Howards End - The Merchant Ivory Collection
starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett
directed by: Humphrey Dixon, James Ivory
directed by: Humphrey Dixon, James Ivory
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780029132
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780029135
Label: Merchant Ivory
Manufacturer: Merchant Ivory
Model: CV0024
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Merchant Ivory
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Running Time: 142 minutes
Sales Rank: 6466
Studio: Merchant Ivory
Theatrical Release Date: March 13, 1992
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Margaret and Helen Schlegel (Oscar® winner Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter) are sisters from a well-educated European family: intelligent, free-spirited, cultured, and highly emancipated by the standards of the time. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the Wilcox family: healthy, conservative, conventional, and very English, headed by the prosperous Henry (Anthony Hopkins) and his priggish son, Charles (James Wilby). Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast (Samuel West) and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard’s desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen, who must come to terms with her unexpected feelings toward him. At the same time, Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society; her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites. First published in 1910, E.M. Forster’s Howards End remains one of the most important English novels of the twentieth century, and Merchant Ivory Productions’ tour-de-force adaptation was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the 1990s.
Amazon.com essential video:
Howards End is E.M. Forster's beautifully subtle story of the crisscrossing paths of the privileged and those they disdain--and of a remarkable pair of women who can see beyond class distinctions. Dramatic and tragic, but also surprisingly funny, this James Ivory film focuses on a pair of unmarried sisters (Emma Thompson, who won an Oscar, and Helena Bonham Carter) who befriend a poor young clerk (Sam West) and, without meaning to, ruin his life. Meanwhile, Thompson also makes the acquaintance of a dying neighbor (Vanessa Redgrave), who leaves her a family home in her will--which her husband (Anthony Hopkins) destroys. But, ironically, he meets and falls in love with Thompson, even as their paths once more intersect with the increasingly miserable young clerk. Nuanced acting, gorgeous but muted cinematography, and a beautifully economical script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, which also won an Oscar. --Marshall Fine
Average Rating: 
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- A magnificently told tale of sin, forgiveness, and redemptionA magnificently told tale of sin, forgiveness, redemption, and the settling of accounts
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- an over-rated Merchant-Ivory filmI have usually found that most of the Merchant-Ivory films tend to be over-stuffed, perfectly dull ... Read More
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- Classic - Must See!!This is one of my favorite films, truly a classic film. Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, and Helena ... Read More
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- Wonderful StoryWhen this was released as a movie, I missed it for some reason. It deserves all of the honors it has ... Read More
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- BORING!The acting, the directing, and the setting were good but the story was very boring--it lacked conflict, ... Read More
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