DramaRomance
The Proposition
"One man gave up everything he owned. The other, everything he believed in."
User Score37 votes
61%6.1/10
Release1998→
Runtime1H 50M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media7
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Director
Lesli Linka Glatter
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Box Office
Revenue$0M
Certification
RKeywords
parishsterilitypriestmiscarriagewoman director
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Countries:United States of America
Production:Interscope CommunicationsPolyGram Filmed Entertainment