Amazon.co.uk: Washington Square [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC): Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Ben Chaplin, Judith Ivey, Arthur Laupus, Jennifer Garner, Robert Stanton (II), Betsy Brantley, Nancy Daly, Sara Ruzicka, Rachel Layne Sacrey, Rachel Osborne, Scott Jaeck, Peter Maloney, Agnieszka Holland: DVD

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DVD ~ Jennifer Jason Leigh

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Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Ben Chaplin, Judith Ivey
Directors: Agnieszka Holland
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language English, French
Region: Region 1 (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Release Date: 3 Sep 2002
Run Time: 115 minutes

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DVD Features:
ASIN: B000065V3V
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,681 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
After the Jane Austen boom of the mid-1990s, film-makers looked for another hot literary property, settling upon the great American writer Henry James. Washington Square stars Jennifer Jason-Leigh and is a well-crafted version of the novel previously filmed in 1949 as The Heiress. In 19th-century America Catherine Sloper (Jennifer Jason-Leigh) falls in love with Morris Townsend (Ben Chaplin), but her father (Albert Finney), who blames Catherine for his wife's death in child-birth, threatens to disinherit her if she marries her new love. Finney suspects Townsend may only be after his daughter's fortune, but Finney's motives are a complex mix of guilt and resentment, setting the scene for a dark psychological drama sometimes leavened by the humorous interjections of Maggie Smith's Aunt Lavinia.

Director Agnieszka Holland, best known for The Secret Garden (1993), makes everything look elegant, and the film is romantic and thoughtful, without ever really achieving greatness. Jason-Leigh is good, but the film belongs to Albert Finney in one of his best performances of the 90s. Released around the same time was Jane Campion's version of James' The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and the superb The Wings of the Dove, with a magnificent central performance from Helena Bonham Carter(1997).--Gary S. Dalkin