Basil (1998)

Basil (1998)




Synopsis

Based on a Victorian novel by Wilkie Collins, Basil is a British-made costume drama that ended up on cable and home video. Jared Leto plays Basil, a well-to-do young aristocrat with an uptight Victorian father (Derek Jacobi). He befriends the mysterious gentleman John Mannion (Christian Slater) and falls in love with the lower-class girl Julia Sherwin (Claire Forlani). His father is upset about his questionable choices and threatens to disown him, thereby renouncing his birthright to inherit Windemere Manor.

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  • Basil Fawlty for prime minister?

    Forget the economy and illegal immigration. Britain's leading candidates for prime minister appear unified on only one issue: their sense of humor. Basil Fawlty, the frenzied owner of the Fawlty Towers hotel, ranks as the favorite television character of Prime Minister Tony Blair, Conservative Party leader William Hague and Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, according to British Web site www.unmissabletv.com. "I'd probably plump for Basil Fawlty, because John Cleese took a tiny part of the British psyche and made it hilarious," Blair said.



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