''The Magnificent Ambersons'' is an

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film for television, inspired by

Booth Tarkington Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels '' The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1918) and '' Alice Adams'' (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulit ...

's novel ''

The Magnificent Ambersons ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington, the second in his ''Growth'' trilogy after ''The Turmoil'' (1915) and before ''The Midlander'' (1923, retitled ''National Avenue'' in 1927). It won the Pulitzer Prize for ficti ...

''. It was filmed using

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's screenplay and editing notes of the

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. Directed by Alfonso Arau, the film stars Madeleine Stowe,

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, Gretchen Mol,

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and

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. This film does not strictly follow Welles's screenplay. It lacks several scenes included in the 1942 version, and contains essentially the same happy ending as Tarkington's novel.

Plot

Cast

* Madeleine Stowe as Isabel Amberson Minafer *

as Eugene Morgan *

as George Amberson Minafer * Gretchen Mol as Lucy Morgan *

as Fanny Minafer *

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as Uncle George *

as Mrs. Johnson *

as Major Amberson * Keith Allen as George - Age 9 *

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as Nurse

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