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Howards End is a 1992 British drama film directed by James Ivory. The screenplay was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and E. M. Forster, based on Forster’s novel. The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, and Emma Thompson. Ismail Merchant produced the film through Merchant Ivory Productions, with Tony Pierce-Roberts serving as director of photography and Richard Robbins composing the score. The narrative is set in England, and the film was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
The film has a runtime of 142 minutes and was released on March 13, 1992. It received nominations for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress. Howards End won the Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and Best Production Design, as well as the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. The film has an IMDb rating of 7.3 based on 38,750 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.997 from 594 votes.
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7.0A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Cast
- Emma Thompson as Margaret Schlegel
- Helena Bonham Carter as Helen Schlegel
- Anthony Hopkins as Henry J. Wilcox
- Samuel West as Leonard Bast
- Vanessa Redgrave as Ruth Wilcox
- Adrian Ross Magenty as Tibby Schlegel
Themes
- london, england
- sibling relationship
- countryside
- based on novel or book
- empowerment
- sister
- class differences
- turn of the century
- edwardian england
- 1900s
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James Ivory
- Screenplay by
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Based on
- Howards End , by E. M. Forster
- Produced by
- Ismail Merchant
- Starring
- Anthony Hopkins Vanessa Redgrave Helena Bonham Carter Emma Thompson James Wilby Samuel West Jemma Redgrave Prunella Scales
- Cinematography
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Edited by
- Andrew Marcus
- Music by
- Richard Robbins (score) , Percy Grainger (opening titles and end titles)
- Production companies
- Merchant Ivory Productions , Sumitomo Corporation , Imagica Corporation , Cinema Ten, JSB Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Inc. , Ide Productions, FilmFour International
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Classics (United States), Mayfair Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- Release dates
- 27 February 1992 ( 1992-02-27 ) (Premiere) 13 March 1992 ( 1992-03-13 ) (United States) 1 May 1992 ( 1992-05-01 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 142 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom Japan United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $8 million
- Box office
- $32 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- German
- Based on
- Howards End
- Director
- James Ivory
- Screenwriter
- E. M. Forster
- Cast member
- Nicola Duffett
- Composer
- Richard Robbins
- Producer
- Ismail Merchant
- Production company
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Cinematographer
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 140
- FilmAffinity ID
- 814609
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1992-10-29
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- title
- Howards End
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Ian Whittaker
- after a work by
- E. M. Forster
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 94%
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Encyclopedic overview
Howards End is a 1992 historical romantic drama film directed by James Ivory, from a screenplay written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the 1910 novel by E. M. Forster. Marking Merchant Ivory Productions' third adaptation of a Forster novel (following 1985's A Room with a View, and 1987's Maurice), it was the first film to be released by Sony Pictures Classics. The film's narrative explores class relations in turn-of-the-20th-century Britain, through events in the lives of the Schlegel sisters. The film stars Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter and Vanessa Redgrave, with James Wilby, Samuel West, Jemma Redgrave and Prunella Scales in supporting roles.
The film was theatrically released on 13 March 1992 to critical acclaim and commercial success, grossing over $32 million on an $8 million budget. It was in competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival and won the 45th Anniversary Award. At the 65th Academy Awards, the film received a leading nine nominations including for Best Picture, and won three: Best Actress (for Thompson), Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, and Best Art Direction. At the 46th British Academy Film Awards, it garnered a leading eleven nominations, winning two awards; Best Film and Best Actress (for Thompson).
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