November 4, 1999

Charlotte (Uma Thurman) poses for the incriminating picture at the comtume ball.

Merchant Ivory Completes Principal Photography In England On Their 44th Film The Golden Bowl

The Golden Bowl, adapted from Henry James' novel, has completed principal photography in Belvoir Castle, Lincolnshire. The Golden Bowl recounts the lives of an immensely rich, art-collecting American tycoon in Edwardian England, his married daughter and the adulterous affair that nearly consumes their family when the father marries a beautiful younger woman. The Golden Bowl stars Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Northam, James Fox and Madeline Potter.

This is the third Henry James novel being brought to the screen by Merchant, Ivory and Jhabvala, after The Europeans produced nearly twenty years ago and The Bostonians in 1984. The same trio has been associated with such landmark films as A Room With A View, Howards End, The Remains of the Day and Heat and Dust.

Miramax will distribute The Golden Bowl in the US and the U.K., TFI International in France has rights for the rest of the world.

 

Charlotte (Uma Thurman) reassures her lover (Jeremy Northam) at the Matcham house party.

London, August 24, 1999

Merchant Ivory Filming for "The Golden Bowl" at Syon Park.

The Oscar winning team Ismail Merchant and James Ivory are currently filming The Golden Bowl at Syon Park country estate in London.

The Golden Bowl, based on the Henry James novel is adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, twice Oscar winner. This is Merchant Ivory's 43rd film collaboration. Set in the UK and Italy it stars Angelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Northam, James Fox and Madeline Potter.

Syon House is privately owned by the Duke of Northumberland and lies eight miles from the centre of London. It includes thirty acres of gardens and a spectacular Great Conservatory. The Golden Bowl has been allowed access to some of its most impressive rooms, including the Green Drawing Room and the state apartment's Ante Room, the latter designed by Robert Adams. Several scenes will be shot at this location.

Formerly a 15th century abbey founded by Henry V. Syon House was first converted into a home in 1547. Since then it has witnessed several historic events; Henry VIII's own coffin awaited its Windsor burial at Syon House in 1547. It was where Lady Jane Grey reluctantly accepted the crown in 1553 and Queen Victoria spent many a day in the grounds of the Park as a young girl.

The Golden Bowl brings together again such accomplished technicians as three times Oscar nominee Tony Pierce-Roberts. He has shot eight Merchant Ivory films including A Room with a View, Howards End and The Remains of the Day. The film's costume designer John Bright has worked with Merchant Ivory on eleven films. He has won two Oscars for his work on A Room with a View and Howards End. The music will be composed by Richard Robbins who has collaborated with Merchant Ivory on fourteen times so far. His scores for Howards End and The Remains of the Day have both earned him Academy Award nominations.

Guests arrive at the Lancaster House Ball, London

London, August 22, 1999

Merchant Ivory Starts Principal Photography of their 43rd Film The Golden Bowl.

The Golden Bowl based on the Henry James novel is Merchant Ivory's 43rd film collaboration set in the UK and Italy it stars Angelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Northam, James Fox and Madeline Potter.

Ismail Merchant, the film's producer comments, "For us to do another Henry James novel is a great pleasure, particularly one with such rich characters and a powerful story carrying very contemporary overtones."

The Golden Bowl recounts the lives of an immensely rich, art-collecting American tycoon, his married daughter and the adulterous affair that nearly consumes their family when the father marries a beautiful younger woman. Though set in Edwardian England, the story has great contemporary relevance as its plot shifts and countershifts within a web of personal relationships.

This is the third Henry James novel being brought to the screen by Merchant, Ivory and Jhabvala, after The Europeans produced nearly twenty years ago and The Bostonians in 1984. The same trio has also been associated with such landmark films as A Room With a View, Howards End, The Remains of the Day and Heat and Dust.

Miramax films will be distributing The Golden Bowl in the US and the UK. TF1 International in France has rights for the rest of the world.