Washington Square (1997)

Director:

Agnieszka Holland

Writers (WGA):

Henry James (novel)
Carol Doyle (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

She must choose between her father's fortune... Or the man she loves.

Plot:

Catherine Sloper has found the man of her dreams in Morris Townsend, but her plans to marry him are strongly opposed by her father...

Plot Keywords:

Money | Self Destructiveness | Betrayal | Party | Surrogate Mother

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Catherine Sloper
Albert Finney	...	Dr. Austin Sloper
Maggie Smith	...	Aunt Lavinia Penniman
Ben Chaplin	...	Morris Townsend
Judith Ivey	...	Aunt Elizabeth Almond
Arthur Laupus	...	Mr. Almond
Jennifer Garner	...	Marian Almond
Robert Stanton	...	Arthur Townsend
Betsy Brantley	...	Mrs. Montgomery
Nancy Daly	...	Maureen (Maid)
Sara Ruzicka	...	Catherine Sloper (age 11)
Rachel Layne Sacrey	...	Sarah Almond
Rachel Osborne	...	Alice Almond
Scott Jaeck	...	John Ludlow
Peter Maloney	...	Jacob Webber (Notary)
Lauren Hulsey	...	Edith
Sara Constance Marshall	...	Therese (maid)
Marissa Anna Muro	...	Paris Singer
Loretto McNally	...	Midwife
Eva Jean Berg	...	Sloper's Cook
David Hildebrand	...	Engagement Party Pianist
James J. Waltz	...	Engagement Party Singer
Peter Klaus	...	Engagement Party Guest
Jack Lilley	...	Carriage Driver
Janet Paparazzo	...	Guillotine Victim
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emily Allyn Barth	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Katie Whicker	...	Girl in the Park (uncredited)

Directed by
Agnieszka Holland

Writing credits (WGA)
Henry James		(novel)
Carol Doyle		(screenplay)

Produced by
Julie Bergman Sender	....	producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	producer
Randy Ostrow	....	executive producer
Chrisann Verges	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Cinematography by
Jerzy Zielinski		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Siegel

Casting by
Debra Zane

Production Design by
Allan Starski

Art Direction by
Alan E. Muraoka

Set Decoration by
William A. Cimino

Costume Design by
Anna B. Sheppard		(as Anna Sheppard)

Makeup Department
Sherri Bramlett	....	hair stylist
Wayne Herndon	....	key hair stylist
Barbara Lacy	....	makeup artist
Aaron F. Quarles	....	hair stylist: Maggie Smith
Micheline Trépanier	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Pat Rand	....	post-production manager
Chrisann Verges	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mary-Jane April	....	second assistant director
Andrew Chojecki	....	assistant director
Ivan J. Fonseca	....	second assistant director
Robert Schick	....	second second assistant director
Ellen H. Schwartz	....	first assistant director (as Ellen Schwartz)
Amanda Slater	....	second second assistant director
J. Miller Tobin	....	first assistant director
David H. Venghaus Jr.	....	second assistant director (as Dave Venghaus)

Art Department
Kasia Adamik	....	storyboard artist
Elizabeth Bell	....	set dresser
Randy Bobbitt	....	intern
Christopher L. Conner	....	second greensman
Sarah Costello	....	painter
F. Dale Davis	....	set dresser
Michael Davis	....	construction coordinator
Susanna Glattly	....	scenic artist
Randy G. Herbert	....	carpenter
R. Mark Hughes	....	assistant props
Kristina Kilpe	....	set dresser
Jay Klein	....	lead man
Ted Lubonovich II	....	construction gang boss
Ethan McQuerrey	....	gangboss
John Millard	....	set dresser
Silvija L. Moess	....	scenic artist
Ellen Sara Popiel	....	art department coordinator
Kenny Sheehan	....	set dresser
Rob Simons	....	assistant art director
Jeff Stacy	....	set dresser
Thomas Turnbull	....	construction foreman
Lorraine Walker	....	property master
Stephen B. Walker	....	property master
Elizabeth Weber	....	set dresser (as Elizabeth A. Weber)
Becky Weidner	....	assistant set decorator (as Rebecca L. Weidner)

Sound Department
Michael Barosky	....	sound
Javier Bennassar	....	sound effects editor
Tim Boggs	....	supervising adr editor
Joseph F. Brennan	....	boom operator (as Joe Brennan)
Benjamin L. Cook	....	sound effects editor (as Benjamin Cook)
Mary Erstad	....	foley mixer
Sean Fahimian	....	assistant dialogue editor
Sean Fahimian	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Ferdie	....	dialogue editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Frank Gaeta	....	supervising sound editor
Hank Garfield	....	sound mixer
Patrick Giraudi	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Marilyn Graf	....	dialogue editor
David Grant	....	supervising dialogue editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Robert Jackson	....	dialogue editor
Thomas Jones	....	dialogue editor
Ossama Khuluki	....	foley artist
David Mann	....	foley editor
Derek Marcil	....	sound re-recording mixer
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist
David Melhase	....	sound effects editor
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Susan Shin	....	dialogue editor
Micah Solomon	....	boom operator (as Todd Micah Solomon)
Tony Suraci	....	foley editor
Lucy Sustar	....	foley editor
Kelly Vandever	....	assistant sound editor
Marc Vanocur	....	sound editor
Donna Barrett	....	cable (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David L. Gerlach	....	special effects
Douglas Retzler	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Pascal Charpentier	....	visual effects supervisor
Christian Guillon	....	visual effects producer
Fred Place	....	digital compositor
Paul Swendsen	....	matte painter
Paul Swendsen	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Christine Anne Baur	....	stunts (as Christine Baur)
Janet Paparazzo	....	stunt coordinator
Jack Ward	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alexonis	....	grip (as Mike Alexonis)
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
Dean Citroni	....	grip
Fred Cooper	....	dolly grip
Ross Dunkerley	....	electrician
Megan Forste	....	second assistant camera
Rodney French	....	key rigging grip
Joseph Gallagher	....	first assistant camera (as Joseph E. Gallagher)
Toulouse Holliday	....	grip
Dan Jones	....	electrician
Jay Kemp	....	electrician (as Jay Douglas Kemp)
Richard H. Kryder	....	electrician
Robena Malicoat	....	best boy grip
Jim McConkey	....	Steadicam operator
Richard Merryman	....	camera operator
Vojislav Mikulic	....	gaffer (as Voya Mikulic)
Kenneth Morton	....	grip
Michael K. O'Melia	....	electrician
Steve Owen	....	best boy grip
Carlo Papica	....	best boy electric
Brian H. Reynolds	....	key grip
Lee Shapira	....	grip
Mark William Shell	....	electrician
Richard William Strodel	....	grip
Rick Strodel	....	grip
David J. Thompson	....	second second assistant camera
Michael Tolochko	....	best boy electric
Rick Uva	....	grip
Niel Williams	....	grip
Rob Coughlin	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Pat Moran	....	casting: Baltimore
Susan Stolar	....	casting assistant
John Strawbridge	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Betty Brikowski	....	costume shop supervisor (as Elizabeth Brikowski)
Mark Burchard	....	costume supervisor
Deb Dalton	....	key costumer
Morgan Elliott	....	assistant costume designer
Mara Majorowicz	....	key costumer
Tim McKelvey	....	key costumer: men
Michael O'Conner	....	costume supervisor: London
Thomas F. Timlin Jr.	....	set costumer
Martha R. Timlin	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Marisa Johnston	....	post-production coordinator
Mark L. Levine	....	first assistant editor
Stuart Sperling	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Marshall Bowen	....	music adaptor: Stephen Foster excerpts
Krzesimir Debski	....	conductor
Bruce Fowler	....	additional orchestrator
Bruce Fowler	....	music arranger: "Araby's Daughter" and "Natalie Waltz"
Andy Hill	....	music supervisor
Christopher Kennedy	....	music editor
Ronald Mutchnik	....	musician: "Washington Square Waltz"

Transportation Department
Patrick Bentz	....	transportation co-captain
Cary Kelley	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Luckeroth	....	transportation captain
Dennis Salomone	....	transportation coordinator
Gerald Titus	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Elizabeth Aldrich	....	choreographer
Joan Altman	....	production accountant
Charley Armstrong	....	assistant location manager
Donna Asher-Ross	....	production assistant
Christian Auber	....	adr voice
Christopher Barbour	....	production assistant (as Chris Barbour)
Charles Bazaldua	....	adr voice
Denise A. Beale	....	production assistant
Terrence Beasor	....	adr voice
Jill Bennett	....	second assistant accountant
Carley A. Berkman	....	production secretary
Cathy Cavadini	....	adr voice (as Catherine Cavadini)
Shad Challis	....	production assistant
Danielle Christine	....	adr voice
Ann Christman	....	production assistant
David Coburn	....	adr voice
Melissa Stanley Cohen	....	assistant production coordinator
Carol DePasquale	....	script supervisor
Deirdre De Tappan	....	production coordinator
Debra Donaldson	....	location manager (as Bebra Donaldson Dorsey)
Cody Dorkin	....	adr voice
Ned Dowd	....	head of production: Caravan Pictures
Tim Downs	....	location manager
Judi M. Durand	....	adr voice (as Judi Durand)
Lauren Erickson	....	assistant: Ms Jason Leigh
Deborah Fallender	....	adr voice
Sarah Freeman	....	adr voice (as Sarah Rayne)
Lillian Garrett	....	adr voice
Walter Glinowiecki	....	craft service (as Walter Glinoweicki)
Anneliese Goldman	....	adr voice
Gregory Grudt	....	adr voice
Vernon Guinn	....	production assistant
Trishalee Hardy	....	adr voice
Doris Hess	....	adr voice
Lil Heyman	....	production assistant: London
Jeff Johnson	....	set medic
Carlyle King	....	adr voice
Daamen J. Krall	....	adr voice (as Daamen Krall)
Marsha Kramer	....	adr voice
Jennifer Kushner	....	production assistant
Michael Kvirikadze	....	production assistant
Adam Laws	....	assistant location manager
Shelley Levin	....	assistant to executive producer
Marshall Lewy	....	production assistant
Nita Long-Mawyer	....	specialty wrangler
Cyndi Martin	....	production assistant
David McCharen	....	adr voice
Carla Meyer	....	dialect coach
Roger O'Malley	....	location manager
Dick Parkinson	....	head wrangler
Jacqueline Shea Pfeifer	....	production coordinator
Ebick Pizzadili	....	adr voice
Lani Pollock	....	assistant: Ms. Bergman Sender
Dale Raoul	....	adr voice
Judith Rheiner	....	unit publicist (as Judith D. Rheiner)
Guy H. Rocourt II	....	production assistant (as Guy Rocourt)
Gary Schwartz	....	adr voice
Vernon Scott	....	adr voice
Amanda Slater	....	key production assistant
Joel Swetow	....	adr voice
Alice Tompkins	....	script supervisor
Peter Torrey	....	adr voice
John Paul Vignon	....	adr voice
Andy Wheeler	....	payroll accountant (as Andrew Wheeler)
Benjamin Whitehouse	....	first assistant accountant (as Benj Whitehouse)
Sara E. White	....	production coordinator (as Sara White)
Marlena Wilkens	....	assistant: Mr. Birnbaum
Heather Plott	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michael W. Trainor	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Connie Wang	....	assistant script clearance administrator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Alchemy Filmworks (in association with)
• Caravan Pictures (in association with)
• Hollywood Pictures (presents)
• Roger Birnbaum Productions (as A Roger Birnbaum Production)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Atalanta Filmes (2000) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• CTV International (1999) (France) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Focus Film AG (1998) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Prokino Filmverleih (1998) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Telegroup (1998) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Galileo Medien AG (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• New Films International
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack published by

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements including some sensuality, a childbirth scene and brief mild language.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 (including commercials) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | France:U | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Alchemy Filmworks

Trivia:

At one point, Brooke Shields was cast as Catherine Sloper, but dropped out due to her commitment to the TV series "Suddenly Susan" (1996).

Quotes:

[referring to Catherine's father's opinion of Morris]
Morris Townsend: You would hear me abused without opening your lips in my defense?
Catherine Sloper: My father would not abuse you. He does not know you well enough.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Heiress (1961) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Tale Of The String

moving ,a real tear jerker

I found this movie by accident while browsing sky channels. I fell in love with it then, managed to watch it several times before i decided to buy. I dont know if it it touches all those who have felt betrayed or if katherine is so believable that the leaking eyes are for her!!I have recommended it to all my friends who enjoy a good weepy.The ending is not sad but gives me a sense of strength and survival,a kind of "good on ya Katherine" having read other reviews it amazes me how differently people experience the same movie. I had not read the book or seen the original, and i'm glad as i saw this with new eyes and loved it. A great night in with the kleenex!