Basil Plot Summary and Details

Plot

Based on a Victorian novel by Wilkie Collins, Basil is a British-made costume drama that ended up on cable and home video. Jared Leto plays Basil, a well-to-do young aristocrat with an uptight Victorian father (Derek Jacobi). He befriends the mysterious gentleman John Mannion (Christian Slater) and falls in love with the lower-class girl Julia Sherwin (Claire Forlani). His father is upset about his questionable choices and threatens to disown him, thereby renouncing his birthright to inherit Windemere Manor.

MPAA Rating:

for a scene involving abortion.

Genre(s):

Drama

Run Time:

102min.

DVD Release Date:

03/04/2003

Distributor(s):

Touchstone Pictures

Director(s):

Radha Bharadwaj