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Basil is a British film of genre Drama directed by Radha Bharadwaj released in USA on 22 july 1998 with Christian Slater
Basil (1998)
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Add to a movie listBasil is a 1998 British historical drama film directed by Radha Bharadwaj and starring Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani and Derek Jacobi. It was based on the 1852 novel Basil by Victorian author Wilkie Collins. The adaptation is by Bharadwaj.
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Basil (Jared Leto) is a young British aristocrat who grew up on the country estate of Windermere Hall. His father, Frederick (Derek Jacobi), is a traditionalist who believes that there are things people of their class should never do. One of those things is romancing the women of lower classes, and Frederick threatens to disinherit Basil as he did Ralph, his elder son, should he also succumb to this temptation.Actors
Christian Slater
(John Mannion)
Jared Leto
(Basil)
Claire Forlani
(Julia Sherwin)
Derek Jacobi
(Father Frederick)
Crispin Bonham-Carter
(Ralph)
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