Maurice

19871987
RR
2h 20m

Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)

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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.

Director
- James Ivory
Writers
- E.M. Forster(from the novel by)
- Kit Hesketh-Harvey(screenplay)
- James Ivory(screenplay)
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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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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)

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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)

God's Own Country

7.7

God's Own Country

Another Country

7.1

Another Country

A Room with a View

7.3

A Room with a View

The Way He Looks

7.9

The Way He Looks

Boys

7.4

Kill Your Darlings

6.5

Kill Your Darlings

Free Fall

7.6

Shelter

7.7

Beautiful Thing

7.6

Beautiful Thing

Howards End

7.4

My Own Private Idaho

7.0

My Own Private Idaho

Weekend

7.6

Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age. —Susan Southall <stobchatay@aol.com>

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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.

Top review

Now we shan't ne'er be parted...It's finished...

This is the most emotional love story I have ever viewed. I first saw the film when I was about 14, and I had no problem sitting through the entire two and a half hours of rich period drama. Merchant and Ivory are two of the best filmmakers ever, and they treat this delicate subject with grace and tact. It makes being a gay teenager a little more bearable, because it is one of the few movies in which the gay lead finds love, and survives. An altogether edifying experience.

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Budget
- £1,577,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $2,484,230
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $49,278
- Sep 20, 1987
Gross worldwide
- $2,642,567

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Runtime
2 hours 20 minutes
Sound mix
- Dolby
Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1

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