Title:
A room with a view
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directed by James Ivory.
Edition:
Director-approved DVD special edition, widescreen.
Publication Information:
London, England : A Room With a View Productions Limited, 1985.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781681430546
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General Note:
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Special features: Thought and passion (documentary features director James Ivory, cinematography Tony Pierce-Roberts, and costume designer John Bright discussing the production of the film); The eternal yes (documentary features actors Helena Bonham Carter, Simon Callow, and Julian Sands); NBC Nightly News (excerpt from the March 29, 1987 episode of NBC Nightly News, which profiles director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant); Trailer. Insert includes an essay by film critic and author John Pym.
[Presented by] Goldcrest in association with National Film Finance Corporation, Curzon Film Distributors and Film Four International ; a Merchant Ivory film.
Abstract:
A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey. Funny, sexy, and sophisticated, this film was a gargantuan art-house hit.
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Credits:
Produced by Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ; photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; music, Richard Robbins ; edited by Humphrey Dixon ; production design, Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow ; costume design, Jenny Beavan, John Bright ; music orchestrated and conducted by Francis Shaw and Barrie Guard ; "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Chi il bel sogno di doretta" from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini, performed by Kiri Te Kanawa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Pritchard ; "Mademoiselle Modiste" composed by Victor Herbert, performed by The Dryden Orchestra of the Eastman School of Music.
Performer:
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, Kitty Aldridge, Brigid Erin Bates, Isabella Celani, Luigi di Fiori, Matyelock Gibbs, Mirio Guidelli, Freddy Korner, Patty Lawrence, Elizabeth Marangoni, Peter Munt, Lucca Rossi, Stefano Serboli, Phillida Sewell, Margaret Ward.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.
Language:
In English with optional English subtitles.