<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $31.2 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Secret Garden is a 1993 American - British drama fantasy film directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, John Lynch and Maggie Smith . It was written by Caroline Thompson and based on the novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett . There are two previous film adaptations: a 1949 US drama film; and the screen adaptation as a silent version filmed in 1919, which starred Lila Lee and Spottiswoode Aitken . </P> <P> Set in Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire's Allerton Castle was used for most of the exterior shots of Misselthwaite Manor, as well as interior shots . The film was a critical and commercial success . Maggie Smith was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role . In 2005 the British Film Institute included it in their list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14 . </P> <P> In 1901, recently orphaned 10 - year old Mary Lennox is sent from her home in British India to her uncle Lord Archibald Craven's mansion, Misselthwaite Manor, in Yorkshire, England . Unloved and neglected by her late parents, who were killed in an earthquake, she is a cold, unpleasant girl, unhappy in her new surroundings . Head housekeeper Mrs. Medlock informs Mary she will not be spoiled as she was in India and that her uncle, who spends extended periods of time away from the Manor, will likely not see her . Mary is ordered not to leave her room, but strange noises lead her to explore the mansion on her own . Mrs. Medlock eventually allows her to play outside to keep her from poking about the house . In the expansive grounds of the Manor, Mary discovers her late aunt's garden, which was locked and neglected since her accidental death ten years prior . </P>

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