Word: scacchi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...GRETA SCACCHI has added a new twist to the phrase "in the family way." The actress, last seen on these shores in the movie Emma, is pregnant by her first cousin, according to the British press. She and Carlo Mantegazza, whose mother is the sister of Scacchi's father, have been living together since last year. To complicate matters further, when Mantegazza first moved in, his ex-wife of seven years, Sian Houston, was living with Scacchi as well. Houston has since moved out, but is overjoyed for the new parents. "I'm very happy for them," said Houston. "Greta...
...raises a cup as if in a coffee ad. As all you Austen fans know, Emma tries to mastermind a match between Harriet Smith (Toni Collette) and the clergyman Mr. Elton (Alan Cumming), but then gets somewhat of a surprise herself. Mr. Knightley (Jeremy Northam), Emma's governess (Greta Scacchi), Mrs. Elton (Juliet Stevenson), and so on--all take their respective places...
...impressive enough that Paltrow holds your eye as a parade of lovelies and virtuoso actresses (Greta Scacchi, Polly Walker, Juliet Stevenson) march past. But her finest trick is to provide a comic subtext to Emma. She both lives inside the character and encases her, giving her glamour and the lilt of parody. Paltrow is to Emma what Emma is to her friends: a helper, a tease and a judge. Thanks to Paltrow, Emma stays lovable, partly because both are in their early...
...liberal aristocracy (his particular friends) were trying to ameliorate the situation. At the same time the great deist's daughter Patsy (Gwyneth Paltrow) is flirting with Catholicism, even thinking about taking vows. Their relationship is not improved when Jefferson starts courting a married woman, the painter Maria Cosway (Greta Scacchi), and deteriorates further when Sally Hemings (Thandie Newton), one of Jefferson's slaves, arrives from Virginia and they begin their notorious (though historically unconfirmed) love affair...
Altman has assembled a dream cast to flesh out his ironic panoply. Besides Tim Robbins, the movie is blessed with the presence of Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Richard E. Grant (in a hilarious virtuoso turn as a writer) and Lyle Lovett (in his film debut...