Synopsis :
‘‘A magical book has been turned into a masterful film’’
The Sunday Times. HOWARDS END is a dazzling adaption of E.M. Forster’s
classic novel of Edwardian England. The film tells the story of three families
who are in complete contrast to each other: the Schlegel sisters, Margaret (EMMA
THOMPSON) and Helen (HELENA BONHAM CARTER); a rich businessman, Henry Wilcox
(ANTHONY HOPKINS), his frail wife, Ruth (VANESSA REDGRAVE), and their children;
and an unhappily married young bank clerk, Leonard Bast (SAMUEL WEST), whom
the Schlegel sisters befriend. Margaret and Helen are idealistic, independent
and highly educated. The Wilcoxes are uncultured and utterly conventional. Leonard
Bast is poor and underprivileged, but with intellectual aspirations. Unexpectedly,
when Mrs. Wilcox dies, Mr. Wilcox proposes to and is accepted by Margaret Schlegel.
Her sister Helen is shattered by this marriage and, in reaction to it, turns
to Leonard Bast. The story has become a tangle of opposites, and through the
agency of Mr. Wilcox’s son Charles (JAMES WILBY), it turns to tragedy.
But in the end, thanks to the moral strength of Margaret who believes that opposites
can meet, that different kinds of people can connect, there is a resolution
that is almost a triumph. Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture
and Best Director, HOWARDS END won 3 Oscars (Best Adapted Screenplay won by
RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA, Best Actress won by EMMA THOMPSON and Best Art Direction
won by LUCIANA ARRIGHI and IAN WHITTAKER). 11 BAFTA nominations resulted in
awards for Best Film for Ivory and Merchant and Best Actress for EMMA THOMPSON.
JAMES IVORY was also awarded Best Film at the Evening Standard British Film
Awards.
Special Features : Special widescreen edition - Helena Bonham
Carter talking about Howards End.
- Cast : Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham
Carter and James Wilby.
- Directed by : James Ivory.
- Studio/Banner : Excel Home Video
- Format : DVD
- Language : English
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