Maurice

19871987
RR
2h 20m

3,781

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.

3,781

1,350

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

Videos1

Trailer 2:22

Maurice: 30th Anniversary Edition

Hugh Grant, James Ivory, and James Wilby 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)

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.