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