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...actress nomination -- echoing criticism that her performance was nothing more than a feature-length rock video. "Evita," in fact, was nowhere to be found on the list, which featured seven nominations apiece for "Fargo" and "Shine" and five each for "Jerry Maguire" and "Secrets & Lies." Best actor nominees included Ralph Fiennes for "The English Patient," Tom Cruise for "Jerry Maguire," Woody Harrelson for "The People vs. Larry Flynt," Geoffrey Rush for "Shine," and Billy Bob Thornton for "Sling Blade." Best actress nominations ventured into slightly different territory with Kristin Scott Thomas for "The English Patient," Brenda Blethyn for "Secrets & Lies...
Kennedy School student Ralph W. Edwards, who had Harper Hines as a teacher in high school, was ultimately responsible for bringing the activist to Harvard...
...attractive American girl of the late 19th century, Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) comes to England to visit her wealthy expatriate relatives. She succeeds in charming both her invalid cousin, Ralph Touchett (Martin Donovan), and a fine English lord (Richard Grant). But she refuses the lord's proposal of marriage and expresses her desire to see more of life. Her cousin, intrigued by her independent vision, persuades his dying father (John Gielgud) to leave her sufficient money to realize her dreams. Mr. Touchett complies, and upon his death Isabel inherits a fortune...
...hearted aesthete and fortune-hunter, Gilber Osmond (John Malkovich). Their marriage quickly sours, and tensions between them rise to a crisis. First, Lord Warburton, Isabel's old suitor, reappears and begins to pay court to Pansy, Osmond's lovely but completely subjugated daughter. Later, Isabel learns that her cousin Ralph is dying...
...director's style enshrouds the story in an atmosphere of mystery that is further accentuated by Kidman's engimatic remoteness. The pain of Isabel is evident, but not the inner spirit that makes her so attractive to Ralph Touchett (and so aggravating to Osmond). This may be due more to the scripting of the role than to her acting, but in any case it is Isabel more than any other character whom we find fundamentally unfathomable. Why does she submit to such a wretched marriage? What is it that she wants? Whom does she truly love...