The Remains of the Day

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Original title: The Remains of the Day
Year: 1993
Running time: 134 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: James Ivory
Screenwriter: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Novel: Kazuo Ishiguro)
Music: Richard Robbins
Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant, Michael Lonsdale, Tim Pigott-Smith, Paula Jacobs, Ben Chaplin, Wolf Kahler, Patrick Godfrey, Caroline Hunt, Peter Cellier, Peter Eyre, Lena Headey, Pip Torrens
Producer: Columbia Pictures / Merchant Ivory Production
Genre: Drama. Romance | 1940s
Movie Groups: Kazuo Ishiguro's Adaptations
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Synopsis / Plot: A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

Awards: 1993: 8 Nominations for Oscar, including Best Actor (Hopkins), Actress (Thompson)

1993: 5 Nominations for Golden Globe, including Director, Actor Drama, Screenplay

1993: 6 Nominations for BAFTA, including Best Film, Director, Actress and Actor

1994: Goya Awards: Nominated for Best European Movie

1993: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actor (Hopkins), Actress (Thompson)

1993: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor (Hopkins)

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1993: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actor and Actress. 3 nominations

1993: National Board of Review: Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins)

1993: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film

1993: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1993: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

1993: Chicago Film Critics Awards: 3 Nominations, incl. Best Actor (Hopkins)

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