Howards End
Synopsis
Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) become involved with two couples: a wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry J. Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Ruth (Vanessa Redgrave), and a working-class couple Leonard Bast (Sam West) and Jacky (Niccola Duffet).
The interwoven fates and misfortunes of these three families and the diverging trajectories of the two sisters’ lives are connected to the ownership of Howards End, a beloved country home.
An adaptation of E.M. Forster’s 1910 compelling study of one woman’s struggle to maintain her ideals and integrity in the face of Edwardian society’s moribund conformist values. A classic novel of class relations and changing times in Edwardian England.
Cannes 2016 - Cannes Classics
Details
- Year
- 1992
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 140 mins
- Director
- James Ivory
- Producer
- Ismail Merchant
- Co-Producer
- Ann Wingate
- Executive Producer
- Paul Bradley
- Editor
- Andrew Marcus
- Screenwriter
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay), E.M. Forster (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Production Designer
- Luciana Arrighi
- Music
- Richard Robbins
- Principal Cast
- Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Samuel West, James Wilby
- Restoration Details
- A presentation of the Cohen Film Collection LLC. 'Howards End' has been digitally restored from the original camera negative held at the archive of the George Eastman Museum, completed in 4K by Cineric Portugal – Simon Lund. Colour grading under the supervision of cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts and director James Ivory, by Steve Bearman, Mark Bonnici and Graham Jones at Deluxe Restoration in London. 5.1 audio track restoration by John Polito at Audio Mechanics in Burbank.
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 28th April 2016
