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Howards End

  • 19921992
  • PGPG
  • 2h 22m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, and Samuel West in Howards End (1992)
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A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
34K
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POPULARITY
4,021
186
  • Director
    • James Ivory
  • Writers
    • E.M. Forster(novel)
    • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Hopkins
    • Emma Thompson
    • Vanessa Redgrave
  • Director
    • James Ivory
  • Writers
    • E.M. Forster(novel)
    • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Hopkins
    • Emma Thompson
    • Vanessa Redgrave
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 121User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Oscars
      • 32 wins & 49 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Anthony Hopkins
    Anthony Hopkins
    • Henry Wilcox
    Emma Thompson
    Emma Thompson
    • Margaret Schlegel
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Vanessa Redgrave
    • Ruth Wilcox
    Helena Bonham Carter
    Helena Bonham Carter
    • Helen Schlegel
    Joseph Bennett
    • Paul Wilcox
    Prunella Scales
    Prunella Scales
    • Aunt Juley
    Adrian Ross Magenty
    Adrian Ross Magenty
    • Tibby Schlegel
    Jo Kendall
    Jo Kendall
    • Annie
    James Wilby
    James Wilby
    • Charles Wilcox
    Jemma Redgrave
    Jemma Redgrave
    • Evie Wilcox
    Ian Latimer
    • Station Master
    Samuel West
    Samuel West
    • Leonard Bast
    Mary Nash
    • Pianist
    Siegbert Prawer
    • Man Asking a Question
    Susie Lindeman
    Susie Lindeman
    • Dolly Wilcox
    Nicola Duffett
    Nicola Duffett
    • Jacky Bast
    Mark Tandy
    Mark Tandy
    • Luncheon Guests
    Andrew St. Clair
    • Luncheon Guests
    • Director
      • James Ivory
    • Writers
      • E.M. Forster(novel)
      • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Dame Emma Thompson received a total of thirteen nominations for her role in this movie. She won in all of those events, which includes an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA as Best Actress.
    • Goofs
      When Charlie and Dolly Wilcox are hiding from Margaret Schlegel in the castle, the scene closes with low angle wide shot of the castle with a view of the sky behind it, revealing an aircraft contrail. There were no aircraft capable of leaving high-altitude contrails in the time period this movie is set in.
    • Quotes

      Henry Wilcox: Don't take a sentimental attitude toward the poor.

      [...]

      Henry Wilcox: The poor are the poor. One is sorry for them, but there it is.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Basic Instinct/American Dream/Howards End/Shadows and Fog/Othello (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Bridal Lullaby
      Music by Percy Grainger

      Courtesy of Bardic Edition

      Performed by Martin Jones

    User reviews121

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    A Journey Everyone Should Take
    The literary period piece is a difficult genre to master, requiring a difficult balancing between restraint and flowing emotion. Few films effectively achieve this as beautifully as Merchant-Ivory's astounding HOWARDS END, making it probably the best period film of the 1990's. The film juxtapositions the intellectual, emotionally unhindered Schlegel sisters against the restrained, imperious Wilcox family, and, for good measure, mixes in the differing attitudes toward class emerging early in the century. What could quite easily have been a dry study in the cultural dynamics of pre-WWI England becomes an enveloping tale, thanks in no small part to the performances by Hopkins, Emma Thompson, and Vanessa Redgrave, whose Ruth Wilcox remains enigmatic after every viewing. The emotions ringing through by film's end - not to mention its astoundingly pointed social criticism - give the film its power, a power missing even from Forster's rambling, distant novel. And this story is nestled amongst some of the most beautiful art direction, music, and cinematography to ever grace the screen. The haunting journey to HOWARDS END is one few other recent films can rival.
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    • awoolsey
    • Jan 23, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 26, 1993 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Cohen Media Group (United States)
      • Merchant Ivory Productions (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Gia Tài
    • Filming locations
      • Fortnum & Mason's, Piccadilly, Mayfair, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK(where Ruth and Margaret do their Christmas shopping)
    • Production companies
      • Merchant Ivory Productions
      • Sumitomo Corporation
      • Imagica
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $26,126,837
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $52,568
      • Mar 15, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $26,341,736
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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