Basil (1998)

Director: Radha Bharadwaj

Writer: Radha Bharadwaj, Wilkie Collins

Running Time: 113 min.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Rating: No Rating

Synopsis: 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.~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide