Was rewatching Emma last night to pinpoint that same look he uses at the end of TWB. That little twinkle and smile are used in the "please don't shoot my dogs" line. ;-D He would be my second choice for MD.

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!! On my way to make phone calls... Will let you know what happens. Jana2 and I are going to the Friday screening, though I doubt he'll show up for that one. He would be my second choice for MD. Glad you feel that way. JN is excellent with the subtleties of flirtatious glances (*sigh*). I think MD would give the same types of glances to our Bridge.

Hey Northam could have a real legal career going: judge in Amistad, Sir Robert Morton, barrister, in TWB, and Mark Darcy, barrister, in BJD!! Glad you feel that way. JN is excellent with the subtleties of flirtatious glances (*sigh*). You don't I taped Emma because I admired Gwynnie's performance, did you? ;-p

Any way to replace Rebecca Pidgeon's face with mine on this photo? ;-)

Didn't he say something about not wanting to do period pieces anymore? ;-) From today's Hollywood Reporter: Northam mixed in Ivory 'Bowl' for James tale NEW YORK -- Jeremy Northam, a fixture in art houses this summer with "The Winslow Boy" and "An Ideal Husband," has joined the cast of Merchant Ivory's "The Golden Bowl." The actor will star with Nick Nolte, Uma Thurman, Anjelica Huston and Kate Beckinsale in the adaptation of Henry James' classic 1904 novel about wealthy expatriate Americans trying to maintain a surface of propriety despite romantic betrayals. Miramax recently picked up domestic rights to the $20 million film, which director James Ivory i slated to begin shooting in August from a script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Ismail Merchant will produce. TF1 International has foreign rights to the film, the first in a four-film deal between TF1 and Merchant Ivory. In addition to "Winslow" and "Husband," Northam has starred in "The Net," "Emma," "Gloria" and the Sundance fave "Happy, Texas." He is repped by Chris Andrews and Harriet Robinson of ICM. ******** Do you ever think Colin will get a full article like this when he signs for his next movie? :-(

Hey, I read that story! I've decided that I am decidely NOT a James fan. However, The Turn of the Screw is undoubtedly the scariest story ever. Karen, maybe if Colin Firth was in a movie like that, he would get full article. JN is quite prolific these days, unlike CF.

Yes, he has expressed the desire to stay away from period pieces. But, there are also two things to consider: 1) He also said he wouldn't pass up a good role either. Hence... 2) He's repped by ICM. They have a terrible reputation for relaying bad scripts to good actors. I've expressed this several times on the Northamboard, but I think he'd be better off at William Morris, with Hilda Quealey, who is a terrific agent for Brits in the States. Oh! How could I forget! A THIRD (though not least) reason: 3) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory! (These guys are my heroes)

Lookie what I found. Miramax has added a bunch of pictures to its sites, but this is the only one with JN:

He looks puffy in that picture, must have been up all night drinking. ;-)

You know what happens when they put cheesy moustaches on these guys! ;-)

Males have been known to "puff up" when they are in their sexual prime ;-)

I thought that was when they were 17 yrs. old? ;-p

I thought that was when they were 17 yrs. old ROTFLOL, Karen!!!

HOW COULD OSCAR WILDE'S satirical 1895 play about a London society couple coming undone work on screen? At first, even director Parker (1995's ''Othello'') didn't know. "I'm a big fan, but it seemed so quintessentially theatrical," Parker says, "a curious mixture of melodrama and farce. Then I went to see it in London, and I was even more convinced it was a bad idea." After working for the next several months on a draft that was "50 percent Wilde's language and 50 percent mine," Parker grabbed the attenti n of a stellar cast, including Driver and Everett, who signed on as high-society secondary characters, as well as Blanchett ("Elizabeth"), who stars as the wife. As for Northam ("The Net"), he isn't sure he was considered ideal for the husband. "I was contacted two weeks before filming started, so I think I was an afterthought," Northam says. "But it was someone offering me a job, and I was in the mood to work."

There was a small interview with JN on the IFC and I caught it(totally by chance since it was used as a filler). It was done in Cannes, what looked like from his bedroom terrace. He was unshaven and puffy(!) and was not very cohesive or literate (I hate to say it, but there it is). Could JN be a party boy(animal), at heart? He seems to be an ideal character in need of becoming an ideal husband. ;-) My DH watched it too and it prompted his comment(which I have heard many times); Actors are all stupid!

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He was unshaven and puffy(!) and was not very cohesive or literate (I hate to say it, but there it is). Could JN be a party boy(animal), at heart? Party animal, perhaps, but far, far from illiterate. He majored in English Lit. at the Univ. of London, and his father is the world's leading scholar on Ibsen. Forgive the poor boy-- I'm imagining a scenario in which he's had a late night of interviews and public appearances forced upon him, and is rudely awakened at 6 am by a very imposing IFC camera crew. Gracious man that he is, he allows them to ask a few questions, despite the fact that he hasn't made himself descent. Bit of gossip for any other JN fans out there-- he's just bought a 300 yr. old house in Norfolk (wherever that is).

OK, I forgive him. :-) How about a trip to Norfolk Winter? I think the old boy could use a personal assistant. ;-)

(Moon)I think the old boy could use a personal assistant. ;-) You're telling me! He absolutely, definitely needs someone to get his ass up in the morning and help him look presentable to the camera crews. I'm very deft with a razor, you know! ;-) ("Mr. Northam, if you can just hold still...")

(Karen)He would be my second choice for MD. Ditto. Hey, I even liked him in Mimic!!With those cute eyeglasses!! ****** I saw An Ideal Husband in London (along with 6 other people in a cavernous theatre...no kidding..on a Sunday afternoon!!.)IMO he was the only redeeming faction in that movie...Borrrring! But his speech to Parliament ...full of passion...was a winner. Plan to see The Winslow Boy next week.

He looked his Knightly-self in the flashback scene with the Baron. But oh yeah, the speech in Parliament. Nicely done. Now lose that moustache!!

Why doesn't anyone post news of JN? Winter???? I don't go to other websites....can you pl.share some stuff with us?

Sorry, but I have no news from JN. I wrote to ICM and asked about his future projects, but I did not receive an answer jet. Will tell xou if I get a reply !

Sorry, "no news OF jeremy northam " ! :-)

Sabine!! Where have you been? ;-D

Hi Karen ! Sorry, but I was in Brighton/England for 2 weeks. I am also a great fan of Jeremy Northam. I have seen AIH in England and bought the "Emma" video there and ordered " The Net", "Mimic" and an "older" film with JN from CCVideo recently ! Have seen "The Net" and "Mimic" in the translated version, it was ( as always ) very bad. I just hate the german versions because the voices of CF and JN are so GREATand the german voices are so terrible . Hope to receive the tapes soon :-)

Sabine...we've missed you . am having problems with my email...we're counting on you and Susan for January 15, 2000. We need you on #98; we're discussing FF starting tomorrow.

Haven't posted to this board as often as 1) I have no news 2) it takes forever to load all the messages on this board, and I have no idea how to keep it on my 'hot list' of topics. It appears and then disappears often. I do know, however, (as mentioned before), that he just bought a house in Norfolk, England. He mentioned in a recent interview that he's the youngest person his his village by about 30 years! Minimizes his prospects for meeting the future Mrs. Northam. (A good sign for us?) "Voices from a Locked Room," a movie he did ages ago but was never released, has been televised on UPN network this weekend. I caught about the last hour of it and thought it pretty descent. It's about a man with split personalities-- one as Peter Warlock a composer, the other as a music critic who happens to be said composer's worst enemy. Sounds odd, I know, but it was done well. Jeremy also plays piano in real life, so we got to see a bit of that on screen.

Since it was hot as Hades here, dragged my 18 yr old niece to a quality movie this afternoon: The Winslow Boy! She said she wasn't interested in any special FX garbage. The Summer of Sam was sold out, so TWB it was. Grabbed her arm and made her take notice of that last scene. I love it. She said the movie was unrealistic. Never mind that it was based on a real incident!! Oh well, I tried. ;-D Will have to look for that one Winter. UPN you say???

(Winter)Voices from a Locked Room," a movie he did ages ago but was never released, has been televised on UPN network this weekend. Gives us hope for SLOW :-)I don't know UPN...? **** (Winter).... I have no idea how to keep it on my 'hot list' of topics. It appears and then disappears often. I bet our knowledgeable hosts could instruct you how. **** I missed TWB in UK...it was gone...and then I missed it here too.... I hear it was excellent...got good reviews but did poorly at the box office :-(

Haven t heard about TWB in Germany yet. So maybe I have a chance to see it. That s the film all about ?

(Winter) it takes forever to load all the messages on this board, and I have no idea how to keep it on my 'hot list' of topics. It appears and then disappears often. OK, on the main Drool page, make sure your setting is "All New" and use this url as your bookmark: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/drool/all/new or go directly to the new messages here (without having to load the entire topic) by using this url: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/drool/43/new This should work. Let me know. You also might want to mark all the other nonactive topics on the main Drool page as "read" so they don't appear anymore, unless someone posts. Did you make that other phone call?

From The Independent (7/9): AN IDEAL HUSBAND? Jeremy Northam suffers from thesp rage. He calls in to deny that he loathes Cate Blanchett: "She's got this special thing. It sounds like rabid fan mail, but she just kind of breathes in front of the camera." So you admit you said you "can't stand her"? Yes... but Pandora quoted him "out of context". OK, here's more on the context, darlings: Northam was talking to a drag queen at a post-premiere party. And when he said "Can't stand her", the drag queen said, he did so "with a devilish gr n". ************

....when he said "Can't stand her", the drag queen said, he did so "with a devilish grin Well, Jeremy and I have something in common....I can't stand Cate Blanchette either. :-D(picture...devilish..)

Finally saw TWB....this is JN's best....yep better than Emma IMO. He must be enormously proud of his performance in this. Did he do any promos in the US?

I don't think so. What movie studio promotes its four-star films? Better to let them languish and quickly disappear from the theaters. ;-D

From This is London: Full speed on the Northam line by Toby Rose Jeremy Northam is apologising. Profusely. He confesses to being testy and terse when questioned about his string of girls. I only asked because they're not just any girls. Sharon Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mira Sorvino and Sandra Bullock have all been leading ladies in his royal flush of Hollywood pictures. Most leading men would see this as amazing good fortune. But Northam objects to being defined in terms of his leading ladies, to being labelled as a mere on-screen walker - the movie equivalent of the man who lifts up the prima ballerina. 'Every time I do a TV show the researcher has looked up my credits, seen these big-actress names, and it's the first question. They want to know all about the actress. I should have a line worked out for that, but really I don't see why I have to talk about it all the time,' he groans. That is all about to change. We're on the paparazzi-infested beach at Cannes and he's splashing his feet in the surf as we talk. No celeb-mag cameras flash. No TV crews rush over. No autograph-hunter interrupts. But this year may be his last chance at sun, sea and tranquillity. Jeremy Northam is going big time. British cinema-goers (who saw him with Sandra Bullock in The Net, with Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma, with Mira Sorvino in Mimic and with Sharon Stone in Gloria) have most recently seen him with Rupert Everett in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. Now he's in the film of another classic British play, Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy, directed by leading American playwright-turned-film-director David Mamet. Next comes Happy, Texas. Also very much his film, it has been snapped up for international distribution by Miramax and is set to push Northam further into centre stage. Plus, he's just become the pin-up for Saks Fifth Avenue's new menswear campaign. In short, a CV any Hollywood hunk would die for. And, while he hasn't hopped aboard the celebrity bandwagon, he readily admits, 'This is what I've been waiting for.' So what do his friends think of his success? 'They probably despise me,' he replies. Such success has been coming for some time, and the 38-year-old, Cambridge-born actor wasn't necessarily expecting it. 'I could never have imagined that I would be performing opposite these icons, these movie stars. It came as a total surprise really,' he tells me. The films proved to be one smart career move after another for him, raising his ante in the industry even though none of them exactly set the box office ablaze. However, as he points out, 'I wasn't responsible in the public eye, because I'm not Sharon or Mira or Gwyneth. But, of course, you put a lot of time and effort into doing what you do, and you want it to work, and you would rather be associated with things which are happy successes.' His slew of forthcoming films look set for greater success. First up in British cinemas is The Winslow Boy, a costumed courtroom drama based on a real-life Edwardian episode in which a well-to-do naval cadet was accused of stealing a postal order. Northam's performance, alongside heavyweights like Sir Nigel Hawthorne, is being widely praised. He plays the accused boy's tough, but ultimately soft-hearted, defence lawyer. 'Those around him see him as a man without heart, ambitious, greedy, egotistical and o portunistic. A fantastic role!' In total contrast, next month's low-budget indie comedy, Happy, Texas, sees him as a con man, on the run and masquerading as a gay beauty-pageant meister. Happy, Texas wowed them at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival. In the back-to-front way films often get released, he actually shot it immediately before An Ideal Husband. 'I got back on the plane from LA and a day later I was in a read-through. I went from playing an escaped con man in Happy, Texas to a politician with a dodgy past.' His own past is far from dodgy. In fact, it's a copybook British theatre background, including the scene where he left drama school early (the prestigious Bristol Old Vic) after having landed a job at a provincial rep (the= Nottingham Playhouse). He says he's still too embarrassed to reveal the play in question, but the gamble paid off - since then he's been 'resting' for only three months. In 1989, when Daniel Day-Lewis had a breakdown and left the National Theatre stage, understudy Northam was ready to tep into his shoes as Hamlet. That same year he won the best-newcomer Olivier award for his performance in Richard Eyre's The Voysey Inheritance. 'I got into acting because I like plays,' he states. That was the motivation earlier this year when he was back on the London stage, playing gay again in Certain Young Men. The big names were in the wings here, too, because this was at Islington's Almeida Theatre, whose highly respected boards had just been trodden by such movie megastars as Kevin Spacey, Juliette Binoche, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. Though, as Northam points out, 'the people who do plays who are perceived as movie stars all come from a very strong theatrical background'. At any other time in Hollywood's history, choosing to appear in the gay drama would probably have been nixed by his agent. But, he says, 'as a straight man, playing a gay man is an exciting challenge. I really enjoyed the experience. Certain Young Men opens up the gay lifestyle to a wider audience.' In fact, he helped to invent the fast-moving ensemble piece in the original workshops seven years ago. Though one aspect seems to have angered the hard-working thespian. 'People talk about you earning �250 a week like Nicole Kidman as if it's a badge of honour - and that makes me fed up because for most people in the business that is a good wage and that is all they get,' he says indignantly. 'What you hope for is to play the parts you want to play, to be a part of the industry that you want to be a part of. I am ambitious to be a better actor.' He clearly means every word - but that word 'industry' betrays the fact he's accepting the inevitable. He may not have forsaken North London for the Hollywood Hills, but Jeremy Northam is on collision course with stardom. When the studios tire of bumbling Hugh Grant types and cerebral Ralph Fiennes types, 'handsome hetero' Jeremy Northam (as French Elle just called him) will be ready. He's undoubtedly on the shortlist for that ultimate Brit hero, James Bond. Just don't mention the Bond Girls.

I vote for JN as the Bond. Yeah! Did you happen to read the interview from the Telegraph? It made me LOL. If it is true that CF shares his agent, I would consider a split.

Happy Texas is getting fabulous reviews...with JN mentioned prominently. A far cry from Mr. Knightly.He can sure pick 'em...like you say, Moon. All winners. I even liked Mimic with those little glasses!!

(Evelyn) I even liked Mimic with those little glasses!! Thank you! Nice to know I'm not alone in this opinion. Have not seen Happy, Texas yet. this is how SWAMPED I am with work!

I was wondering if any of you JN fans have seen 'The Tribe'? There is a shocking scene in it, where Mr K (as I and my friend Snoopy girl refer to him as) wears a ghastly light tan v-neck jumper. Its way too tight and makes him look like a banana. There are of course plenty of other interesting Mr K scenes in this otherwise appalling show. He looks VERY good in the opening scenes because he is sporting a very stylish well cut suit. But even this cannot make up for the tan jumper in the last scene. IT S SCARY.

Hi Archer I've never heard of The Tribe so I looked it up. Apparently, it was a TV movie in the UK, so I don't think it's ever been shown in the US. Sounds fairly atrocious from the comments at the IMDb, such as: "Normally I'd regard the critical mindset that a film is crap, but at least actress XYZ gets naked in it, as prehistoric, sexist bilge. But, for this one, I'll make an exception. Talented people (Eve, Costigan, Richardson) ambling about like zombies for two wasted hours. The BBC sat on this for about two years, then marketed it in a cold, calculating manner with tantalizing shots of Ms Friel about to disrobe. And disrobe she does. Pert, firm, frisky, if a little skinny for my tastes. Sorry, but if the scr pt and/or direction was any better, we might not have had to go down this alley... Was Jeremy Northam actually PAID for his performance?"

And Barbara, if you're trying to post a response and are using Internet Explorer, you need to submit it twice. Helps to copy your text and then paste it in again. Netscape works much better here at Spring. ;-D

Hi everyone, I'd just like to add a couple of comments to my friend Archer's about The Tribe. She loaned me her video of it the other day and after watching it I came to the realisation that its only redeeming feature is the fact that JN is in it. And he also manages to lose his shirt on several occasions! But as Archer said, some of the clothes he wears are absolutely shocking - particularly the skin tight V neck tan sweater - if only we had a picture for you all to see. However, at least he has redeemed himself or The Tribe by making Emma, The Winslow Boy and An Ideal Husband! I also read earlier that some of you were commenting on JN's moustache in An Ideal Husband. Well on one of the JN sites - http://www.jeremynortham.ndirect.co.uk/ (I am not too sure how the HTML works on this messageboard) in the Photographs section under the heading Various Stills, you will see our wonderful JN in 4 pictures from the Golden Bowl with a BEARD no less!!

Dear all This is my second attempt to post something - the first didn't work, so I had to go and re think it all again. So hopefully the first post won't pop up somewhere. Yes, as pointed out by Snoopy Girl, The Tribe does indeed feature a lot of Mr K in what could only be described as �intimate relations�...so it is worth watching for this! Although the character that he plays is so far removed from his others (Emma, Ideal Hubby and Winslow) that you may not think it could be him! SG and myself have discussed some of the possible reasons for why he might have digressed and participated in such a show: 1) He lost his brain. Perhaps he left it on a bus, or maybe it fell out while he was playing archery or composing riddles 2) He was blackmailed. Although after seeing it, I think it would be more likely that he would blackmailed after doing it (ie he is going for a part in a big movie and a Mrs "Cheesely" type character pulls him aside and whispers to him "I know that you did that Tribe movie Mr K, and I have a tape.....so you must co-operate with me and do I as say......or I could make things very unpleasant for you") 3) He wanted to build on his skill level. No more Mr Charming-Handsome-Slightly Flawed -but Always Noble type characters for me - NO! I want to know what its like to play a Mr Weak-Willed- Two-timing-Low-life with no redeeming features whatsoever. Actually, that�s not quite true. Even when he was trying to be dastardly, the noble streak still came through, although it was hard to stomach when one considered what his character was doing. For those of you who haven�t seen The Tribe...I will briefly fill you in. JN plays a character called Jamie. Jamie works for a property developer who is also a complete bastard. The property developer has recently purchased a building that is legally occupied by a semi-cult who dress in black and sell high-tec electronic gear to people on the street. Although Jamie is in a relationship (with a girlfriend/wife - its not made clear) and is very prudish and proper to begin with, he soon gets seduced by t e Tribe. Then before you know it, he is missing business meetings, eating bugs, having an AIDS test (I kid you not, its a very 90�s show), having sex with a man and a woman at the one time, having sex in a linen closest, slinking around with ruffled hair and untucked clothes....etc. Through all of this he decides that he is in �love� with the female lead of the semi-cult and so leaves his girlfriend/wife (although it isn�t clear how he does this, the woman just seems to disappear from his flat) for this cult woman. But (like the show itself) its doomed love. Basically, this is a male fantasy movie. Man can go out and have sex with people he hardly knows and somehow justify it to himself, because its work related. Not at all like his lovely female fantasy characters - Mr K being the most outstanding of them of course. So if you want to see Mr K with his kit off then I suggest you find a copy - but I warn you that the rest of the show is bad that you may end up laughing all the way through it. But i you are terribly attached to him as Mr K, then it might be a bit of a risk to see it! :)

LOL!! Archer. Your reasoning is beyond reproach. Every actor has been in movies that he/she wishes would quietly disappear off the face of the earth. Will have to keep my eyes open for this one...although I doubt it's around in the US. Besides, would I pay to see it? (another issue) Love to see all you new people posting here. If you're having problems posting, it is likely Internet Explorer. If you don't have Netscape (which works better here), then Control-C your text, hit submit, watch it disappear into nothing, then paste it down again and submit. I've been told this method works. ;-0

Hey Karen Thanks for the tip re Explorer - I have access to both, so I will now stick with Netscape. I think the problem was that I lost my interent connection in the middle of writing, so that may have contributed to my troubles. I live in Australia, and I saw the Tribe on a cable channel. Well to be honest, I caught a preview of the film (it was only made for tv I think) and then plotted to tape it. It was on at some really weird times, like 5 o'clock in the morning - obviously because it was so bad. So I don't know what the tv is like in the States - it might be one of those shows that will just appear sometime - and you will catch a glimpse and go - ah, so there's the dreadful one. After seeing Tribe and seeing Ideal Hub again last night, I am of the conviction that its all in the man's eyes. I don't think it matters what the hell his character is doing, whether he's sporting facial hair, a bad haircut or a v-neck tan jumer (god I wish I had still shot of that!) - he manages to get away with it all by making his eyes go all 'milky' and 'shiny' and he does his "I adore you" gaze to his female lead and 'ka-boom' - he's redeemed himself. Of course, that was the other problem with Tri e, it was tv, so his eyes didn't sparkle as they do on the big screen in the movies. Now I must drag myself away from your lovely chat group. Snoopy Girl introduced me to this forum a few days ago - and I think I have got carried away - so I really must get back to writing my thesis - otherwise I will be in big trouble!!! :)

Has The Winslow Boy made it to your shores yet? If you think JN is something in AIH, you ain't seen nothing yet!! The final scene, the last line and his little smile...hon, it ranks right up there with Clark Gable at the foot of the stairs at Twelve Oaks in GWTW looking up at Scarlett. Major goosebumps.

Hey Karen I am taking a break from the books... Yes the Winslow Boy has made it to Oz - and yes, the last scene was very tantalising.....Wonderful character he played. Although I really enjoyed the story (so I shouldn't admit to this), but it took AGES before he appeared in the movie - like his character didn't come up for a while. But it was worth the wait. So stern, so sincere, so steely, so serious and with all that emotion bubbling silently beneath..... The only one that hasn't made it here yet is Happy Texas. SG and myself are waiting patiently for it, but SG doesn't believe it will be here until Jan/Feb next year I think. Is that one out in the States and if so, is it good?

Oooh yes, The Winslow Boy - that was a great JN film. The only problem I have with it (like Archer) is that JN doesn't come in until about halfway, but when he does, he is fantastic, so it's definitely worth the wait. I certainly agree with you Karen about that last scene when he looks at what's-her-name - is it Katherine? - it's absolutely wonderful!! Don't you wish you could take a screen capture of it and insert your own face in place of Katherine's? Please fill us poor Aussies in on Happy, Texas - I discovered the internet site for it the other day and it looks really good - at least the couple of photos I saw of JN in it - he looked good!!

Happy, Texas is a cute film. JN looks v. good once he gets out of the orange prison jumpsuit (no one looks good in orange), although he looks incredibly thin; his jeans are v. baggy. On to more substantive comments... In this comedy, the out and out hilarious bits are done by the other guy, Steve Zahn, who is a real wacko. As you might have heard, the two play prison escapees who assume the roles of beauty contest consultants for a little girls pageant and who are gay. Under the guise of doing the pageant consulting, JN tells SZ that he's planning a bank robbery, but really he's interested in the woman bank president. He becomes her friend (as in girlfriend), hearing all about her love life, etc. William H. Macy, the town's sheriff, is interested in Northam and there is one scene that I would've given anything to watch being filmed. The two go out on a date and they dance. They look like they're having a riot, whirling around. ;-D Anyway, it's a story of mistaken identities and what happens when their real identities surface. Downside: absolutely NO love scenes for JN if you catch my drift. I read that Happy, Texas opens in Britain in December. BTW, it was a low-budget independent film that scored well at the Sundance festival, so doing it was a risk for JN.

AIH is back on Miami Beach! I wonder what the deal is on the re-release?

It's here too! I can't believe it. The video will be out in December or January (can't remember which). These guys are trying to squeeze every last dime out of it.

And--more importantly--remind people of who was in the film. Remember, Harvey was going around boasting early in the summer about how many acting noms this was going to take!

Good point! But, do you think it will get nominations?

But, do you think it will get nominations? No

...maybe Julianne Moore in a supporting role

(Karen)maybe Julianne Moore in a supporting role Agree....But RE has gotten a nomination from the European Film Academy. The European Film Awards will be announced on December 4th. I hope JN gets a nomination for The Winslow Boy.Probably not...it did not get a good reception at the box office...although stellar reviews.

(Evelyn) But RE has gotten a nomination from the European Film Academy. So? Does anyone in H-wood even know there is a "European Film Academy"? ;-D Sorry, but RE's role was way too lightweight to merit any consideration IMNSHO. Best Actor is usually the hardest category mainly because there are so many good roles for men. For women, it is easier to standout...the field has far fewer potential candidates.

Not so hot review of The Golden Bowl at Variety, talks about "miscast leads": By EMANUEL LEVY, 5/15/00 A Miramax release (U.S.) of a Merchant Ivory Prods./TF1 Intl. presentation in association with Miramax Films. (International sales: TF1 Intl., Paris.) Produced by Ismail Merchant. Executive producers, Paul Bradley, Richard Hawley. Directed by James Ivory. Screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the novel by Henry James. Charlotte Stant - Uma Thurman Prince Amerigo - Jeremy Northam Maggie Verver - Kate Beckinsale Adam Verver - Nick Nolte Fanny - Anjelica Huston Bob Assingham - James Fox Lady Castledan - Madeleine Potter Jarvis - Peter Eyre Vastly uneven, with some wonderful period touches but also more than a few tedious moments, "The Golden Bowl" is Ismail Merchant and James Ivory's third screen adaptation of a Henry James novel, following "The Europeans" (1979) and "The Bostonians" (1984). Like those efforts, new film is tasteful, diffident and decorous, and like them it suffers from lack of subtlety and miscasting, here in the case of leads Uma Thurman and Jeremy Northam, playing lovers whose adulterous affair entangles their lives in a complex, fateful web. Miramax faces an uphill battle Stateside in marketing a deliberately paced literary film that takes too long to build narrative momentum and explore its central dramatic conflicts. Over the last five years, James' work has enjoyed a resurgence in American cinema, with new textual readings in the daring but not entirely successful efforts of Agnieszka Holland ("Washington Square") and Jane Campion ("The Portrait of a Lady"). Iain Softley's "The Wings of the Dove" (released by Miramax in 1997), which deviated substantially from James but was true to its sophisticated, ambiguous spirit, was anchored by a terrific performance from Helena Bonham Carter, a Merchant Ivory vet who would have been much more effective than Thurman as "Golden Bowl's" protagonist. The first reel is particularly weak and diffuse: It takes the filmmakers a good half-hour to establish the historical milieu and dramatis personae, jumping around from 1903 to 1909 and moving back and forth between England and Italy. Story proper centers on Amerigo (Northam), the descendant of an illustrious but bankrupt line of Roman princes, about to marry Maggie (Kate Beckinsale), the loving daughter of America's first billionaire, Adam Verver (Nick Nolte), a retired tycoon who lives in Europe and who hopes to transfer his invaluable collection of art to a major American museum. Before his engagement, Amerigo had a passionate affair with Charlotte (Thurman), an American school friend of Maggie's who grew up in Europe. Too poor to marry, the couple parted, but Charlotte is still in love with Amerigo and hopes to rekindle their flame. Her reappearance just days before his wedding triggers a series of events that ultimately will damage two marriages and send four lives spiraling out of control. In a crucial scene set in a store, Charlotte and Amerigo discuss which present she should buy for Maggie � and then which presents they themselves should exchange. They set their eyes on an ancient golden bowl that store owner Jarvis (Peter Eyre) insists is flawless. When Charlotte is indecisive, Jarvis promises to keep the bowl for them, unaware of the symbolic importance and practical value the piece will later assume. When Charlotte announces her plan to marry widower Adam, it sounds like a good idea to everyone, particularly Maggie, who has been concerned about her father's loneliness. Scripter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala devotes the second, more involving half of the narrative to exploring how the four protags handle the secrets and lies that dominate their lives. A further complicating factor is Aunt Fanny (Anjelica Huston), who knows about the illicit romance but is trying to protect the innocent Maggie from being hurt. In his last completed novel, James showed in a masterful, ironic manner the facades and masquerades of the central characters, their power games in the name of love as well as survival. Unfortunately, James' deft portrait of human frailty and his experimentation in narrative mode only intermittently find vivid expression in the work of Ivory and screenwriter Prawer Jhabvala. Everything in the film, particularly in the last reel, is spelled out in an explicit, literal manner. With the help of lenser Tony Pierce Roberts, Ivory lovingly details the settings in which the psychodrama unfolds, with lavish re-creations of costume balls, demonstrations of Adam's architectural designs and inventive glimpses of the industrial revolution in America. But impressive and sumptuous as these reconstructions are, they serve to further weaken the storytelling, making the draggy pacing even more damaging to the central action. Film's most disappointing aspect is the work by the two leads. Thurman is effective at conveying modernist cool, but she is not particularly adept in period pieces. Burdened with an unconvincing Italian accent, Northam lacks authority in portraying the conflicting emotions of a man who loves his wife but is passionately involved with another woman. Beckinsale, as the initially naive wife who eventually plays her own games, and Huston, as the nosy yet sensitive Fanny, acquit themselves better, but it's Nolte who provides the pic's most resonant performance. Production values, particularly Andrew Sanders' design and John Bright's costumes, are exquisite, but they decorate a film that's too slow and only sporadically involving. Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival (competing), May 14, 2000. Running time: 134 MIN.

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Mmmm... Is right, where's Ethan??? They look chummy! :)

Who cares "where's Ethan" He doesn't look anything like JN! ;-D

yeah, which is why Ethan should be there!!! :)

JN can pass for an Italian. Why is he such a misscast? I saw the previews and was not impressed. I will see period pieces every chance I get, so I am happy they made it.

(Moon) JN can pass for an Italian. Why is he such a misscast? "Burdened with an unconvincing Italian accent, Northam lacks authority in portraying the conflicting emotions of a man who loves his wife but is passionately involved with another woman."

The classic British stereotype. Upper class Italians with British nannies would speak English with a British accent. Why would he even have to attempt an Italian accent? This is another detailed missed.

Good golly! Now *that* is a droolable man! Thanks, Karen. I don't care how bad it is, I'll be there when they open the doors for this one.:-)

I don't care how bad it is, I'll be there when they open the doors for this one.:-) So will I...though I can't stand Uma Thurmond or Nick Notlte. Why didn't they cast Helena BC? She's the Merchant & Ivory muse. Like Moon, I go to any costume-drama/ period piece...then I sit there and try to picture Colin in the lead role....*sigh*

(Evelyn) Why didn't they cast Helena BC? She's the Merchant & Ivory muse Seems that she wants to get as far away as possible from that image. But, I'll be there as well. Who could resist Mr. Northam? ;-)

Seems that she wants to get as far away as possible from that image. Jennifer would have done it..."Bring on the Bonnets", she says. But I bet they wanted an American actress to keep it out of the art houses...

It will be in the art houses nevertheless. It is Henry James. Say no more. ;-)

I really don't like Henry James (Portrait of a Lady was horrible!) Washington Square had Ben Chaplin as its only savior. Yep, don't like Henry James (or the American Authoress, jeez, what IS her name????? UGH, I feel like I can't remember anything of late!!!!) Well you know who I'm talking of. Wings of a Dove was okay. Definitely like Oscar Wilde MUCH better;)

Edith Wharton, perhaps is the disliked American authoress? She was a friend and contemporary of James. One of her best known novels is "The Age of Innocence".

I'm sorry but JN does nothing for me, he's okay but that's it, I'm like Evelyn, I keep visualizing Colin in anything he does. I think also that all I think of is Mr. Darcy versus Mr Knightly and the Greg Wise character (forget his name) and Mr. Darcy wins hands down, Mr. Darcy has spoilt me. I know they are actors but CF rules for me, CF and no one else!(just wish he could get a really good role, one day!!)

THat's it, Edith Wharton. HATED AGE OF INNOCENCE!! Hated movie as well. Total miscast. Definitely prefer the British equivalents. (which the Americans tried pathetically to copy!)

From The Telegraph's Peterborough column on 7/25: Bowled over PARASOL and picnic-basket fanatics are waiting with baited breath for Merchant and Ivory's latest epic, an adaptation of Henry James's novel, The Golden Bowl, to come out in October. They shouldn't get too misty-eyed: horror stories from the set reveal that the film's hero and heroine - played by Jeremy Northam and Kate Beckinsale - found little love off set. "It all started when Kate decided to drop a line from the text," says a film technician. "Jeremy started shouting at her, complaining that she'd ruined his performance. He was so furious that he followed Kate to her caravan and started screaming abuse." This proved too much for Kate's husband, who hit his wife's tormentor. Northam is said to have run away with his tail between his legs. ~~~~~~~~~ Oh nooooooooooo!! Lapdancing I can believe, but this? ;-o

No... this can't be... sounds so unlike him....

This might blow your theory, Moon...or not??? From today's Daily Mail, Nigel Dempster's column: Seeing double... Her former fancy Salman Rushdie may have fled for New York and a younger model but veteran catwalk queen Marie Helvin still knows how to find an appreciative audience. Wearing the skimpiest of frocks Marie, 45, stole the show at a Dorchester Club party at the weekend--and by her side was award-winning actor Jeremy Northam. "Marie's dress was pretty minimal, so it's a mystery how Jeremy could concentrate," says a fellow party-goer. "They were in conversation at the back of the room when two girls tried to separate them. But Jeremy returned to Marie like a yo-yo." Earlier, Jeremy, 38, who has partnered Gwyneth Paltrow and Sharon Stone on-screen told friends he was looking for a new girlfriend following his split from supermodel Lisa Butcher, famous for her 15-week marriage to chef Marco Pierre White."

This might blow your theory, Moon...or not??? As Popeye says, "well blow me down!" ;-)

Yeah, but now I've been reading that this Marie Helvin has been called a party girl. May be absolutely nothing here other than the obvious. ;-D

I saw Northam in a different kind of role the other night. He was a mob boss in a movie with Sharon Stone on the run with a little boy the mob was after because he had their disk. Forget the title. I didn't realize it was Northam till they flashed the credits at the end.

Check out this review of The Golden Bowl at Sight & Sound: And yet despite the sophistication of its spectacle, The Golden Bowl fails to be fully satisfying. The story drags at several points, notably in the initial exposition and then towards the end. Maybe they should've listened to Harvey? ;-D (can't believe I'm saying that! Performances are a mixture of the wonderful and the weak...Uma Thurman and Nick Nolte are typically brilliant...The problem is Jeremy Northam, underwhelming as the aristocratic Latin lover with a dodgy Italian accent. Surely, you're left thinking, Italy has actors as well as palazzi. Northam's weak performance unbalances the film as it becomes increasingly difficult to see why he should be the object of such passions. Phew!! Even Colin hasn't fared that poorly, as I recall, although this does harken back to some passionless RF performances... ;-D http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/2000_11/goldenbowl.html

I just rented that JN video. The film is called The Misadventures of Margaret. I plan to see it this week. I saw the previews of TGB a long time ago. Was not impressed. I will go see it anyway.

(moon) I will go see it anyway. I will too....I read where it's Merchant- Ivory's most opulent.... and somebody's got to support costume dramas!(But I wish they'd get off the Henry James kick...)

No-- the Sharon Stone-mob-boss movie is called "Gloria," a remake of an early 80's flick with Gena Rowlands. It's a terrible movie, but I had to see it for JN's sake. Moon-- I saw Misadevntures of Margaret, which i thought was brilliant till about 3/4 of it through. It's got Parker Posey, whom I love, and though the storyline takes a weird turn somewhere in the middle, it's an OK film. I'll see GB too, just because I'm a big Ruth Prawer Jhabvala fan... She's really the machine that makes Merchany Ivory work (adaptation/screenwriter). Too bad they don't put her name in the company as well.

(Winter), No-- the Sharon Stone-mob-boss movie is called "Gloria," a remake of an early 80's flick with Gena Rowlands. It's a terrible movie, but I had to see it for JN's sake. I could not believe that they would do a remake. I do not think I could sit through it with or without JN. Moon-- I saw Misadevntures of Margaret, which i thought was brilliant till about 3/4 of it through. It's got Parker Posey, whom I love, and though the storyline takes a weird turn somewhere in the middle, it's an OK film. I just saw it last night and was going to post my mistake. It is an OK film with some attempts at good dialog. It also stars Elizabeth McGovern (very blond), and Brooke Shields. Parker Posey got on my nerves and in the end it falls apart. The big question is why would she be inventing or wanting to have an affair when she is lucky to be married to JN, who is a great guy in the film? It was a good idea that had good comedic potential but was never realized.

It was a good idea that had good comedic potential but was never realized. Exactly. I agree. It could've been a 90's version of a screwball comedy, with a little racier material... but it just sort of flopped somwehere between that ridiculous trip to the French convent, and when she gets involved with that dentist.

There was a pretty good flick on sat tv last night with Jeremy Northam about a couple of escaped cons who land up in "Happy Texas" running a child beauty pageant. It was fun to watch. Anyone seen it?

"Happy Texas" is one I still plan to rent. A gay JN is not my first pick at the video store. ;-) (Winter), It could've been a 90's version of a screwball comedy, with a little racier material... Why must we be the ones to see this? It really could have been brilliant.

(Moon)A gay JN is not my first pick at the video store. ;-) It's funny....They really aren't gay guys...have to masquerade as such to pass off as being beauty contest consultants.

Don't worry, Moon, nothing that will make you cringe. Steve Zahn does all the flamboyant stuff. But I have to admit that the scene of JN dancing with William Macy is a classic. What I would've given to have seen that filmed. Looked like they were having a great time. :-)

(Karen) But I have to admit that the scene of JN dancing with William Macy is a classic. I agree - this scene was hilarious. I just saw HT on cable a couple of weeks ago for the first time and really enjoyed it. Even the DH liked it and he usually rebels at anything with a gay storyline. (Just realized as I was proofing this that I had first typed this as "a gas storyline". Hmmm, I guess the DH doesn't like those either. ;-)) Anyway, you should rent Happy, Texas Moon. It's just a light hearted little romp, but lots of fun. There are actually some hetero kind of romantic parts with JN, although they are more of the longing looks variety. He's really attracted to a cute girl in Happy but can't act on it because he's pretending to be gay.

I plan to rent it this weekend. Thanks, Jana!

Having just seen the Misadventures of Margaret (a Blockbuster straight to vid presentation)...argh! The movie was absolutely pathetic and only one thing was worth viewing: JN! My oh my, did he look fabulous. Best ever IMO. I find I can barely tolerate Parker Posey in a supporting role and, in this, she is the lead. Does she have only one setting: neurotic? And this woman was dubbed the Queen of Indies? From what I've heard, Blockbuster had JN's nude scenes cut. But they left in the topless Posey, which is enough to make you want to run from the room screaming! Have you ever seen anything more horrifying in your life?

I agree... MofM was a nightmare. I read the novella it was based on (Rameau's Niece) and it was great... which made me think the film was going to be at least coherent! JN looked delectable....mmm... if no one ever understood my drooling before, the MofM explains it all. He also has this certain way of getting *right* under your skin when he his voice just lowers a register.

He certainly has a way with lines: She: You're aging. He: You're helping. Agree with you, Winter, about the voice. Mmmmmmmm And then there's the nicely trimmed stubble. Mmmmmm MOM is sort like JN's SLOW. He looks fabulous, but the movie is garbage. However, I think SLOW is actually better. It appears they were going for a screwball comedy but Posey is not at all appealing and her neurotic behavior doesn't give her the vulnerability that she should have. All you wanted to do is slap her silly. And that side thing with Elizabeth McGovern and Brooke Shields...words fail me. Her imagined story about the Philosopher and his Student was too obviously an exercise in being cute (the laptop, etc.). If this best-selling author wrote such a book, it could only be published by Harlequin. Or was this supposed to be a Perils of Pauline type thing? Now back to JN... ;-)

Or was this supposed to be a Perils of Pauline type thing? I think that was the initial idea. But somewhere after the first fifteen (or less) minutes of MofM, the script just died. I really thought they had something going on with a 90s version of screwball comedy-- unfortunately, it just didn't happen. Sad, because he's been wanting to do more work set in modern times, though there are slim pickins for him. BTW...Here's a parallel between JN and ODB, if any of you out there don't know-- he's the son of two academics (dad's an ex-Cambridge U Prof-- one of the foremost Ibsen authorities, and mom was teacher, though she's now deceased). ...Now, if only Jeremy could find it in himself to start dating grad students...hmm...just like...me, maybe? ;-P