Howards End
Summary:
One of the best Ismail Merchant/James Ivory films, this adaptation of E. M. Forster's classic 1910 novel shows in careful detail the injuriously rigid British class consciousness of the early 20th century. The film's catalyst is "poor relation" Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), who inherits part of the estate of Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave), an upper-class woman whom sh... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Anthony Hopkins - (Henry Wilcox)
Emma Thompson - (Margaret Schlegel)
Vanessa Redgrave - (Ruth Wilcox)
Helena Bonham Carter - (Helen Schlegel)
James Wilby - (Charles Wilcox)
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Review:
Praised almost as often as its source, Ismail Merchant and James Ivory's version of E.M. Forster's best novel is also widely recognized as the most accomplished filmization of Forster's work. Like Merchant/Ivory's other Forster adaptations, Howards End is saturated with petticoats, stiff upper lips, suffocating class consciousness... Continue >>
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