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Boston, Massachusetts | Lawyer
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Best Actress | 1985 | Vanessa
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 1985 | Vanessa
Best Costume Design | 1985 | Jenny
Best Actress | 1984 | Vanessa
Best Actress | 1984 | Vanessa
Best Film | 1984 | James
1984 | Walter
According to Margarita Landazuri at the Turner Classic Movies website, "...the origin of the term 'Boston Marriage', which in the late 19th century came to describe a marriage-like relationship between two women who live independently together without a man's support, is attributed to [Henry] James and his novel. James is believed to have drawn the inspiration for Olive and her fellow suffragettes from his sister Alice, who lived with another woman in a Boston marriage".
Christopher Reeve said of this film in his autobiography "Still Me" (1998): "[Producer] Ismail [Merchant] could only afford to pay me $100,000, less than a tenth of my established price at the time. I insisted that the money was not an issue, that this was the kind of work I ought to be doing, but my agent told me, 'If you do that picture with those wandering minstrels, it will be one foot in the grave of your career'. ... I cheerfully ignored their advice".
During filming, actress Madeleine Potter noticed that one of her costumes had the name "Nastassja Kinski" sewn into it. As it turned out, the dress had originally been made to be used in the movie Tess (1979).
According to the official website of Merchant Ivory Productions, source author "Henry James first conceived the [film's source "The Bostonians"] novel through his fascination with the cause of suffrage".
Vanessa Redgrave was director James Ivory's first choice for both the lead roles in The Europeans (1979) and The Bostonians (1984). With The Europeans (1979), Redgrave was unavailable due to other commitments, and with The Bostonians (1984), Redgrave originally declined, and Glenn Close was cast. Then Close withdrew, due to being offered The Natural (1984), the part was then re-offered to Redgrave, who accepted.
"Dr. Prance: It's a pity you can't say "damn". Olive Chancellor: Yes."
"Miss Birdseye: [on Basil] Your cousin looks like a genius, my dear. Olive Chancellor: It's only a distant cousin. He's a lawyer from Mississippi, he left his mother and his sisters behind and he's come to try to make his living in New York. He's not in sympathy, I'm afraid. Miss Birdseye: Well, I've often found that people are only waiting for the light."
