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Maurice is a 1987 British and Australian film directed and written by James Ivory, based on the novel by E. M. Forster, starring James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, and Ben Kingsley. Produced by Ismail Merchant through Merchant Ivory Productions and Channel 4, with cinematography by Pierre Lhomme, a score by Richard Robbins, and costumes by Jenny Beavan, it is set in London.
A drama and LGBTQ-related historical film, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and distributed by Netflix. It ran 140 minutes, had a budget of 2,600,000, and earned a revenue of 2,438,304. Its production countries are listed as the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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7.6After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Cast
- James Wilby as Maurice Hall
- Hugh Grant as Clive Durham
- Rupert Graves as Alec Scudder
- Denholm Elliott as Dr. Barry
- Simon Callow as Mr. Ducie
- Billie Whitelaw as Mrs. Hall
Themes
- coming out
- secret love
- based on novel or book
- england
- homophobia
- forbidden love
- coming of age
- in the closet
- lgbt
- friends in love
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James Ivory
- Screenplay by
- Kit Hesketh-Harvey James Ivory
- Based on
- Maurice , by E. M. Forster
- Produced by
- Ismail Merchant
- Starring
- James Wilby Hugh Grant Rupert Graves Denholm Elliott Simon Callow Billie Whitelaw Barry Foster Judy Parfitt Phoebe Nicholls Ben Kingsley
- Cinematography
- Pierre Lhomme
- Edited by
- Katherine Wenning
- Music by
- Richard Robbins
- Production companies
- Merchant Ivory Productions Film Four International
- Distributed by
- Enterprise Pictures Limited
- Release dates
- 5 September 1987 ( 1987-09-05 ) ( Venice ) 15 September 1987 ( 1987-09-15 ) ( Toronto ) 13 November 1987 ( 1987-11-13 ) (UK)
- Running time
- 140 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £1.58 million
- Box office
- $2.6–3.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Maurice
- Director
- James Ivory
- Screenwriter
- James Ivory
- Cast member
- Phoebe Nicholls
- Composer
- Richard Robbins
- Production company
- Channel 4
- Cinematographer
- Pierre Lhomme
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 138
- FilmAffinity ID
- 695756
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 12 more facts
- publication date
- 1988-01-28
- title
- Maurice
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- after a work by
- E. M. Forster
- costume designer
- Jenny Beavan
- different from
- Maurice
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 82%
- production designer
- Brian Ackland-Snow
- capital cost
- 1580000
- box office
- 3300000
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Encyclopedic overview
Maurice is a 1987 British romantic drama film directed by James Ivory, based on the 1971 novel Maurice by E. M. Forster. The film stars James Wilby as Maurice, Hugh Grant as Clive and Rupert Graves as Alec. The supporting cast includes Denholm Elliott as Dr Barry, Simon Callow as Mr Ducie, Billie Whitelaw as Mrs Hall, and Ben Kingsley as Lasker-Jones.
The film was produced by Ismail Merchant via Merchant Ivory Productions and Film Four International, and written by Ivory and Kit Hesketh-Harvey, with cinematography by Pierre Lhomme. It is a tale of gay love in the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England. The story follows its main character, Maurice Hall, through university, a tumultuous relationship, struggling to fit into society, and ultimately being united with his life partner.
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