Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Catherine Sloper | |
Albert Finney | ... | Dr. Austin Sloper | |
Maggie Smith | ... | Aunt Lavinia Penniman | |
Ben Chaplin | ... | Morris Townsend | |
Judith Ivey | ... | Aunt Elizabeth Almond | |
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Arthur Laupus | ... | Mr. Almond |
Jennifer Garner | ... | Marian Almond | |
Robert Stanton | ... | Arthur Townsend | |
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Betsy Brantley | ... | Mrs. Montgomery |
Nancy Daly | ... | Maureen (Maid) | |
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Sara Ruzicka | ... | Catherine Sloper (age 11) |
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Rachel Layne Sacrey | ... | Sarah Almond |
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Rachel Osborne | ... | Alice Almond |
Scott Jaeck | ... | John Ludlow | |
Peter Maloney | ... | Jacob Webber (Notary) |
Catherine Sloper (Jennifer Jason Leigh) has found the man of her dreams in Morris Townsend (Ben Chaplin), but her plans to marry him are strongly opposed by her father, Dr. Austin Sloper (Albert Finney), who believes Townsend is only interested in his daughter for her money. But Catherine is determined to follow her heart, even if she loses her inheritance in the process. But just what are Townsend's intentions? Written by Mike Myers <mmyers@ucsd.edu>
This film is an insult to two of the greatest actors ever to hit the silver screen, Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift, who starred in the original version, The Heiress. Montgomery and Olivia, although they hated each other, had such incredible chemistry together that the film was almost perfect. Re-making The Heiress was almost as much of an insult as re-making something like Gone With the Wind, The Godfather, or On the Waterfront. It was just about as bad as the two re-makes of A Streetcar Named Desire. Leave the classics alone, if it is considered a classic, then it is perfect the way it is. Leave history to itself.