A Room with a View Movie Review 1986

Engaging adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. Lucy Honeychurch (Bonham Carter) is the feisty British idealist who rejects dashing George (Sands) for supercilious Cecil (Day-Lewis), then repents and finds (presumably) eternal passion. A multi-Oscar nominee, with great music (courtesy of Puccini), great scenery (courtesy of Florence), and great performances (courtesy of practically everybody, but supporters Smith, Dench, Callow, and Elliott must be particularly distinguished). Truly romantic, and there's much humor too.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 117 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Period Piece: 1900s, Coming of Age, Producers: Merchant Ivory, Books to Film: E.M. Forster, Florence, Romantic Triangles, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Denholm Elliott, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rupert Graves, Rosemary Leach

Cinematography

Tony Pierce-Roberts

Director

James Ivory

Music

Richard Robbins

Other

Humphrey Dixon

Producer

Merchant-Ivory Productions, Cinecom Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1986: Adapt. Screenplay, Art Dir./Set Dec., Costume Des.; British Acad. 1986: Actress (Smith), Film, Support. Actress (Dench); Golden Globes 1987: Support. Actress (Smith); Ind. Spirit 1987: Foreign Film; Natl. Bd. of Review 1986: Support. Actor (Day-Lewis); N.Y. Film Critics 1986: Cinematog., Support. Actor (Day-Lewis); Writers Guild 1986: Adapt. Screenplay.