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Maurice

  • 19871987
  • RR
  • 2h 20m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
Trailer for Maurice: 30th Anniversary Edition
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DramaRomance
After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
21K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,107
503
    • James Ivory
    • E.M. Forster(from the novel by)
    • Kit Hesketh-Harvey(screenplay)
    • James Ivory(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • James Wilby
    • Rupert Graves
    • Hugh Grant
    • James Ivory
    • E.M. Forster(from the novel by)
    • Kit Hesketh-Harvey(screenplay)
    • James Ivory(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • James Wilby
    • Rupert Graves
    • Hugh Grant
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 95User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

    Videos1

    Maurice: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Trailer 2:22
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    Hugh Grant, James Ivory, and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Ben Kingsley in Maurice (1987)
    James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    James Ivory in Maurice (1987)
    Hugh Grant in Maurice (1987)
    James Ivory in Maurice (1987)
    Rupert Graves and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Hugh Grant, Helena Michell, Phoebe Nicholls, and Judy Parfitt in Maurice (1987)
    Hugh Grant, Pierre Lhomme, and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)

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    James Wilby
    James Wilby
    • Maurice Hall
    Rupert Graves
    Rupert Graves
    • Alec Scudder
    Hugh Grant
    Hugh Grant
    • Clive Durham
    Denholm Elliott
    Denholm Elliott
    • Doctor Barry
    Simon Callow
    Simon Callow
    • Mr. Ducie
    Billie Whitelaw
    Billie Whitelaw
    • Mrs. Hall
    Barry Foster
    Barry Foster
    • Dean Cornwallis
    Judy Parfitt
    Judy Parfitt
    • Mrs. Durham
    Phoebe Nicholls
    Phoebe Nicholls
    • Anne Durham
    Patrick Godfrey
    Patrick Godfrey
    • Simcox
    Mark Tandy
    Mark Tandy
    • Risley
    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Lasker-Jones
    Kitty Aldridge
    Kitty Aldridge
    • Kitty Hall
    Helena Michell
    • Ada Hall
    Catherine Rabett
    • Pippa Durham
    Peter Eyre
    Peter Eyre
    • Rev. Borenius
    Michael Jenn
    Michael Jenn
    • Archie London
    Mark Payton
    • Chapman
      • James Ivory
      • E.M. Forster(from the novel by)
      • Kit Hesketh-Harvey(screenplay)
      • James Ivory(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In the DVD extras, Hugh Grant says that because he and James Wilby already knew each other from appearing in Privileged (1982) together, they were able to practice their scenes together at Grant's house the night before Wilby's audition. Grant says that he remembers it "being a surprise to my banker brother when he came home and found me kissing James Wilby in the front room."
    • Goofs
      During one of the earlier scenes while Maurice and others are reading/translating with a professor/dean, Maurice is seen clearly wearing a wristwatch. While wristwatches did exist at the time they were rare, and were considered working class so would not have been worn by a gentleman. The wristwatch would not become common until the first world war, when they were given to soldiers to allow them to see the time while both hands were engaged.
    • Quotes

      Maurice Hall: I'm an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.

    • Alternate versions
      Some NTSC versions are scanned at 25fps and the running time is short and seems edited but the movie is intact.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Surrender/Someone to Watch Over Me/Dancers/House of Games/Maurice (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Miserere Psalm 51
      Written by Gregorio Allegri

      Sung by The Choir of Kings College Cambridge

      Courtesy of The Decca Record Company LTD.

    User reviews95

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    A Gorgeous Adapation of a Very Personal Novel
    I saw MAURICE when it first appeared in theaters in the mid-80s and enjoyed it. I was surprised on a second viewing on DVD last night at how much I had forgotten about this film. This story of a thwarted love affair between two upper- class men during their years at Cambridge is a deeply absorbing and entertaining adaptation of Forster's posthumously published novel, which I read at in 1971. I thought the book rather dull. The movie seems anything but, which makes me wonder if I shouldn't pull it off my library shelves and give it another go.

    Though James Wilby's Maurice Hall is the main character, it is Hugh Grant young aristocrat that is most intriguing here. Clive Durham (Grant) is a spoiled and deeply entrenched member of Britain's snobbish ruling class. It is Durham who pursues Wilby (not the other way around as some of these reviews would have you believe). Initially spooked by Durham's admission of his love for Maurice, he pursues Durham with a naive passion. But that passion is ruined when a fellow classmate from Cambridge is set up by a soldier in a bar and arrested by the police. This young man's future in politics and society is ruined (horrified, Durham says no to him when he asks to testify on his behalf), and he is found guilty and sentenced to six months in jail and hard labor. His picture is splashed across the headlines of London's tabloids. The realization that this could happen to him forces Durham to reject Maurice, pursue and marry a young girl from his class and move himself deeply into the closet. So much for the politics of homosexuality in Britain, circa 1912.

    Maurice is devastated by his friend's rejection of him. Miserable, he seeks every avenue he can to reverse and cure his own homosexual longings. He even subjects himself to the quackery of a hypnotist-therapist (Ben Kinsley in a hilarious turn). Maurice finally gives in to his feelings when he finally falls deeply in love with the gamekeeper of Durham's estate (well played by the young and very handsome Rupert Graves).

    This Merchant-Ivory film is, typically, gorgeous to look at, its pacing is novelistic and deeply rewarding. Hugh Grant showed early star appeal as the superficial and ultimately defeated victim of his class and society. He would rarely get the chance at so fine a part in the future despite his great success as a light comedian in a string of international hit movies (ABOUT A BOY being one such terrific film performance from this very appealing actor). James Wilby is pitch perfect as the perplexed and emotional Maurice. The expert supporting cast under the commanding direction of James Ivory delivers this period piece superbly. It's period look is typical of Merchant-Ivory productions--detailed, richly appointed and very beautiful. Kudos also to Kit Hesketh-Harvey's excellent screenplay.

    One viewer here complained that ending was far too upbeat and unrealistic for its time, but I really didn't see it that way. There were many men and women who set up housekeeping in both London and New York, living their lives in discreet harmony under the noses of hostile societies. Still others preferred to move abroad to live their lives in discrete peace and tranquility. I prefer to think this is just what Maurice and Scudder do. If Maurice were as much of a snob as Durham, this might not have worked. But we see Maurice's slow understanding of the hypocrisy of his class in the aftermath of his affair with Durham, and he comes to realize that even he is somewhat constrained by his own upper-class upbringing in his initial interactions with Scudder's far lower standing.

    This is a deeply affecting movie and holds up superbly. Highly recommended.
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    • Feb 25, 2005

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    • Release date
      • September 18, 1987 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • Film Four International (United Kingdom)
      • Merchant Ivory Productions (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Café Royal - 68 Regent Street, Piccadilly, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Merchant Ivory Productions
      • Cinecom Pictures
      • Film Four International
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    • 2 hours 20 minutes
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