The Europeans (film)

The Europeans
Promotional poster of The Europeans'
Directed by	James Ivory
Produced by	Ismail Merchant
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Based on	The Europeans by Henry James
Starring	Lee Remick Robin Ellis Wesley Addy Lisa Eichhorn
Music by	Richard Robbins (score) Clara Schumann (theme)
Cinematography	Larry Pizer
Edited by	Humphrey Dixon
Production company	Merchant Ivory Productions
Distributed by	Enterprise Pictures (UK)
Release dates	May 1979 (1979-05) ((Cannes) July 1979 (1979-07) (UK)
Running time	90 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Europeans is a 1979 British Merchant Ivory film, directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on Henry James's novel by the same name.

Main cast

Lee Remick as Eugenia Young
Robin Ellis as Robert Acton
Wesley Addy as Mr Wentworth
Tim Choate as Clifford
Lisa Eichhorn as Gertrude
Kristin Griffith as Lizzie Acton
Nancy New as Charlotte
Norman Snow as Mr Brand
Helen Stenborg as Mrs Acton
Tim Woodward as Felix Young
Gedda Petry as Augustine

Locations

Barrett House, 79 Main Street, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, USA
Bullard-Barr House, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, USA
Concord, Massachusetts, USA
Gardner-Pingree House, 128 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Lyman Estate, 185 Lyman Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Salem Maritime National Historic Site, 174 Derby Street, Salem, Massachusetts, USA^[1]

Awards and nominations

The Europeans received many nominations but no wins. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; for Best Costume Design (Judy Moorcroft) at the 1980 Academy Awards; for Best Foreign Film at the 1980 Golden Globes Awards; and for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Supporting Actress at the 1980 BAFTA Awards.^[2]

References

↑ IMDb: The Europeans - Filming Locations Re-linked 2013-12-17
↑ IMDb: The Europeans - Awards Linked 2013-12-17

External links

The Europeans in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
The Europeans at the Internet Movie Database
The Europeans at AllMovie
Merchant Ivory Productions page about The Europeans

Merchant Ivory Productions

Films

1960s	The Householder (1963) Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The Guru (1969) The Night of Counting the Years (1969)

1970s	Bombay Talkie (1970) Savages (1972) The Wild Party (1975) Autobiography of a Princess (1975) Roseland (1977) Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) The Five Forty-Eight (1978) The Europeans (1979)

1980s	Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) Quartet (1981) The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) Heat and Dust (1983) The Bostonians (1984) A Room with a View (1985) Maurice (1987) The Deceivers (1988) The Perfect Murder (1988) Slaves of New York (1989)

1990s	Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) Howards End (1992) The Remains of the Day (1993) In Custody (1994) Feast of July (1995) Jefferson in Paris (1995) The Proprietor (1996) Surviving Picasso (1996) Side Streets (1998) A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1999) Cotton Mary (1999)

2000s	The Golden Bowl (2001) The Mystic Masseur (2002) Le Divorce (2003) Heights (2004) The White Countess (2005) The City of Your Final Destination (2007) Before the Rains (2008)

Collaborators and artists

James Ivory Ismail Merchant Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Madhur Jaffrey Saeed Jaffrey Shashi Kapoor Jennifer Kendal Aparna Sen Leela Naidu Tony Pierce-Roberts Richard Robbins Greta Scacchi Helena Bonham Carter Emma Thompson Rupert Graves Hugh Grant James Wilby Simon Callow Anthony Hopkins Glenn Close Uma Thurman Vanessa Redgrave Natasha Richardson Ralph Fiennes

Film portal

Films directed by James Ivory

The Householder (1963)
The Delhi Way (1964)
Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
The Guru (1969)
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972)
Savages (1972)
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
The Wild Party (1975)
Roseland (1977)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
The Five Forty-Eight (1978)
The Europeans (1979)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Quartet (1981)
Heat and Dust (1983)
The Bostonians (1984)
A Room with a View (1985)
Maurice (1987)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Howards End (1992)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1999)
The Golden Bowl (2001)
Le Divorce (2003)
The White Countess (2005)
The City of Your Final Destination (2007)

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