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THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE
May 30, 2012  | By David Bianculli

FLIX, 8:00 p.m. ET

 
In 2003, Showtime produced this adaptation of Tennessee Williams' 1958  novel, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, with Helen Mirren playing the aging actress Karen Stone and Olivier Martinez her young Roman lover and Anne Bancroft and Brian Dennehy co-starring. Some may argue the 1961 adaptation with Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty is the true classic, but don't look to me to cast a stone at this Mrs. Stone...
 
 
 
 
 
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