The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone is a 2003 TV movie remake of the 1961 film, based on the 1958

1958 in literature

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 novella by Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...

. It first aired in the USA by Showtime Networks

Showtime Networks

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 on 31 March 2003 and released on DVD by Showtime Entertainment in 2004.

Shot on location in Dublin and Rome

Rome

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, the film was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman

Robert Allan Ackerman

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 and produced by James Flynn and Morgan O'Sullivan from a screenplay by Martin Sherman

Martin Sherman

Martin Sherman is an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Bent , which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust...

 based on the Tennessee Williams novella.

The film stars Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...

, Olivier Martinez

Olivier Martinez

Olivier Martinez is a French film actor. He became known after roles in several French films such as Un, deux, trois, soleil , which garnered him the César Award for "Most Promising Actor", The Horseman on the Roof , and The Chambermaid on the Titanic...

, Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg....

 and Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

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 with Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro

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, Victor Alfieri

Victor Alfieri

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 and Suzanne Bertish

Suzanne Bertish

Suzanne C. Bertish is an English actress.A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bertish has appeared in many productions with them, including their marathon eight-and-a-half hour version of Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, in which she played three roles...

. It is Bancroft's final film appearance.

Emmy Awards

The film received five Emmy Awards nominations, including

• Lead Actress: Helen Mirren
  Helen Mirren
  Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...
  
  
• Supporting Actress: Anne Bancroft
  Anne Bancroft
  Anne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg....
  
  
• Outstanding Music: John Altman
• Outstanding Directing: Robert Allan Ackerman
• Outstanding Costumes: Dona Granata (costume designer) and Gill Howard (assistant costume designer)

Golden Globe Awards

• Nomination for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television - Helen Mirren.