The Portrait Of A Lady tells the story of free-thinking rich young American Isabel, who travels to Europe to find herself.
While there she meets a number of people, namely Madame Merle, who then leads her to meet art collector Gilbert Osmond.
Isabel and Gilbert marry, but Isabel then discovers that Madame Merle and Gilbert are lovers who hatched a plan to
take Isabel's fortune. Finally escaping Gilbert, Isabel goes to her sick cousin Ralph's bedside, to seek solace.
Information Released: 24th December 1996 in the USA; February 6th 1997 in Australia; February 28th 1997 in the UK Directed by: Jane Campion Co-stars: John Malkovich (Gilbert Osmond), Barbara Hershey (Madame Serena Merle),
Mary-Louise Parker (Henrietta Stackpole), Martin Donovan (Ralph Touchett), Shelley Winters (Mrs. Touchett),
Richard E. Grant (Lord Warburton), Shelley Duvall (Countess Gemini), Christian Bale (Edward Rosier),
Viggo Mortensen (Caspar Goodwood) Genre: Drama
Filming: England, UK; Tuscany, Italy; Rome, Italy; California, USA; Sydney, Australia; Turkey Budget: - Nicole's salary: $2,500,000 Box Office: $3,692,836 in the USA, £575,908 in the UK. Grossed $134,805 in the USA on it's opening weekend,
showing on 7 screens Runtime: 142mins / 2hr 22mins
Trivia
[1] Nicole suffered from emotional exhaustion after filming.
[2] Based on the Henry James novel.
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Trivia: Nicole's good friend Renee Zellweger was considered for the role of Satine. Obviously she didn't get the role, but she did star in another musical - Chicago - a year later, and was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in that film. Nicole won the Oscar that year for The Hours.
The Portrait Of A Lady tells the story of free-thinking rich young American Isabel, who travels to Europe to find herself.
While there she meets a number of people, namely Madame Merle, who then leads her to meet art collector Gilbert Osmond.
Isabel and Gilbert marry, but Isabel then discovers that Madame Merle and Gilbert are lovers who hatched a plan to
take Isabel's fortune. Finally escaping Gilbert, Isabel goes to her sick cousin Ralph's bedside, to seek solace.
