2.) Henrietta Stackpole IS a character in "Portrait of a Lady" (written a few years before "The Bostonians"). Her presence here is subtle fun on the part of Jhabvala who also places a character from "Bostonians" - Henry Burrage - into "A Room With a View" (he is only mentioned, though, by the Reverend Eager as "An American of the best type - so rare!").
AS for the lesbian subtext, James' would not have denied it. Such friendships in the day were known as a "Boston Marriage."
1.) The "hymn" is indeed "God Save the Queen", which in the U.S. is known as "America (My Country 'tis of Thee). As far as I know the version here is "Variations on 'America'" by Charles Ives (slightly anachronistic as Ives was a baby when the film takes place).
I liked the movie very much. Thank you. (A little nuisance with children, two times, in the beginning. But don't let that discourage you to see it. It does not come back after that. The movie is full of beauty. And miss Olive (I think that was her name).)
As I write this, this is on TCM, "Batman Begins" is on AMC, and "Grand Canyon" is on FMC, and there seems to be a strange interrelationship between all of them...
"Superman" aside, this is the movie that placed Christopher Reeves' bona fides as a great actor beyond question:
He's toe-to-toe with Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Nancy Marchand, and Linda Hunt in every scene he shares with them.
2.) Henrietta Stackpole IS a character in "Portrait of a Lady" (written a few years before "The Bostonians"). Her presence here is subtle fun on the part of Jhabvala who also places a character from "Bostonians" - Henry Burrage - into "A Room With a View" (he is only mentioned, though, by the Reverend Eager as "An American of the best type - so rare!").
AS for the lesbian subtext, James' would not have denied it. Such friendships in the day were known as a "Boston Marriage."
Autostade67 1 month ago
A couple of points for clarification....
1.) The "hymn" is indeed "God Save the Queen", which in the U.S. is known as "America (My Country 'tis of Thee). As far as I know the version here is "Variations on 'America'" by Charles Ives (slightly anachronistic as Ives was a baby when the film takes place).
Autostade67 1 month ago
I liked the movie very much. Thank you. (A little nuisance with children, two times, in the beginning. But don't let that discourage you to see it. It does not come back after that. The movie is full of beauty. And miss Olive (I think that was her name).)
Elefantter 1 month ago
It's the British National Anthem, "God Save the Queen."
Tom David
Minneapolis
TomDavid88 2 months ago
whats the hymn played at the starting of the movie?
globetrekkerboon 2 months ago
@globetrekkerboon It's the British National Anthem, "God Save the Queen."
Tom David
Minneapolis
TomDavid88 2 months ago
@TomDavid88 oh so its not a hymn! haha thnx so much!!!!
singapore
globetrekkerboon 2 months ago
is Henriette Stackpole also in Portrait of A Lady?
Kathleen4318 2 months ago
Movies usually fail to do Henry James, but this one is very good. Thank you.
CuteCatFaith 4 months ago
I must say, there is alot of lesbian subtext in this movie; i think that's one of the reasons why it is such a great and outstanding film.
FastingJourney 4 months ago
Yes, he certainly was a great actor.
brochze1 5 months ago
9/8/11:
As I write this, this is on TCM, "Batman Begins" is on AMC, and "Grand Canyon" is on FMC, and there seems to be a strange interrelationship between all of them...
"Superman" aside, this is the movie that placed Christopher Reeves' bona fides as a great actor beyond question:
He's toe-to-toe with Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Nancy Marchand, and Linda Hunt in every scene he shares with them.
tuxguys 5 months ago 2
Thank You!!!!!
AladdinV 6 months ago