The Proposition (1998)

Synopsis: A well-to-do couple in the Depression era find themselves in a tangled mess when they hire a young Harvard student to perform the societally taboo and hitherto unthinkable: serve as a surrogate father for their child. Their problem only... A well-to-do couple in the Depression era find themselves in a tangled mess when they hire a young Harvard student to perform the societally taboo and hitherto unthinkable: serve as a surrogate father for their child. Their problem only deepens when they fail to take into account the propensity for meddling by a new priest and the siren-like ability of the wife to cause others to fall into passionate love with her. A morality play for the moribund sentimentalist. [More]

Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt, Neil Patrick Harris

Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt, Neil Patrick Harris, Robert Loggia, Josef Sommer, Blythe Danner, Bronia Wheeler, Ken Cheeseman, Jim Chiros, Dee Nelson, David Byrd, Tom Downey, Willy O'Donnell

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Screenwriter: Rick Ramage
Composer: Stephen Endelman
Producer: Ted Field, Scott Kroopf, Diane Nabatoff

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