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Original title: Howards End
Year: 1992
Running time: 140 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: James Ivory
Screenwriter: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Novel: E. M. Forster
Music: Richard Robbins
Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Cast: Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Samuel West, Helena Bonham Carter, James Wilby, Vanessa Redgrave, Adrian Ross Magenty, Nicola Duffett, Prunella Scales, Joseph Bennett, Jo Kendall, Jemma Redgrave, Susie Lindeman, Simon Callow, Barbara Hicks
Producer: Merchant Ivory Production, Film Four International. Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Genre: Drama | Costume Drama. 19th Century
Movie Groups: E. M. Forster Adaptations
Synopsis: The dying Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave) wishes to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), a modest woman of little means who will soon be forced out of her own home in London. But Ruths husband, Henry (Anthony Hopkins), an upper middle class businessman, keeps secret her desire even after he and Margaret become friends. However, after Henry and Margaret marry, their class differences and philosophies threaten to cause them unhappiness. Margarets sister, Helen (Helena Bonham Carter), is disgusted by the Wilcoxs snobbish ways and is attracted to helping struggling clerk Leonard Bast (Sam West) improve his position.

Awards: 1992: 3 Academy Awards: Best Actress (Thompson), Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction. 9 Nom.

1992: Golden Globe: Best Actress (Emma Thompson). 4 Nominations

1992: 2 BAFTA Awards: Best Film and Actress (Emma Thompson). 11 Nom.

1992: Cannes Film Festival: Award 45 aniversario (James Ivory). 2 Nom.

1992: Cesar Awards: Nominated to Best Foreign Language Picture

1992: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress (Thompson) (ex aequo). 3 Nom.

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1992: 3 Awards National Board of Review: Best Actress (Thompson), Director, Movie

1992: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress (Emma Thompson). 3 Nominations

1992: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actress (Emma Thompson)

1992: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Actress (Emma Thompson)

1992: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actress: (Emma Thompson)

1992: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film

1992: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1992: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

Critics' reviews

"Incisively witty, provocative and acted to perfection, this sublime entertainment is a career peak for producer Ismail Merchant"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"It's time for legislation decreeing that no one be allowed to make a screen adaptation of a novel of any quality whatsoever if Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are available"

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"[It] is a film seething with anger, passion, greed and emotional violence (...) 'Howards End' is of course lovely to look at (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Jhabvala has distilled the 1910 novel into pungent, concise scenes that grab the viewer and maximize the impact of Forster's themes"

Variety
"This landmark example of a movie of passion, taste and sensitivity that honestly touches every emotion has not only not dated, it is as moving and relevant as it was the day of its 1992 release."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Sublime (...) The scenes are clear and lean against the richness of the setting, but they flow leisurely toward the climax"

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post
"The actors seem to have been captured at a moment of particular glory (...) Director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant (...) achieved a balance of beauty and tone"

The New Yorker
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