Pick a 1990's Period Piece

Orlando, not Orland* sorry

Shakespeare in Love is Weinstein horseshit.

The age of innocence because of the sets and costumes. Simply exquisite

I only saw one, so I can't really say.

The only answer is 1995 Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth.

R2 You have to have one for the masses, right? It was between Shakespeare in Love or Titanic.

I do love the score to The Age of Innocence

I liked Enchanted April.

I appreciated the anthropological-level of fidelity to the period, but The Age of Innocence didn't move me in the least. It's been 30 years since I watched it all the way through so perhaps I need to give it another shot. I thought Winona Ryder was quite affecting though, Michelle Pfeiffer less so. DL fave Annette Bening had the worldly bearing at that age to inhabit the countess role with more ease.

My favourite is probably Mrs Brown. Dame Judi gives one of her finest performances, and I’ve always though it a pity that she lost the Oscar to Academy Award Winner Helen Hunt.

R8 In November 1992 George H.W. Bush, James Baker, Dick Cheney, Boyden Gray, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell, and their spouses watched Enchanted April to cheer themselves up.

Winona in any period piece is beyond laughable and yet she lapped up those roles in the 90s.

See also 'Little Women' and 'Dracula'.

She a bitch.

Angels and Insects

Enchanted April is a perfect little film. I like most of these films but EA was just so sweet and a tad bit odd.

The House Of Elliot

Loved it, r16!

The Buccaneers (1995)

God - I am SO gay.

R17- You obviously have good taste .

Is there a single 'period piece' that's aimed at, or appeals to a straight male audience?

All those crinolines, corsets and vapors are strictly frau and gay.

300, r20?

Agree, R9. Day-Lewis and Pfeiffer had no real chemistry because they both tend to be cold actors, though Pfeiffer can warm up in certain circumstances (e.g. FABULOUS BAKER BOYS).

I chose HOWARDS END, as that is the artistic peak for Merchant-Ivory, with REMAINS OF THE DAY being a close second and MAURICE 3rd.

Widows Peak

Stiff Upper Lips

DL heresy but I loved Shakespeare in Love. Incredible script, emotional last act from the start of the play’s performance all the way through the credits and Judi Dench.

I’ve only seen Enchanted April once but I loved the scene where Polly Walker sighs that men were only interested in her beauty and then Michael Kitchen reveals that he is half blind.

All three leads in Age of Innocence were miscast.

P&P with Colin Firth will never be equaled.

[quote] Howard's End (1992)

There's no apostrophe in the title Howards End.

Wings of the Dove was good

I loved The Wings of the Dove

The Age of Innocence right from the beginning credits with the beautiful flowers.

I nominate myself

I love the Age of Innocence because it’s so beautiful.

Cousin Bette

Queen Margot was good too

Dick Tracy

I would never pick any of those places to have my period. I bet there aren’t even any free tampons at any of them.

[quote] The Age of Innocence didn't move me in the least. [...] I thought Winona Ryder was quite affecting though,

You're contradicting yourself.

If one of the stars of a movie was "quite affecting" to you, then the movie DID "move you in the least."

Life Is Beautiful

Is the Age on Innocence winning because it’s the first option? I don’t know anyone who loves it.

Cry Baby

I couldn't get into Age of Innocence. Newland was a pussy and I couldn't tell if May was as sweet sweet as she portrayed or a scheming hussy. Maybe it was Ryder's portrayal.

[quote]DL heresy but I loved Shakespeare in Love. Incredible script, emotional last act from the start of the play’s performance all the way through the credits and Judi Dench.

Shakespeare In Love is an amazing film. Did it deserve all the awards, considering what else was nominated? No, but it deserved all the nominations and was beautifully made and acted.

The Remains Of The Day is flawless for me, and one of the few dramas to cover that period of the British aristocracy trying to appease the Nazis. The scene where Lord Darlington expresses regret for sacking the two Jewish maids was well done, as was the scene with the doctor who helps Stevens with his broken down car challenging him on the appeasement.

It's 31 years since the film was released, and the postwar scenes were set 33 years before the film was made.

[quote]I couldn't tell if May was as sweet sweet as she portrayed or a scheming hussy. Maybe it was Ryder's portrayal.

I don't think you are supposed to know that. Part of the brilliance of E. Wharton.

Ryder’s quavery voice. Pfeiffer‘s timid California cheerleader looks, wasn’t convincing as a woman who’d flout tradition. Maybe Jennifer Connelly and Uma Thurman in those roles?

A Room With a View - 1985

I wouldn't characterize May as a scheming hussy. She played to win but it wasn't as if she had options

Thurman makes Pfeiffer look like Vanessa Redgrave.

I agree with the poster above who suggested Annette Bening as the Countess. She might have been able to rouse DDL from his protective shell as an actor.

I like Pfeiffer in this but Bening would have been great

I love "Enchanted April". I first saw it in a small theater on a wet, chilly night.

The scene of the morning after the two women have arrived late in the dark, where they really see what the place is like and the wonderful spell that it casts over all the guests, whether the guests were planned for or unexpected. Not one of them is the same when they leave as they were when they arrived.

Lovely, lovely film.