Tag Archives: heiress

The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jane Campion Writer: Laura Jones (Based on the novel by Henry James)

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged 1996, adaptation, barbara jershey, christian bale, drama, england, heiress, henry james, inheritance, jane campion, john malkovich, laura jones, london, love, marriage, martin donovan, mary-louise parker, monty montgomery, nicole kidman, relationship, richard e. grant, romance, shelley duvall, shelley winters, steve golin, stuart dryburgh, the portrait of a lady, veronika jenet, viggo mortensen, wife, wojciech killar | Leave a comment

The Fortune (1975)

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Adrien Joyce

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Romance | Tagged 1920s, 1975, adrien joyce, affair, christopher guest, comedy, con artist, crime, david shire, don devlin, fortune, harry dean stanton, heiress, hustler, jack nicholson, john a. alone, marriage, married, mike nichols, money, murder, romance, scatman crothers, screwball, sex, slapstick, stockard channing, stu linder, the fortune, warren beatty, wealth | Leave a comment

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Apted Writers: Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein (Story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade) (Based on characters created by Ian Fleming)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller | Tagged 007, 1999, action, adventure, barbara broccoli, bruce feirstein, denise richards, desmond llewelyn, doctor, europe, garbage, heiress, ian fleming, james bond, john cleese, judi dench, mi6, michael apted, moneypenny, neal purvis, nuclear weapon, nuke, oil, pain, pierce brosnan, robbie coltrane, robert carlyle, robert wade, samantha bond, scientist, sequel, sophie marceau, spy, terrorism, terrorist, The World Is Not Enough, thriller | Leave a comment

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Stephen Frears Writer: Nicholas Martin

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical | Tagged alexandre desplat, carnegie hall, comedy, concert, drama, florence foster jenkins, heiress, hugh grant, meryl streep, music, musical, musician, new york, new york city, nicholas martin, opera, rebecca ferguson, simon helberg, singer, stephen frears, true story | Leave a comment

The Handmaiden (2016)

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Park Chan-wook Writers: Chung Seo-kyung & Park Chan-wook (Inspired by the novel “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters)

Posted in Drama, Foreign, Mystery, Romance | Tagged adaptation, bdsm, bondage, chan-wook park, Chung Seo-kyung, drama, fingersmith, foreign, fraud, gay, handmaiden, heiress, homosexual, homosexuality, japan, japanese, korea, korean, lesbian, mystery, park chan-wook, pickpocket, romance, sarah waters, Seo-kyung Chung, sex, steal, the handmaiden, thief | Leave a comment

Overboard (1987)

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Garry Marshall Writer: Leslie Dixon

Posted in Comedy, Review, Romance | Tagged amnesia, boat, carpenter, comedy, edward herrmann, garry marshall, goldie hawn, heiress, jared rushton, katherine helmond, kurt russell, leslie dixon, love, memory, memory loss, mike hagerty, overboard, rich, roddy mcdowall, romance, romantic comedy, yacht | Leave a comment

An American in Paris (1951)

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Vincente Minnelli Writer: Alan Jay Lerner (Story by Alan Jay Lerner)

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1951, Alan Jay Lerner, american, An American in Paris, art, artist, cabaret, dancer, drama, france, gene kelly, george gershwin, georges guetary, heiress, leslie caron, love, musical, nina foch, oscar levant, painter, paris, pianist, romance, singer, Vincente Minnelli | Leave a comment