The Proposition ( 1998 ) ( Shakespeare's Sister (Tempting Fate) )

The Proposition ( 1998 ) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Shakespeare's Sister (Tempting Fate)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Lesli Linka Glatter

Written By:
Lesli Linka Glatter
Rick Ramage

Actors:
William Hurt ..... Arthur Barret
Kenneth Branagh ..... Father Michael McKinnon
Madeleine Stowe ..... Eleanor Barret
Blythe Danner ..... Syril Danning
Robert Loggia ..... Hannibal Thurman
Ken Cheeseman ..... Wayne Fenton
Bronia Wheeler ..... Sister Mary Frances
Jim Chiros ..... Timothy
Dee Nelson ..... Susan Vicar
Pamela Hart ..... Skip Taylor
Wendy Feign ..... The Maid
Dossy Peabody ..... Hannibal's Secretary
Neil Patrick Harris ..... Roger Martin
Thomas Downey ..... Torrey Harrington (as Tom Downey)
Tom Kemp ..... Arthur's Chauffeur

Synopsis:

This drama about the efforts of an upper-class couple to have a child takes place in 1935 Boston. When Father Michael McKinnon (Kenneth Branagh) arrives from England to join the St. Jude's clergy, he avoids wealthy parishioners Arthur and Eleanor Barret (William Hurt, Madeleine Stowe). Attorney Arthur, an FDR adviser, and successful author Eleanor, want a child, but Arthur is sterile. Eleanor asks Arthur to pay someone to impregnate her, and Harvard law student Roger Martin (Neil Patrick Harris) is hired. He profits considerably, since he is required to return for several attempts. However, he becomes obsessed with Eleanor, infuriating Arthur, who threatens to kill him. Emotions and events escalate, as McKinnon reveals he's the son of Arthur's Nazi-leaning brother, Eleanor loses the baby, McKinnon becomes attracted to Eleanor, and there's a mysterious' murder. Shown at the 1998 Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 April, 2016.