Item Details
A room with a view [videorecording]
Goldcrest in association with National Film Finance Corporation, Curzon Film Distributors and Film Four International present a Merchant Ivory film ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; directed by James Ivory.
- Format
- DVD; Video
- Summary
- Set in the early 1900's. "[The film] tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis)"--Container.
- Director
- James Ivory
- Performer(s)
- Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham-Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Patrick Godfrey, Judi Dench, Fabia Drake, Joan Henley, Amanda Walker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Maria Britneva, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Peter Cellier, Mia Fothergill.
- Release Date
- 1985
- Run Time
- 117 min.
- Language
- English, French or Spanish audio tracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.
- Rating
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Notes
- Title from container.
- Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
- Videodisc release of a 1985 motion picture.
- New restoration of film ; digitally remastered sountrack.
- AtSea only retaining discs with feature film.
- Uniform title
- Room with a view (Motion picture)
- Edition
- Two-disc special ed.
- Contents
- Disc 1: Feature ; Optional audio feature commentary by Simon Callow, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Tony Pierce-Roberts ; Disc 2 : Promotional interviews by Daniel Day-Lewis and Simon Callow (ca. 7 min.)
- 1986 BBC report on the film's success in the U.S. (ca. 3 min.)
- Merchant Ivory tribute (ca. 5 min.)
- E.M. Forster tribute (broadcast on BBC Television on July 14, 1970) (ca. 26 min.)
- Stills gallery
- ISBN(s)
- 0790791471, 9780790791470, 1419816969, 9781419816963,
- Credits
- Cinematography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; music, Richard Robbins ; editor, Humphrey Dixon.
- Published
- [England] :BBC Video ;Burbank, CA :Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video,c2004.
- Publisher no.
- E1979 BBC Video
- E2395 BBC Video
- Related resources
- Connect to reviews of this title online
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + guide (8 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.) DVD; NTSC ; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Technical details
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