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Overview

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7.5/10   4,558 votes
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Director:
James Ivory
Writers:
E.M. Forster (novel)
Kit Hesketh-Harvey (writer)
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Release Date:
18 September 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Five gay films that deserve a sequel more than Rambo did
 (From AfterElton.com. 18 May 2009, 10:59 AM, PDT)

News: Amazon Censors Glbt Book Rankings Updated
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User Comments:
Simply a must!!!! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
James Wilby ... Maurice Hall

Hugh Grant ... Clive Durham
Rupert Graves ... Alec Scudder
Denholm Elliott ... Doctor Barry
Simon Callow ... Mr. Ducie
Billie Whitelaw ... Mrs. Hall
Barry Foster ... Dean Cornwallis
Judy Parfitt ... Mrs. Durham
Phoebe Nicholls ... Anne Durham
Patrick Godfrey ... Simcox
Mark Tandy ... Risley

Ben Kingsley ... Lasker-Jones
Kitty Aldridge ... Kitty Hall

Helena Michell ... Ada Hall
Catherine Rabett ... Pippa Durham
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Additional Details

Runtime:
140 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
Julian Sands was chosen for the title role but was delayed on another movie, Siesta. . Wilby had previously been passed over for a smaller role because it was felt his height and blond hair were too close to Sand's appearance. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Maurice Hall and Clive Durham are shown attending a concert at the Wigmore Hall in London in 1911. This renowned concert venue was originally called Bechstein Hall, having been built by the famous German piano firm, and was not renamed Wigmore Hall until after the First World War, when anti-German feeling had caused the owners to sell up and Westminster Council renamed the venue. more
Quotes:
Archie: Oh, cheer up, old man! What's gotten into you?
Maurice Hall: Would you believe - it's my birthday.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Comic Relief Does University Challenge (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Miserere Psalm 51 more

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29 out of 33 people found the following comment useful:-
Simply a must!!!!, 4 January 2003
10/10
Author: Minna (WinstonMacBride) from Reggio Emilia, Italy

I ran into this movie a long, long time ago, watching the TV news one evening back in 1987. I felt as I couldn't miss it as soon as I realized it had been shot in Cambridge, my favorite place in the world, but all my feelings went much beyond that when I saw it. I didn't feel uneasy about homosexuality at all but it was with that movie that I finally realized it was only love, no matter whether it involved a man and a woman, or two men, or two women.... The set is magnificent, the actors at their best (a great Hugh Grant who was so great as to show how Mr E.M.Forster had become tired with Clive...), and I must say that Mr Ivory did a pretty good job with his version of the story, very well adapted. In fact I do believe the book is superior in many moments but, on the other hand, the film is far far superior in many other moments, and you can't really say this all the times. I suggest everybody should watch it and enjoy it, no matter what your sexual preferences are. A masterpiece, indeed!

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