James Wilby

Gosford Park -- As a hunting party gathers at the country estate, no one is aware that before the weekend is over, someone will be murdered twice! The police are baffled but the all seeing, all hearing servants know that almost everyone had a motive.

Howards End -- Personal and social conflicts are examined in the early days of Britain's strict class consciousness in this critically acclaimed adaptation. An audacious and independent young woman is seduced by a successful man whose intentions are not what they seem.

Set in turn-of-the-century England, a young lawyer from London, Frank Ashton , is on a hiking tour of the rural Dartmoor countryside. He twists his ankle jumping a fence, and is helped to a nearby farm by a girl working in the fields. Megan David lives at the farm with her adopted aunt, Mrs Narracombe, and is betrothed to her eldest son Joe. Frank has made quite an impression on Megan, which is making Joe madly jealous. As the attraction between Megan and Frank becomes more overpowering, they decide they must never be parted. However, Frank is asked to leave. He leaves for a seaside town, where by chance he meets an old school friend, Phil and his sister Stella. Frank arranged to return to Megan by train, but his plans get muddled. Megan sits and waits for him with all her possessions in one bag. No longer able to wait, she decides to go and look for Frank herself.

From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole (Kline) and Linda (Ashley Judd) Porter were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. Though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.