Howards
End 1992
- Director: James Ivory
- Seen by this director: Surviving Picasso, The Remains of the Day, A Room with a View
- Based on book by E M Forster
- Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham-Carter
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- All of them – Many
- Why? The brilliant cast in their younger years
- Seen: Once before. Now 17 January 2025
The
Wilcoxes are gentlefolk living at Mrs Wilcox’s (Redgrave) childhood home
Howards End in rural England at the turn of the last century. Helena
(Bonham-Carter), her sister Meg (Thompson) and their brother are being turned
out of the house in London where they were born and have lived all their lives.
Through
a series of fateful meetings, Mrs Wilcox, who is very ill, leaves Howards End
to Meg but the family, headed by Mr Wilcox (Hopkins) refuse to honour this.
And so
on.
Romance, class differences, lavish sets and costumes, and oh, the actors!
4* of 5
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