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Howards End [videorecording] / producer, Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; director, James Ivory ; Merchant/Ivory Productions.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: HOW040 | Criterion CollectionSeries: Merchant Ivory collectionPublication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2005]Edition: Special ed. two-disc setDescription: 2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insertISBN:
  • 0780029135
  • 9780780029132
Uniform titles:
  • Howards End (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00036
Other classification:
  • 24.32
Production credits:
  • Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; art director, John Ralph ; editor, Andrew Marcus ; music, Richard Robbins.
Awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Actress, 1993.
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, James Wilby, Samuel West, Prunella Scales.Summary: Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites.
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DVD.

In English with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired.

Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, James Wilby, Samuel West, Prunella Scales.

Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; art director, John Ralph ; editor, Andrew Marcus ; music, Richard Robbins.

DVD release of the 1992 motion picture.

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.

Academy Award for Best Actress, 1993.

Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites.

MPAA rating: PG.

Special features include: Building Howards End; The design of Howards End; The wandering company; original 1992 behind-the-scenes featurette.

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