The Proposition
“One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in.”
1998•R•1h 50m•6.0•Released
DramaRomance
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
Director
Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer
Rick Ramage
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English
Studio
Interscope Communications
Cast
Madeleine Stowe
Eleanor Barret
Kenneth Branagh
Father Michael McKinnon
William Hurt
Arthur Barret
Robert Loggia
Hannibal Thurman
Blythe Danner
Syril Danning
Ken Cheeseman
Wayne Fenton
Dee Nelson
Susan Vicar
Pamela Hart
Skip Taylor
Neil Patrick Harris
Roger Martin
Josef Sommer
Dryer
Dossy Peabody
Hannibal's Secretary
Wendy Feign
Maid
Thomas Downey
Torrey Harrington
Bronia Wheeler
Sister Mary Frances
Jim Chiros
Timothy
Production
Company
Interscope Communications
Company
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Producer
Scott Kroopf
Producer
Diane Nabatoff
Producer
Ted Field
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