Daniel Day Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Maury Chaykin, Joan Cusack, Keith David, Spalding Gray, Glenne Headly, Laurie Metcalf, Deirdre O'Connell, Will Patton, Martha Plimpton, Steven Wright. From the novel by William Boyd. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988. Preservation note: Original VHS videotape reformatted to DVD for the University of Iowa Libraries by The MediaPreserve in 2021. IaU Originally released in VHS format by Columbia TriStar Home Video in 1993.
Summary:
Spirited comedy about a British art expert who is transplanted to New York City and has one burning desire...to be "Americanized". He gets his wish when he is sent to purchase a priceless Renoir from a rural eccentric in Georgia.
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