Daisy Miller / The Director's Company presents ; a Peter Bogdanovich production ; screenplay by Frederic Raphael ; produced and directed by Peter Bogdanovich ; a Paramount Pictures releast.
Based on the novella by Henry James. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. Wide screen. Special features: Remembering Daisy Miller: new interview with star Cybill Shepherd; new audio commentary by film historian and critic Peter Tonguette; audio commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich; introduction by director Peter Bogdanovich; theatrical trailer. Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Barry Brown, Mildred Natwick, Eileen Brennan, Duilio Del Prete.
Summary:
The free-spirited young American living abroad in Europe with her daffy mother and bratty kid brother. A woman who does as she pleases yet who seldom pleases anybody but herself, Daisy is very liberated and very much ahead of her time as her behavior scandalizes the Victorian high society of 1878. With sumptuous cinematography, Oscar-nominated costumes and a streak of delightfully acerbic humor, Bogdanovich's adaptation is "one of the few great films based on a great book" (Richard Brody).
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