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Howards End

Synopsis:

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).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: James Ivory
  • Studio: Film Four International, Orion Classics, Merchant-Ivory Productions
  • Year: 1992
  • Run Time: 143 minutes
  • Country: UK, USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG (for mild language, violence and sensuality)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1992 03 13 (USA)

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