Daisy Miller

UPC: 097360871548

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Adult Situations]

Summary: Continuing his 1970s recreations of classical Hollywood genres and styles, Peter Bogdanovich turned to the literary costume drama with an adaptation of the Henry James novella Daisy Miller. At a Swiss spa, upper-class expatriate American Frederick Winterbourne (Barry Brown) meets pretty, nouveau riche flirt Daisy Miller (Cybill Shepherd); her bratty, xenophobic little brother Randolph (James McMurtry); and her tremulous, nattering mother (Cloris Leachman). Despite warnings from his dowager aunt (Mildred Natwick) about Daisy's recklessness with men, Winterbourne finds himself drawn to her. When he encounters her again in Rome, he tries to convince her that her liberated behavior with an Italian admirer (Duilio Del Prete) may sully her reputation in aristocratic circles. But Winterbourne cannot reconcile his own feelings for Daisy with the manners that he is used to following, nor can he fathom how she may feel about him beneath her veneer of willful coquetry. After society matron Mrs. Walker (Eileen Brennan) ostracizes her, Daisy's final rash action reveals to Winterbourne how his old-fashioned mores may have sealed her fate. With a screenplay by Frederic Raphael and location shooting in Rome and Switzerland, Bogdanovich carefully recreated the rich surroundings and stultifying social strictures of James' story. Despite this well-executed atmosphere, Daisy Miller suffered critically, as Bogdanovich was especially taken to task for casting the amateurish Shepherd in the complex and pivotal role of Daisy. After three consecutive hits with The Last Picture Show (1971), What's Up, Doc? (1972), and Paper Moon (1973), Daisy Miller flopped, beginning Bogdanovich's mid-'70s slide into box-office and critical ignominy. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review

Features: ccCommentary by director Peter Bogdanovich
"Daisy Miller" an introduction by Peter Bogdanovich

Daisy Miller

Format: DVD

Release Date: 08/12/2003

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 91 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Shoes in the Hall
2. Getting Acquainted
3. A Real American
4. Cure of the Baths
5. An Evening With Daisy Miller
6. Tour of the Castle
7. Lovers' Quarrel
8. Reunited in Rome
9. Daisy's Italian Boyfriend
10. Reckless Girl
11. Mrs. Walker's Party
12. Looking for Madame Miller
13. Pop Goes the Weasel
14. Love Sick
15. Coliseum at Night
16. The Roman Fever
17. The Most Innocent
18. End Credits

Cast and Crew: David Bush  Actor 
James McMurtry  Actor 
Jean Pascal Bongard  Actor 
Nicholas Jones  Actor 
Rodolfo Lodi  Actor 
Tom Felleghy  Actor 
George Morfogen  Actor 
Jacques Guhl  Actor 
Albert Messmer  Actor 
Hubert Goldin  Actor 
John Bartha  Actor 
Henry Hubinet  Actor 
Peter Bogdanovich  Director 
Peter Bogdanovich  Producer 
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino  Composer (Music Score) 
Frank Marshall  Producer 
Frederic Raphael  Screenwriter 
Cybill Shepherd  Actor 
Barry Brown  Actor 
Cloris Leachman  Actor 
Mildred Natwick  Actor 
Eileen Brennan  Actor 
Duilio del Prete  Actor 

Country: USA