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Our Focus Features miniseries continues with the first official Focus release, 2002\u2032s Possession<\/em>. Adapted by Neil LaBute from A.S. Byatt\u2019s celebrated novel, the film follows Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart as poetry scholars who fall in love while unearthing a secret love affair between two Victorian poets, played by Jennifer Ehle and Jeremy Northam. The adaptation had a long development process that drew such prestigious names as David Henry Hwang and Sydney Pollack, but arrived to theatres with a whimper of a release due to mild reviews while Focus\u2019 other titles immediately emerged as their bigger Oscar opportunities.<\/p>\n This episode, we look back at Focus\u2019 successful inaugural Oscar year (namely with\u00a0Far From Heaven<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Pianist<\/i>) and the history of Paltrow\u2019s British dialect. We also look back at Ehle\u2019s brilliant but under-celebrated career, the final days of USA Films, and what films we think would\u2019ve made it in a Best Picture 10.<\/p>\n Topics also include the film\u2019s perfect sweaters, 2002 cinematic bisexuals walking into bodies of water, and Ehle reading\u00a0Pride and Prejudice<\/i>\u00a0on Instagram.<\/p>\n Follow Us on Twitter!
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