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Overview

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7.4/10   9,914 votes
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Director:
Writers:
E.M. Forster (novel)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 March 1992 (USA) more
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Plot:
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 27 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(26 articles)
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Searing story, exquisite interpretation more (72 total)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language, violence and sensuality.
Runtime:
140 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter appeared together again 15 years later in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), as Professor Sybil Trelawney and Bellatrix Lestrange. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Miss Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) comes down the stairs and first meets Mr. Bast (when he attempts to retrieve his umbrella), Margarete calls her sister "Helena" and not "Helen". Helena is the real name of the actress portraying the sister (Helena Bonham Carter), and "Helen" is her characters name. more
Quotes:
Margaret Schlegel: Mr. Wilcox, I am demented! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Building 'Howards End' (2005) (V) more
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Mock Morris more

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19 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Searing story, exquisite interpretation, 30 May 2003
Author: Amy Adler from Toledo, Ohio

For those who want to watch an intelligent, lovely-to-look-at motion picture, it doesn't get much better than this. The film tells the story of two sisters, of limited but respectable means, who collide with the world of the very rich in Edwardian England. One sister benefits from the acquaintance with the wealthy Wilcoxes. The other is all but destroyed by it. Along the way, there are charming scenes of tea parties and music classes, elegant costumes, fantastic settings, and engaging conversations. There is also a sad, secondary storyline of a poor clerk and his wife who, unfortunately, slip into even more abysmal circumstances through no fault of their own. The ending is tinged with despair, even as it offers some hope for both of the sisters' futures. The film should be commended as well for the fine performances of Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham-Carter and others. Any discriminating film enthusiast will not want to miss this movie.

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