Kirsten Dunst’s Twisted Clint Eastwood Remake Is Officially Free to Stream
Sofia Coppola’s *The Beguiled*, starring Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning, is available to stream on YouTube and The Criterion Channel. The 2017 film reworks the story of Clint Eastwood’s 1971 thriller, using a tense Civil War setting to explore the uneasy situation that develops when a wounded soldier arrives at a school for women and girls.
The film premiered in competition at Cannes and was released theatrically by Focus Features. It earned about $28 million against a reported $10 million budget and has a 79% “Certified Fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes. The article describes it as a chance for new audiences to discover a film whose cast members have since continued to build prominent careers.
- *The Beguiled* is streaming on YouTube and The Criterion Channel.
- Sofia Coppola’s 2017 film remakes a 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller.
- It earned about $28 million against a reported $10 million budget.
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The Beguiled is a 2017 film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, based on a novel by Thomas P. Cullinan. It revisits a story previously made into a 1971 film starring Clint Eastwood.
Set during the American Civil War, the story centres on a girls’ school in Virginia. The arrival of a wounded Union soldier, played by Colin Farrell, disrupts life among the women and girls there, including characters played by Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning.
The Civil War divided the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, and its upheaval forms the backdrop to the film’s confined setting. Coppola’s version gives particular attention to the relationships and tensions inside the school.