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The Portrait of a Lady

Movie (1996)

Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. She tactfully rebuffs the advances of Caspar Goodwood, another American who has followed her to England. Her cousin, Ralph Touchett, wise but sickly becomes a soulmate of sorts for her. She makes an unfortunate alliance with the creepy Madame Merle who leads her to make an even more unfortunate alliance with Gilbert ...

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Released:	Oct 18th, 1996
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The Portrait of a Lady Main Cast

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Nicole Kidman
plays Isabel Archer

John Malkovich
plays Gilbert Osmond

Barbara Hershey
plays Madame Serena Merle

Mary-Louise Parker
plays Henrietta Stackpole

Martin Donovan
plays Ralph Touchett

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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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The opening theme of "Portrait of a Lady" came to Wojciech Kilar when he was flying back to Poland from a meeting with director Jane Campion. Lacking manuscript paper he scribbled it on his boarding pass.
Movie Goof (crew or equipment visible): (At 08:47) A horse carriage is passing through the shot from right to left. The crew with dolly-cam and equipment is clearly visible.
Susan Sarandon was originally cast to play Madame Merle, but had to pull out when the shooting schedule was delayed and interfered with the beginning of her daughter's school year. Barbara Hershey played the role instead, and received her first Academy Award nomination for her performance.
Shelley Duvall learned Italian to portray Countess Gemini.

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