Director:
James Ivory
Starring: Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson
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Category Keywords: British Character Study Essential Cinema Gentry Love Story Recommended Tear Jerker Theatrical Release War World War II
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| Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence Of The Lambs, Howards End) and Emma Thompson (Howards End, Wit) reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love. Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler--an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths, as he serves his master Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox (The Servant). Darlington, like many other members of the British establishment in the 1930s, is duped by the Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves and the British government. Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradually fall in love, although neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. Marvelously acted by a supporting cast that includes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant, The Remains Of The Day is "...absolutely perfect" (Pat Collins, WWOR-TV). |
"Sir Anthony Hopkins gives a landmark performance... Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"A magnificient movie. Michael Medved, New York Post
"You won't see a better movie... Pat Collins, WWOR-TV, New York
"Thompson...infuses the film with warmth, humor and enormous passion... Hopkins gives the performance of his life... Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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Editor's Note
James Ivory directed this quietly moving film set just prior to World War II. On the large English estate of Lord Darlington (James Fox), a disciplined English butler, Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), devotes himself to his duties with rigorous dedication. Like his father (Peter Vaughan) before him, Stevens lives to serve--to bring order and certainty to the estate's minutiae. Though Stevens has the opportunity to break free of this mold in the form of a romance with the spirited housekeeper, Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), he chooses to remain within the safe structure of the household, even one that has misguided loyalties to Nazi Germany. Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant costar as men hoping to show Lord Darlington the danger of his allegiances. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY was Merchant-Ivory's follow-up to HOWARDS END, which also starred Hopkins and Thompson; both actors were nominated for Academy Awards for their roles as dutiful servants in the later film.
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Cast & Crew
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Anthony Hopkins |
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Christopher Reeve |
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Emma Thompson |
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Hugh Grant |
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James Fox |
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Kazuo Ishiguro - Based On Novel By |
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James Ivory - Director |
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Tony Pierce-Roberts - Director of Photography |
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Richard Robbins - Musical Score |
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Ismail Merchant, et al. - Producer |
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Screenplay |
Plot Summary
Set just prior to World War II, this poignant story finds a disciplined English butler devoting himself to his duties at the expense of love and personal freedom. The sensitively handled Merchant-Ivory film received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Actor and Best Actress for stars Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
Awards
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Oscar (1994) |
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Anthony Hopkins, Nominee, Best Actor |
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Emma Thompson, Nominee, Best Actress |
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James Ivory, Nominee, Best Director |
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Luciana Arrighi, Ian Whittaker, Nominee, Best Art Directon--Set Decoration |
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Jenny Beavan, John Bright, Nominee, Best Costume Design |
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Richard Robbins, Nominee, Best Music--Original Score |
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium |
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British Academy Awards (1994) |
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Anthony Hopkins, Nominee, Best Actor |
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Emma Thompson, Nominee, Best Actress |
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay |
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Tony Pierce-Roberts, Nominee, Best Cinematography |
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James Ivory, Nominee, David Lean Award For Direction |
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Golden Globe (1994) |
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James Ivory, Nominee, Best Director--Motion Picture |
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Anthony Hopkins, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama |
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Emma Thompson, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture-Drama |
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Oscar (1994) |
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Nominee, Best Motion Picture Screenplay |
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