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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304993736 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6304993730 Label: Polygram USA Video Manufacturer: Polygram USA Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Polygram USA Video Release Date: February 08, 2000 Running Time: 110 minutes Sales Rank: 16893 Studio: Polygram USA Video Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 1998
Rating: - A most unusual proposition
Rick Ramage has written a nice and tidy little screenplay in THE PROPOSITION. Much like his other works in STIGMATA and HAUNTED, again the Roman Catholic Church plays a significant role in the unfolding of unusual and sometimes quite comical events in the lives of the wealthy Arthur and Eleanor Barret and a certain Roger Martin and Father Michael McKinnan.These four unlikely characters mix in a pre WW2 triste that includes God,lust and murder.Throw in the mysterious housekeeper and you have a quite interesting scenario that at times plays like a daytime soap opera, at times like a French farce ... Read More
Rating: - The impossible paternity
This film is a deep moral more than social drama, in spite of the emphasis set on the social surroundings of the situation. It has nothing to do with the high class circumstances of the protagonists. It has all to do with their Christian conscience and then with their souls, or what they believe to be their soul. What can a rich man do if he is sterile and his wife wants a child. In the 1930s that was a real problem. What happens if another man is used to satisfy the woman ? Blackmail of course and death. The problem is who caused that death not what ? What happens if some nephew appears under ... Read More
Rating: - almost a classic
This film has a very well conceived underlying idea, and it comes close to being one of the really great movies. It felt to me like it was based on a real experience of some kind. I found that it touched an emotional space of some depth. This struck me as similar to the "Winslow Boy" and "Man in the Iron Mask" in that you feel the author understands and therefore forgives the motivations of all the characters, even the baddies. I'd say these other two movies are slightly better written (getting 9.8s rather than a 9.5), because a few of the lines in this one feel a little bit forced, but there I'm ... Read More
Rating: - Boston Gothic
THE PROPOSITION proves to be quite a fine film and certainly deserves more attention than its current limited to VHS format determines. It is an excellent period piece (set in the late 1930s - early 40s), well directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, well written by Rick Ramage, and blessed with a fine cast.
Arthur Barret (William Hurt) and his beautiful, gracious, social hearted, feminist writer wife Eleanor (Madeline Stowe) have everything money can buy - except a child. In desperation Albert hires (propositions for money) a young impregnator Roger Martin (Neil Patrick Harris) who while ... Read More
Rating: - What An Offer!
If you enjoy movies with complex characters and a simple yet tricky plot this film will probably appeal to you because it is filled with great actors and a wonderfully intricate storyline as well as offering up a world of thorny possibilities.
The story takes place during the 1940's when influential people were held to extraordinary standards and morality meant much more than it does today. Society upheld Arthur Barret (William Hurt) and his beautiful wife Eleanor (Madeleine Stowe) but underneath their social relationship lurked a barrenness, literally. Arthur makes the choice to hire ... Read More
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