A social-climbing young woman gains a foothold in the late Victorian upper crust by virtue of her wealthy and cultured aunt's social connections, but finds marriage to her true love, a poor hack journalist, incompatible with her new station. She cooks up a plan to use her lover to bilk a guileless and fabulously wealthy American woman of her considerable fortune, but putting the scheme into action sparks painful conflicting emotions. A sleek adaptation of the eponymous Henry James novel, with the source material's bitterness tempered by a more sympathetic characterization of its heroine.

Academy Award nominations: 4, including Best Actress--Helena Bonham Carter; Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Cinematography.

Widescreen DVD Special Features:
-Region 1 Encoding
-"Passion & Romance: THE WINGS OF THE DOVE"
-Theatrical Trailer
-Dolby Surround
-2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
-Keep Case

Distributor Notes: The Wings Of The Dove

Highly acclaimed as one of the year's most outstanding movies, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE is a provocative tale of passion, temptation, and greed. Helena Bonham Carter (HOWARDS END) delivers a stunning, award-winning performance as Kate, a beautiful young society woman whose desire for a common journalist (Linus Roache) presents her with an impossible decision: leave him, or marry -- and face a life of poverty. Events take an unexpected twist, however, when Kate befriends a lonely young heiress (Alison Elliott) whose own tragic secret offers an irresistible ... but dangerous ... solution. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards(R), this intriguing story of forbidden love is a motion picture event you won't soon forget!

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Helena Bonham-Carter: British Actress
Linus Roache: Actor/"Priest"
Alison Elliott: Actress/"The Underneath"
Charlotte Rampling: British Actress
Elizabeth McGovern: American Actress
Michael Gambon: Irish Stage/Film Actor - A Dry White Season/Sleepy Hollow
Alex Jennings: 
Ben Miles: 
Philip Wright: 
Alexander John: 
Shirley Chantrell: 
Diana Kent: Actress/"Heavenly..."
Georgio Serafini: 
Rachele Crisafulli: 

Iain Softley: Director/Writer

Stephen Evans: 
David Parfitt: 

Hossein Amini: 

Edward Shearmur: 

Tariq Anwar: Editor

"...[A] dazzling stylistic achievement....Like James's novel, the film honors the mysterious process by which life is at once extinguished and renewed..."
"...[A] skillful, graceful movie..."
"...Spellbinding....This magnificent film conveys an intimation of what values count the most, of what really matters....Intelligent and sympathetic..."
"...This story has a life and logic of its own..."
"...[An] exquisitely mounted romantic gem..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4
"...Ravishing...[and] impassioned..." -- Rating: B+