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A room with a view

Ivory, James, (film director.). Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 (screenwriter.). Merchant, Ismail, (film producer.). Smith, Maggie, 1934- (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.). Dixon, Humphrey, (editor of moving image work.). Robbins, Richard, 1940-2012 (composer (expression)). Beavan, Jenny, 1950- (costume designer.). Bright, John, 1940- (costume designer.). Quaranta, Gianni, (production designer.). Ackland-Snow, Brian, (production designer.). Shaw, Francis, 1942- (composer.). Guard, Barrie, (composer.). 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 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Room with a view. (Added Author). London Philharmonic Orchestra, (instrumentalist.). Eastman-Dryden Orchestra, (instrumentalist.). Janus Films, (production company.). Goldcrest Films International, (production company.). National Film Finance Corporation (Great Britain), (production company.). Curzon Film Distributors, (production company.). Film Four International, (production company.). Merchant Ivory Productions, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham-Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Patrick Godfrey, Judi Dench, Fabia Drake, Joan Henley, Amanda Walker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Maria Britneva, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Peter Cellier, Kitty Aldridge, Matyelock Gibbs, Phillida Sewell. (Cast).

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.

DVD  - 2015
FIC Room
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  • ISBN: 1681430541
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
  • Edition Director-approved DVD special edition.
  • Publisher [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel of the same name by E.M. Forster.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: New interviews with director James Ivory, cinematography Tony Pierce-Roberts, and costume designer John Bright and actors Helena Bonham Carter, Simon Callow, and Julian Sands ; Segment about Merchant Ivory Productions from a 1987 episodes of NBC Nightly News ; Trailer ; Insert includes an essay by film critic and author John Pym.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; editor, Humphrey Dixon ; music, Richard Robbins ; costume designers, Jenny Beavan, John Bright ; production designers, Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow ; 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.
Participant or Performer Note: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham-Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Patrick Godfrey, Judi Dench, Fabia Drake, Joan Henley, Amanda Walker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Maria Britneva, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Peter Cellier, Kitty Aldridge, Matyelock Gibbs, Phillida Sewell.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.
Language Note:
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).