TaleA Summer's Tale (1996) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet
Once more exploring the fickleness of love, dir. Rohmer involves holidaying student Melvil Poupard in a love–quadrangle of romantic options. In…
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina (1996)
Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Sophie Marceau, James Fox, Sean Bean
Glitzy version of Tolstoy's novel has a great cast mingling and canoodling in the corridors of the 19th century Russian aristocracy. Lavish period…
Autumn SunAutumn Sun (Sol de otoƱo) (1996)
Dir. Eduardo Mignogna
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Norma Aleandro
Argentine drama following a Jewish woman who pretends to be in a relationship with a Jewish man from Uruguay (Frederico Luppi, CRONOS) to appease her…
EmmaEmma (Jane Austen's Emma) (1996)
Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Dominic Rowan, Mark Strong
Released the same year as the fanfared Gwyneth Paltrow version, this modest made–for–TV version of Jane Austen's matchmaker rom–com…
English Patient, TheEnglish Patient, The (1996)
Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche
The unsurprising Oscar sweeper of '97 – a shoe–in considering they left out no ingredient – epic length, exotic locales, period…

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