Adam Verver, a US billionaire in London, dotes on daughter Maggie, an innocent abroad. An impecunious Italian, Prince Amerigo, marries her even though her best friend, Charlotte Stant, an alabaster beauty with brains, no money, and a practical and romantic nature, is his lover.
She and Amerigo keep it secret from Maggie that they know each other, so Maggie interests her widowed father in Charlotte, who is happy with the match because she wants to be close to Amerigo. Charlotte desires him, the lovers risk discovery, Amerigo longs for Italy, Maggie wants to spare her father pain, and Adam wants to return to America to build a museum. Amidst lies and artifice, what fate awaits adulterers?
The Golden Bowl is a 2000 drama film directed by James Ivory. The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is based on the 1904 novel of the same name by Henry James, who considered the work his masterpiece. It stars Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Anjelica Huston, James Fox, Madeleine Potter, Nicholas Day, Marta Paola Richeldi and Rossano Rubicondi.
The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and when it received a cool reception, executives at Miramax Films, the original distributor, asked Ivory and Merchant to make several cuts to shorten its running time. When they refused, the company sold the film to Lions Gate.
The film opened throughout Europe before going into limited release in the US on 27 April 2001, following an earlier showing at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. It opened on five screens and earned $90,170 on its opening weekend. At its widest release in the US it played in 117 theatres. It eventually grossed $3,050,532 in the US and $2,703,146 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $5,753,678.
The Golden Bowl (2001)
Directed by: James Ivory
Starring: Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, Anjelica Huston, James Fox, Madeleine Potter, Nicholas Day, Marta Paola Richeldi, Rossano Rubicondi
Screenplay by: Henry James, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Cinematography by: Andrew Sanders
Costume Design by: John Bright
Set Decoration by: Anna Pinnock
Art Direction by: Gianni Giovagnoni, Lucy Richardson
Makeup Department: Carol Hemming, Amanda Knight
Music by: Richard Robbins
MPAA Rating: R for a sex scene.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: April 27, 2001
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