Daisy Miller

Starring:Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman, Mildred Natwick, Eileen Brennan, Duilio Del Prete, James McMurtry, Nicholas Jones, George Morfogen, Jean-Pascal Bongard, Albert Messmer, Jacques Guhl, Hubert Geoldun, David Bush (III), Henri Hubinet, Maurizio Lucci, Tom Felleghy, Luigi Gabellone, John Bartha, Salamon Amedeo
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

Description

Dominic Milne (Robson Green) is engaged to Dee Stanton (Jemma Redgrave) whose former husband is a serial killer serving a life sentence for murdering young women. They are certain her 15 year old son will add to their married happiness until a girl in his class is found strangled. Is this a case of like father, like son? It's a sizzling British Mystery Thriller with a plot that twists and turns as it moves towards its startling and unexpected climax.

Customer Reviews:

"Do you ever feel like you don't fit?".......2007-02-17

In spite of the fact that the drama "Like Father Like Son" is flawed, this British made-for-television film is so well done, the result is gripping. When the film begins, life for Dee Stanton (Jemma Redgrave) looks good. Her legal career is just about to take off, and she has a good relationship with widower Dominic Milne (Robson Green) who also happens to be her son Jamie's (Somerset Prew) teacher. But there are some nasty problems just underneath the surface. Jamie sees Dominic as an intruder in his relationship with his mother, and then he discovers that the story he's been told that his father is dead, is a complete lie. In reality, his father is infamous serial killer Paul Barker (Philip Davis) who's in prison for murdering 4 young girls.

Jamie discovers the truth about his father at a crucial point in his life. Attracted to young, blonde, popular Morag Tait (Georgia Moffet) at school, he's begun following her around. Known at school as "weirdo", he's the object of her derision. Rejected by Morag, picked on by school bullies, and discovering that the story that his father is a dead Gulf War hero is a myth, Jamie turns to his deranged incarcerated father. It doesn't help that the boy is at his weakest point emotionally--or that they share some common interests. And when Morag turns up dead, Jamie is the prime suspect.

As the plot thickens, morality becomes clouded by emotion and divided loyalties. Dee's plight is particularly difficult. On one hand, she loves her son, but when the police investigation points to Jamie, she's also haunted by the thought that he is, perhaps, a "chip off the old block." The scenes when she visits Jamie's father are excruciatingly painful as she is forced to relive the humiliations and the scattered blame from her past. Can anyone ever truly forget such experiences? The film has its weak points--the scenes in the classroom when Morag confronts Dominic and argues about Desdemona's death ("Othello") are a bit far-fetched, and the solution to the crime is a bit unrealistic. But that said, the film, directed by Nicholas Laughland, is above average entertainment thanks mainly to the great performances from a solid cast--displacedhuman

"Like Father Like Son (2005) ... Robson Green ... Koch Vision".......2007-02-12

Koch Vision present "LIKE FATHER LIKE SON" (2005) (137 mins/Color) (Dolby Digital) --- Under Nicholas Laughland (Director), Jeremy Gwilt (Producer), Matthew Arlidge (Executive producer), Robert Bernstein (Executive producer), Douglas Rae (Executive producer), Shaun McKenna (Screenplay), John Lunn (Original Music), Dominic Clemence (Cinematographer), Steve Singleton (Editor) ------ the cast includes Somerset Prew (Jamie Stanton), Georgia Moffett (Morag Tait), Francesca Fowler (Bethan Milne), Florence Bell (Abi Taylor), Jemma Redgrave (Dee Stanton), Robson Green (Dominic Milne), Rosemary Williams (Tess), Kenneth Colley (Rawsthorne), Philip Davis (Paul Barker), Pippa Haywood (Mrs. Sutton), Paul Chequer (Sergeant Renton), Tara Fitzgerald (D.I. Harkness), Daisy Ashford (W.P.C. Ashford), Sarah Miller (W.P.C. Miller), James Barriscale (P.C. Barriscale), Dean Lepley (P.C. Lepley), Simon Mattacks (School Governor), Mia Soteriou (L.E.A. Rep), John Vine (Mr. Taylor), Roger Moss (Doctor), Suzy Aitchison (Mrs. Taylor), Abigail Hayes (Family Liaison Officer), Michael Glenn Murphy (Mr. Mullarkey), Faizaan Shurai (Mr. Rahman) ------ the story line is a psychological thriller with plenty of twists and turns ... Dee Stanton (Jemma Redgrave) with her legal career and boyfriend Dominic Milne (Robson Green) have everything going for them, until her husband Paul Barker (Philip Davis) is sent to prison for several brutal murders ... now their 15-year-old son Jamie (Somerset Prew).has discovered the truth about his father and demands to see him ... outstanding performances by Tara Fitzgerald as the Inspector, Jemma Redgrave and Robson Green ... tight screenplay and great direction will keep you on the edge of your seat.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Robson Green (aka: Robson Golightly Green)
Date of birth: 18 December 1964 - Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK
Date of death: Still Living

Special footnote, Robson Golightly Green began his TV/film career on "Soldier Soldier" (1991).
He & partner Jerome Flynn's record "Unchained Melody/White Cliffs of Dover" sold more than
1.9 million copies in the UK; the duo won Top Album & Top Single at the 1996 Music Week
Awards in England. They formed Clapp Trapp Productions & starred in "Ain't Misbehavin."
Green and his business partner, Sandra Jobling, formed Coastal Productions ... Green's intro to
US audiences came in the "Masterpiece Theatre" (1971) presentation of "Reckless" (1997) (mini)
Green is a fan of Newcastle United Football team, long-distance running, & Italian & Thai foods.
Robson and his girlfriend, former model Vanya Seager, became parents to a son called Taylor
Robson Green, born on 29 April 2000. Green was once a professional boxer.Was a guitarist
and singer in a band called "The Workie Tickets"

Great job by Koch Vision for releasing "Like Father Like Son" - Robson Green, the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the BBC mini-series film market...order your copy now from Amazon or Koch Vision where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch drama mixed with an outstanding cast and director --- just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 137 mins on DVD ~ Lance (Koch) 8068 ~ (2/13/2007)

Average customer rating:

Another 4 Plus 1 for Courage
Daisy Miller is a masterpiece.
A Good Film but Not a Masterpiece
More career suicide note than movie
Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller
Starring: Cybill Shepherd , Barry Brown , Cloris Leachman , Mildred Natwick , and Eileen Brennan
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Manufacturer: Paramount
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

Period Piece | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

4-for-3 Drama | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video

4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video

DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video

( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

The Inheritance
Washington Square
The Buccaneers
The House of Mirth
The Europeans - The Merchant Ivory Collection

ASIN: B00009RXKB
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Description

An adaptation of the Henry James novella of the same name, DAISY MILLER stars Cybill Shepherd as the title character, a beautiful American girl whose headstrong ways create quite a stir in European society during the 1800s. Drawn to European aristocrat Frederick Winterbourne (Brown) and the suave Italian Mr. Giovanelli (Del Prete), Daisy's American ways slowly clash with continental etiquette and concern her mother, Ms. Ezra B. Miller (Leachman), who tries to persuade her to act more like a proper lady. Ultimately snubbed by Roman high society, Daisy's un-ladylike conduct eventually ends in tragedy.

Customer Reviews:

Another 4 Plus 1 for Courage.......2007-04-21

This film is remarkable. It is not James, however close to the original plot it may dance. I don't believe with others that this film is a masterpiece. Bogdanovich overlays Henry James with Oscar Wilde. It doesn't work perfectly, but it gives you a variation on a theme, especially intriguing with James. (A well-known author once averred to me that the success of television's The Golden Bowl came from the director putting the sex James had so meticulously avoided back in the story.) Daisy doesn't have the sonority of James. Yet, it is its own James, a cut at James. The filmmaker makes his own oeuvre.

-Excellent cinematography. The director has used the camera - as he did in The Last Picture Show, but totally changed here - to present scenes that flow with the story and imprint themselves on the mind. The silent scene in which Frederick is seen through the lace curtain of the door window receiving the news, the barely heard 'morto,' held a moment longer than usual is sheer art.

The acting all takes the same tone of rapid speech, almost patter, and the quality is superb, quite musical. It is not the kind of thing Americans would like. They don't understand anything that is not street-real or living-room postured. -Marvelous performances by Mildred Natwick, Cloris Leachman, and Eileen Brennan. Cybill Shepherd is remarkable. I never suspected she had that much talent. Barry Brown achieves the persona the director wanted, though he lacks the internal solidity - not maturity - of a Jamesian young man. Only at the end do you sense his awareness of his own and his society's corruption. He doesn't quite seem to earn his consciousness of it. But it still fits within Bogdanovich's framework.

I applaud any director of an American film willing to try a different brush, a new stroke, without the idiocy of affectation. Thus, I find it a four, and throw in a one for bravery. (I've done that before somewhere.) It is a film to be watched again, however flawed, just for the characterizations, and of course, if you are a lover of women, for the four beauties present, especially Cybill Shepherd. There are few presentations of the beauty of the American girl, at least the American girl in times past without the potty mouth and exposed belly, as rare as this. Her brazenness and innocence are balanced to a fault.

I just surfed up the acerbic reviews and biographies concerning this film, e.g. IMDB, and sense as in the past, almost every year viewing the Academy Awards - though not all - that Hollywood suffers most from what Bogdanovich is accused of - playing in its own appetites. I have led a long life and watched many interesting films die of American arrogance, gossip, prejudice, and nastiness. So be it. One of the lessons of my life has been how much good to excellent art has been flushed down the toilet of indifference of the times. Let me say that, if you leave your prejudices at the door, this film is well worth watching. And again to repeat - forgive me! - if you love women, you will see a range of beauty in the women in this film (most of them older) that is remarkable.

Finally, Peter Bogdanovich's career is not unlike a parody of his mentor's, Orson Welles. Cut down in his genius prime, Welles became a personality, but never made a great film after Citizen Kane. Bogdanovich got caught in love - and who can blame him? - and opprobrium early enough to send him reeling into worse and worse mistakes, until any value he had as a director was lost. But it was not - pace critics and pundits - Daisy Miller that really did him in.

Daisy Miller is a masterpiece........2007-01-15

This is one of the greatest film made by Peter Bogdanovich. Daisy Miller is a profond, deep and sad movie. Made in the style of George Cukor. Better than the novel written by Henry James. There are so wonderfull scenes in that movie, like when Daisy Miller sings "When You and I Where Young Maggie". The cast is perfect, Cybill Shepherd, Eileen Breenan, Mildred Natwick, George Morfogen and the great Barry Brown. Daisy Miller is perfect, an incredible masterpiece. Peter Bogdanovich is one of a greatest filmmaker.

A Good Film but Not a Masterpiece .......2006-12-20

It seems people either love this film or hate it. I stand, somewhat in the middle. The movie is an adaptation of Henry James' 1878 novella of the same name. James had a great idea for his novella. The plot sets Daisy Miller, an unconventional young American against the norms of Victorian era society. Is she an innocent free spirit or a woman on the road to social ruin and scandal--or both?

The movie was filmed in the beautiful locations James mentions in the story. The director, Peter Bogdanovich, did an excellent job in setting the scenes. The cinematography is excellent. Cybill Shepherd is lovely and the acting is generally superior.

The problem with this film is that, as the movie progressed, I began to wonder what Frederick Winterbourne, the point of view character in the novella, saw in Daisy. Why would he continue to pursue Daisy as she sent him mixed signals and flirted with every young man who crossed her path? Henry James wrote Daisy as a not particularly bright girl but, in the movie, Cybill Shepherd plays her as an airhead chatterbox.

For fans of period movies this is one you will want to see but will probably not often watch.

Kyle Pratt

More career suicide note than movie.......2006-11-16

Every so often a film commits suicide before your very eyes. You've heard the rumors of course, but when you see it start you don't quite believe it - after all, the film looks beautiful, the opening sequence is quietly wonderful and, if the leading man is a little stiff and mannered, a lot of that can be put down to the rigors and regulations of polite century in 19th century Europe. And then Cybill Shepard strides across the screen with all the poise of a bartender about to break up a fight in a Deadwood saloon and your heart starts to sink. Then she opens her mouth and you can feel the noose tightening around the film's neck. And as she continues it's not long before it's kicked away the stool and is swinging gasping for breath, choking horribly for the remaining 80 minutes... Daisy Miller may well be a character who is out of her place in old moneyed society, but even Henry James never intended her to be this out of place: if Shepherd were wearing a cheerleader's outfit, jumping on a trampoline and singing "Yay Mickey/You're so fine/You're so fine you blow my mind" she couldn't be more wrong as she effortlessly mangles her long stretches of dialogue with an ingenuous lack of awareness of just how horribly bad her performance is.

Admittedly it's hard to think of just who could have played the part in 1974 - a young Katherine Hepburn could have done it in her sleep, but she was far from young then - but even if there had been an obvious candidate they wouldn't have stood a chance thanks to Peter Bogdanovich's famous career-destroying infatuation with Shepherd that completely blinds him to how much damage she does to what is already a very slight and all too fragile piece. The framing is often exquisite, but it's almost like watching Da Vinci slap a Groucho moustache and glasses on the Mona Lisa. Rather than a beguiling siren whose unguarded charm blinds the jaded hero to her true nature as he walks a mental tightrope between what he wishes her to be and what society thinks she is, we get an irritating nag who won't shut up for a second as she races through her lines and who would make any halfway sane human being run for the hills as fast as their feet will carry them without a second thought.

On one level it's easy to see why this could have worked - a story about Americans playing at being Europeans and of failing to understand not just the rules of acceptable behavior but also the true nature of other people can be seen as mirroring Bogdanovich's situation as he plays Visconti with his new girlfriend. But the script at times feels more like a transcription than an adaptation, never gaining an inner life that could perhaps have mitigated its lack of a soul. Barry Brown's one note performance doesn't help matters. The lack of real connection between the leads could be forgiven if we could at least see through Winterborn's eyes and share his dilemma, but we're kept at arm's length. Only Mildred Natwick and a superb cast against type Eileen Brennan really shine, although Cloris Leachman's interpretation of Mrs Miller as Gracie Allen has a bizarre fascination. A cold film made with a passion its director never communicates to an audience, this was a career killer in 1974 and it feels no better today.

Bogdanovich still believes in the film, although his commentary and introduction on this DVD often seem to highlight how little he understood his material or what he was really capturing on film.

Daisy Miller.......2006-08-28

Based on a short story by Henry James, about an expatriate American living in Europe. Daisy Miller, her mother, and her little brother. All incurable chatterboxes. Their "liberated behavior," according to the cover, "scandalize the Victorian high society of 1878." Ooooo-kay...

Actually, the short story was quite probably very good. The wit, the banter, the skewering of stuffy European aristocracy. In the tradition of Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackeray and Oscar Wilde, and I'm too lazy to see who did it first.

The movie is an accurate portrayal of the story, and a costumed period film that, according to the interview with Peter Bogdanovich, was ahead of its time that way. I believe him. I also think that such a story is damn hard to remain faithful to, and I'm impressed with the effort. Bogdanovich is himself an American of European upbringing, which helped him do the story justice.

I have one complaint. Daisy Miller was refreshingly honest and innocent. Fair enough. But I think Cybil Shepherd played it a bit too 20th century America and not enough 19th century America. I'd call her annoying. But it doesn't hurt the film as much as you might think it would.

Her costar, Barry Brown in the role of Frederick Winterborne, was flawless. In the film, he didn't know if he was American or European, and he never figured out Daisy. The tension between those two was done well. In real life, Brown read obits between takes and wound up killing himself. Sheez.

Bogdanovich brought most of his other cast members from THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, which I bashed mercilessly in an earlier issue of this rag. They did a damn fine job here, though, and I was glad to see it.

The boy was played by Jerry McMurtry, son of Larry McMurtry, author of THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. Guess what? I love this evil child, and I never say that about child actors. Keep an eye on this dude.

(Oops! 1974 movie. He might be dead by now.)

Average customer rating:

Another 4 Plus 1 for Courage
Daisy Miller is a masterpiece.
A Good Film but Not a Masterpiece
More career suicide note than movie
Daisy Miller

Daisy Miller [Region 2]
Starring: Cybill Shepherd , Barry Brown , Cloris Leachman , Mildred Natwick , and Eileen Brennan
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

The Inheritance
Washington Square
The Buccaneers
The House of Mirth
The Europeans - The Merchant Ivory Collection

ASIN: B000163WTE

Customer Reviews:

Another 4 Plus 1 for Courage.......2007-04-21

Daisy Miller is a masterpiece........2007-01-15

A Good Film but Not a Masterpiece .......2006-12-20

More career suicide note than movie.......2006-11-16

Daisy Miller.......2006-08-28

DVD:

DVD

DVD

DVD

XXX (Superbit Collection)

Bride of Re-Animator : DVD

Body Parts (REGION 1) (NTSC)

DVD: Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre

Friday after next