Howards End [Blu-ray]

Howards End [Blu-ray]

Director: James Ivory Cast: Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
, Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
, Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
, Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
James Ivory
Howards End [Blu-ray]

Howards End [Blu-ray]

Director: James Ivory Cast: Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
, Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
, Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
, Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
James Ivory

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Overview

One of the best Ismail Merchant/James Ivory films, this adaptation of E. M. Forster's classic 1910 novel shows in careful detail the injuriously rigid British class consciousness of the early 20th century. The film's catalyst is "poor relation" Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), who inherits part of the estate of Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave), an upper-class woman whom she had befriended. The film's principal characters are divided by caste: aristocratic industrial Henry Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins); middle-echelon Margaret and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter); and working-class clerk Leonard Bast (Sam West) and his wife (Nicola Duffett). The personal and social conflicts among these characters ultimately result in tragedy for Bast and disgrace for Wilcox, but the film's wider theme remains the need, in the words of the novel's famous epigram, to "only connect" with other people, despite boundaries of gender, class, or petty grievance. Filmed on a proudly modest budget, Howards End offers sets, spectacles, and costumes as lavish as in any historical epic. Nominated for 9 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, the film took home awards for Thompson as Best Actress, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's adapted screenplay, and Luciana Arrighi's art direction.

Product Details

Release Date: 12/06/2016
UPC: 0741952834090
Original Release: 1992
Rating: PG
Source: Cohen Media Group
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:22:00

Special Features

Exclusive new interviews with the director and cast; Behind-the-scenes featurettes and documentaries; 2016 on-stage Q&A; Original theatrical trailer and 2016 re-release trailer; New audio commentary track

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Anthony Hopkins Henry Wilcox
Vanessa Redgrave Ruth Wilcox,Evie Wilcox
Helena Bonham Carter Helen Schlegel,Colonel Fussell
Emma Thompson Margaret Schlegel
James Wilby Charles Wilcox
Nicola Duffett Jacky Bast
Prunella Scales Aunt Juley
Joseph Bennett Paul Wilcox
Jo Kendall Annie
Ian Latimer Station Master
Mary Nash Pianist
Siegbert Prawer Man Asking a Question
Susan Lindeman Dolly Wilcox,Dolly Wilcox
Mark Tandy Luncheon Guest
Andrew St. Clair Luncheon Guest
Celestia Fox Actor
Anne Lambton Luncheon Guest
Emma Godfrey Luncheon Guest
Duncan Brown Luncheon Guest
Iain Kelly Luncheon Guest
Atlanta White Maid at Howards End,Maid at Howards End
Gerald Paris Porphyrion Supervisor
Allie Byrne Blue Stocking
Sally Geoghegan Blue Stocking
Paula Stockbridge Blue Stocking
Bridget Duvall Blue Stocking
Lucy Freeman Blue Stocking
Harriet Stewart Blue Stocking
Tina Leslie Blue Stocking
Mark Payton Percy Cahill
David Delaney Simpson's Carver
Mary McWilliams Wilcox Baby
Barbara Hicks Miss Avery
Rodney Rymell Chauffeur
Luke Parry Tom, the Farmer's Boy
Antony Gilding Bank Supervisor
Patricia Lawrence Wedding Guest
Margery Mason Wedding Guest
Peter Cellier Colonel Fussell
Jim Bowden Marlett
Alan James Porphyrion Chief Clerk
Jocelyn Cobb Telegraph Operator
Peter Darling Doctor
Terence Sach Delivery Man
Brian Lipson Police Inspector
Adrian Ross Magenty Tibby Schlegel
Barr Heckstall-Smith Helen's Child
Samuel West Leonard Bast
Simon Callow Music Lecturer
Richard Robbins Composer

Technical Credits
James Ivory Director
Ismail Merchant Producer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Screenwriter
Paul Bradley Executive Producer,Producer
Ann Wingate Producer
Martin Body Special Effects
Campbell Askew Sound Effects
Dominic Lester Sound Effects
Bettina McCall Sound Effects
Andrew Morris Sound Effects
Sarah Morton Sound Effects
Donald Rosenfeld Producer
E.M. Forster Screenwriter
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