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Howards End, 1992

Starring: Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins

Directed by: James Ivory

Written by: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Language: English, German

Country: UK, Japan

Runtime: 140 min

MPAA Rating: PG

Rating:7.4

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The mood of Howards End is contemplative, captivating, and thought provoking. The plot centers around social differences, infidelity, and sibling relations. It is a drama and period movie. Stylistically, Howards End is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is England. Howards End happens in the 1910s. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being a modern classic, an Oscar winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that Howards End includes mild violent content.

Summary of Howards End

E.M. Forster's 1910 novel is adapted for the screen by Merchant Ivory Productions in this masterful Edwardian Age romance directed by James Ivory. The dying Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave) wishes to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson in an Academy Award-winning role), a modest woman of little means who will soon be forced out of her own home in London. But Ruth's husband, Henry (Anthony Hopkins), an upper middle class businessman, keeps secret her desire even after he and Margaret become friends. However, after Henry and Margaret marry, their class differences and philosophies threaten to cause them unhappiness. Margaret's sister, Helen (Helena Bonham Carter), is disgusted by the Wilcox's snobbish ways and is attracted to helping struggling clerk Leonard Bast (Sam West) improve his position. Merchant-Ivory screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was the force behind adapting this Forster novel into a film, winning her second Academy Award for her screenplay; her first Oscar was for A ROOM WITH A VIEW.

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Language:	English, German
Country:	UK, Japan
Release date:	13 March 1992
Runtime:	140 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Emma Thompson for Best Actress at the 1992 Academy Awards

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1992 Academy Awards

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Emma Thompson

as Margaret J. 'Meg' Schlegel

Anthony Hopkins

as Henry J. Wilcox

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The New Yorker

A handsome and intelligent piece of work: a faithful, well-paced, and carefully crafted dramatization of a very good story. Full Review

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by: Terrence Rafferty

TV Guide

The filmmakers have allowed themselves an overlong 140 minutes in order to preserve as much of the plot as possible, but they have bypassed many of the novel's key ideas and ironies. Full Review

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by: Staff(not credited)

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In some circles a "Merchant-Ivory film" has become something of a put down. What a shame. Their work is always impeccable and often transcends itself into true art. This film is art -- a masterpiece -- perfect from beginning to end. As a matter of... Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: sethdellinger
sethdellinger rated this movie0/10

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