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Richard Nelson (writer)
Edith Wharton (novel)
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Release Date:
12 March 1993 (USA) more
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A Forbidden Love Triangle Of Passion And Desire!
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Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena)... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Liam Neeson ... Ethan Frome
Gil Rood ... Conductor
Tate Donovan ... Reverend Smith

Stephen Mendillo ... Ned Hale
Phil Garran ... Mr. Howe
Virginia Smith ... Mrs. Howe
Annie Nessen ... Sarah Anne Howe
Katharine Houghton ... Mrs. Hale
Marcie Vaughan ... Young Woman
Burt Porter ... Harmon Gow
Rusty De Wees ... Man at Post Office
Paul Donlon ... Man at Post Office

Joan Allen ... Zenobia 'Zeena' Frome
Robert Nutt ... Church Elder
David Dellinger ... Funeral Minister
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99 min
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Errors in geography: In a winter scene early in the film, a Red-eyed Vireo can be heard singing in the dead of winter in Massachusetts. These birds winter in Amazonia, and arrive in Massachusetts in late spring. more
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Ethan Frome fails to hit home, 29 September 2008
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Author: uk6strings-1 from The Twin Cities, Minnesota

Director John Madden, of Shakespeare in Love fame, gives us another pretty bad film in Ethan Frome. The plot centers around a new reverend coming into the town of Starkfield where he learns the story of the local crippled man Ethan Frome's sick wife and one-time romantic tryst with the maid. Adapted by Richard Nelson from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton's novel, this film isn't interesting in the least thanks to an abysmally weak script and poor direction that turns scenes that are supposed to be poignant into laughable schmaltz. Still, there are other aspects apart of the film that work - the cinematography is well done, Rachel Portman contributes a lovely score, and while no one is at their best, Liam Neeson, Joan Allen, Patricia Arquette, and Tate Donovan work well in their roles. But overall, Ethan Frome is only marginally worthwhile and is easily forgotten.

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