A Room with a View (1985)

A Room with a View (1985) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
James Ivory

Written By:
E.M. Forster
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Actors:
Maggie Smith ..... Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon
Helena Bonham Carter ..... Lucy Honeychurch, Miss Bartlett's cousin and charge
Denholm Elliott ..... Mr. Emerson, an English tourist
Julian Sands ..... George Emerson
Simon Callow ..... The Reverend Mr. Arthur Beebe
Patrick Godfrey ..... The Reverend Mr. Eager, Chaplain of the Anglican Church in Florence
Judi Dench ..... Eleanor Lavish, a novelist
Fabia Drake ..... Miss Catharine Alan
Joan Henley ..... Miss Teresa Alan
Amanda Walker ..... The Cockney Signora
Daniel Day-Lewis ..... Cecil Vyse
Maria Britneva ..... Mrs. Vyse, Cecil's mother
Rosemary Leach ..... Mrs. Marian Honeychurch
Rupert Graves ..... Freddy Honeychurch
Peter Cellier ..... Sir Harry Otway, a landlord

Synopsis:

Lucy Honeychurch and her chaperon, Charlotte Bartlette, arrive in Florence, they are troubled by the fact that they don't have rooms with a view. Later that night at supper, fellow guests Mr. Emerson and his son George offer to exchange their rooms for that of Lucy and Charlotte's. This exchange is the first of many events where Lucy and Charlotte are involved in the plans of Mr. Emerson, George and other guests from the hotel they are staying at. But, when Lucy and George realize their passionate feelings for one another when George kisses Lucy, it is not a simple matter of boy likes girl, but boy likes girl and girl is engaged to another. Now Lucy begins to doubt her feelings for her husband to be and get herself caught up in a web of lies to convince herself, George and everyone else that she isn't in love with George. How will it all turn out in the end?

Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by E.M. Forster, A Room with a View is a shining example of Merchant-Ivory's ability to achieve maximum quality and opulence at minimum cost. Set during the Edwardian Era, the film stars Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch, who like all proper young British ladies is compelled to tour Europe in the company of an older chaperone -- in this instance, her spinster cousin Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith). While in Italy, the ladies make the acquaintance of a wide variety of personalities; the most fascinating of their fellow tourists -- at least in Lucy's eyes -- is free-spirited George Emerson (Julian Sands). Aware that her cousin is becoming too familiar with Emerson, Charlotte demands that Lucy return to England posthaste. Lucy complacently settles for the tiresomely traditional courtship of nerdish Cecil Vyse (Daniel Day-Lewis) -- and then Mr. Emerson moves into the neighborhood. Lucy now finds herself on the horns of a dilemma: Should she opt for a safe, proper marriage to Cecil, or the bohemian unpredictability of the charismatic Emerson? A winner of three Academy Awards, A Room with a View is not what one could call fast-moving, but fans of the Merchant-Ivory team will enjoy luxuriating in the film's leisurely pace and stimulating cast of characters.

Sheltered Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter), holidaying in Florence is kissed by unconventional George Emerson (Julian Sands). Frightened by her confusing feelings for him, she returns to England and accepts stuffy Cecil Vyse's (Daniel Day-Lewis) proposal. When George reappears, Lucy questions her feelings for Cecil.

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