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Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back i...

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Main Authors: Shaw, Francis, 1942- (Composer), Guard, Barrie (Composer)
Corporate Authors: London Philharmonic Orchestra (Instrumentalist), Eastman-Dryden Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Ivory, James (Film director), Merchant, Ismail (Film producer), Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 (Screenwriter), Smith, Maggie, 1934-2024- (Actor), Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- (Actor), Elliott, Denholm (Actor), Sands, Julian (Actor), Callow, Simon, 1949- (Actor), Godfrey, Patrick, 1933- (Actor), Dench, Judi, 1934- (Actor), Drake, Fabia (Actor), Henley, Joan, 1904-1986 (Actor), Walker, Amanda (Actor), Day-Lewis, Daniel (Actor), Britneva, Maria, 1921-1994 (Actor), Leach, Rosemary, 1935-2017 (Actor), Graves, Rupert, 1963- (Actor), Cellier, Peter (Actor), Aldridge, Kitty, 1962- (Actor), Gibbs, Matyelok (Actor), Sewell, Phillida, 1910-1998 (Actor), Pierce-Roberts, Tony (director of photography.), Robbins, Richard, 1940-2012 (composer (expression)), Dixon, Humphrey (Editor of moving image work), Quaranta, Gianni (Production designer), Ackland-Snow, Brian (Production designer), Beavan, Jenny, 1950- (Costume designer), Bright, John, 1940- (Costume designer), Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (composer (expression)), Te Kanawa, Kiri (Singer), Pritchard, John, 1921-1989 (Conductor), Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 (composer (expression)), Pym, John (Writer of supplementary textual content), Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Director-approved DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 775.
Subjects:
Forster, E. M. > (Edward Morgan), > 1879-1970 > Film adaptations.
Young women > England > Drama.
Courtship > Drama.
British > Italy > Florence > Drama.
Vacations > Italy > Florence > Drama.
Comedy films.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Coming-of-age films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey. Funny, sexy, and sophisticated, this film was a gargantuan art-house hit.
Item Description:Wide screen (1.66:1).
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
Special features: Thought and passion (documentary features director James Ivory, cinematography Tony Pierce-Roberts, and costume designer John Bright discussing the production of the film); The eternal yes (documentary features actors Helena Bonham Carter, Simon Callow, and Julian Sands); NBC Nightly News (excerpt from the March 29, 1987 episode of NBC Nightly News, which profiles director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant); Trailer. Insert includes an essay by film critic and author John Pym.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.
Audience:OFRB rating: PG.
Production Credits:Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; music, Richard Robbins ; edited by Humphrey Dixon ; production design, Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow ; costume design, Jenny Beavan, John Bright ; music orchestrated and conducted by Francis Shaw and Barrie Guard ; "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Chi il bel sogno di doretta" from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini, performed by Kiri Te Kanawa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Pritchard ; "Mademoiselle Modiste" composed by Victor Herbert, performed by The Dryden Orchestra of the Eastman School of Music.
ISBN:1681430541
9781681430546

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