Masterpiece Theatre: A Room with a View

Director: Nicholas Renton

Overview

A precocious Edwardian girl suffocating from the social norms is forced to choose between following her heart and obliging her family's wishes after falling for a handsome but unsuitable stranger during a trip to Italy. Based on author E.M. Forster's tale of forbidden love and scripted by Pride and Prejudice scribe Andrew Davies, director Nicholas Renton's playful period drama follows young Lucy Honeychurch as she takes a trip to Italy and exchanges a brief albeit life-altering kiss with the unsuitable George Emerson. Later, as Lucy's snooping chaperone attempts to keep her on the path laid out by her family, her engagement to the dull Cecil draws near, and her repressed feelings boil to the surface, she is taken aback to encounter the dashing object of her affections back in her homeland of England. What's a girl to do when her wedding date has been set in stone but the love of her life won't be standing at the alter?

Product Details

Release Date:	04/15/2008
UPC:	0783421425095
Original Release:	2007
Rating:	NR
Source:	Wgbh
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	40,428

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gillian Anderson	Host
Elaine Cassidy	Lucy Honeychurch
Laurence Fox	Cecil Vyse
Rafe Spall	George Emerson,Mr. Emerson
Sophie Thompson	Charlotte Bartlett
Mark Williams	Mr. Beebe
Sinead Cusack	Miss Lavish
Elizabeth McGovern	Mrs. Honeychurch
Timothy West	Rev. Eager
Tag Stewart	Freddy Honeychurch
Christine Kavanagh	Mrs. Vyse
Yari Gugliucci	Paolo
Sheila Reid	Miss Alan
Paolo Malco	Fabio
Gilda Gradi	Signora Bertolini
Alice Bachi	Paolo's sister
Paolo Antonioni	Young Man

Technical Credits

Andrew Davies

Rebecca Eaton	Executive Producer
Steven Ashley	Producer
Eileen Quinn	Producer
Dave Edwards	Producer
Nicholas Renton	Director
Andrew Davies	Screenwriter
Sue Oriel	Executive Producer