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The Golden Bowl

The movie The Golden Bowl was based on the book The Golden Bowl.

Which one did you like better, the movie or the book?  There are 8 votes for the book, and 7 votes for the movie.

Movie details for The Golden Bowl

The movie was released in 2000 and directed by James Ivory, who also directed Quartet (1981), Heat and Dust (1982), The Bostonians (1984), Room With a View (1986), Maurice (1987), Slaves of New York (1989), Howard's End (1992), A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) and Divorce, Le (2003). The Golden Bowl was produced by Lions Gate. More information on the movie is available on Amazon.com and also IMDb.

Actors on this movie include Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Madeleine Potter, Uma Thurman, Nicholas Day, Peter Eyre, Nickolas Grace, Robin Hart, Daniel Byam Shaw, Francesco Giuffrida, Marta Paola Richeldi, Rossano Rubicondi, Mattia Sbragia, Billy Monger, Pauline Rainer, Susan Gutfreund and Arturo Venegas.

 

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Based on the Henry James novel, The Golden Bowl earns a regal place in the long line of lavish Ismail Merchant and James Ivory productions casting spectacular mise en scène in the lead role. The crumbling Italian palazzo that opens the film and the magnif... Read More
Based on the Henry James novel, The Golden Bowl earns a regal place in the long line of lavish Ismail Merchant and James Ivory productions casting spectacular mise en scène in the lead role. The crumbling Italian palazzo that opens the film and the magnificent English country houses that encase the unfolding drama play, as always, an intrinsic part in the ruptured psyche of whatever gentry Merchant and Ivory have elected to pursue. In this case, divided attention is paid to erstwhile glories and turn-of-the-century ambitions. Impoverished Italian prince Amerigo (Jeremy Northam) is to marry heiress Maggie Verver (Kate Beckinsale), school friend of Charlotte (Uma Thurman), who in turn weds American industrialist and art collector Adam Verver (Nick Nolte), Maggie's father. Amerigo and Charlotte, having previously been lovers, are helpless to resist an adulterous affair. A study of life's covetous designs failing to imitate the perceived perfections of art, The Golden Bowl is likewise flawed but alluring. --Fionn Meade

Book details for The Golden Bowl

The Golden Bowl was written by Henry James. The book was published in 1904 by Toby Press. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

Henry James also wrote Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Turn of the Screw (1915), The Bostonians (1945) and Washington Square (2004).

  

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