Howards End (film)

Howards End ( Original Title: Howards End ) is a British film directed by James Ivory in 1992 This is the film adaptation of the novel by EM Forster..

Action

In late Victorian England, the paths of unconventional Schlegel sisters who live in liberal Bohème, with those of the traditional conservative family Wilcox meet. Against the backdrop of social antagonism unfolds a subtle psychological portrait of English society of those days.

Background

By Room with a view and Maurice filmed producer Ismael Merchant and director James Ivory with Howards End is already the third novel by EM Forster.

The grandmother of Helena Bonham Carter, who is in the film Helen Schlegel, lived in 1913 in the same monastery hotel in Sicily, in the Bonham - Carter was staying during a film production with Woody Allen. At that time, her grandmother read there the recently published novel Howards End.

Reviews

" The result was a masterful adaptation of the novel of 1910. But what is the enjoyment a full historical costume with ham composed of time and genre pictures a society in transition, holding the other for Oscar-winning, well-kept boredom. "

Awards (selection)

  • Academy Award for Best Actress (Emma Thompson)
  • Academy Award for Best Production Design
  • Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay
  • National Board of Review Award in the categories of Best Picture and Best Director
  • British Academy Film Award for Best Film
  • Guild Film Award in Gold

DVD Release

Soundtrack

  • Richard Robbins, Percy Grainger: Howards End. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Nimbus Records, Charlottesville 1992, Media -No. NI 5339 - original stereophonic recording of the film music, conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
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