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      The American

      1999 1 hr. 24 min. Drama List
      Reviews 17% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A U.S. millionaire (Matthew Modine) courts a European noblewoman (Aisling O'Sullivan) of diminished wealth, whose pride, heritage and disapproving mother (Diana Rigg) prevent her from marrying him. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Love period dramas but was upset that this was not a happy ending...as is any other Henry James adaptation but the acting was excellent! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      John Leonard New York Magazine/Vulture The mother! Diana Rigg is so good as Madame de Bellegarde -- also a widow, also well out of a dreadful marriage, although how she got out of it is the novel's second-ugliest secret -- that she should have been in the book. Feb 6, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis A U.S. millionaire (Matthew Modine) courts a European noblewoman (Aisling O'Sullivan) of diminished wealth, whose pride, heritage and disapproving mother (Diana Rigg) prevent her from marrying him.
      Director
      Paul Unwin
      Executive Producer
      Simon Curtis, Rebecca Eaton, Nigel Warren-Green, Michael Wearing
      Screenwriter
      Michael Hastings
      Production Co
      BBC Worldwide, WGBH, Irish Screen
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jan 13, 2009