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Howards End
Howards End

7.0

Howards End

PG·1992·142m

Summary

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

Crew

Director

James Ivory

Novel

E.M. Forster

Screenplay

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Reviews

b

badelf

November 22, 2023

8

The script itself is not up the level of Remains of the Day, but then E.M.Forster is not Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go). Nevertheless E.M.Forster gives us a huge, complex story that holds our interest for the entire 142 minutes.

And the Ivory-Merchant team contributes a beautiful setpiece, complete with perfect cinematography, locations, costumes and a team of the finest actors in Britain. And two of the Redgrave family to play mother and daughter. The acting from everyone on screen is phenomenal!

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$8,000,000.00

Revenue:

$26,126,837.00

Keywords

london, england
sibling relationship
countryside
based on novel or book
empowerment
sister
class differences
turn of the century
edwardian england
1900s
wealthy family
sister sister relationship