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E.M. Forster's 1908 novel, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, is adapted for the screen by director James Ivory in this beautifully lighthearted tale of Edwardian manners. Helena Bonham Carter stars as a young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch. When Lucy and her spinster chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), travel to Florence, they meet an unconventional Englishman, Mr. Emerson (Denholm Elliott), and his romantically unhappy son, George (Julian Sands). After George makes the grievous mistake of kissing Lucy during a picnic in the Florentine hills, Charlotte rushes her back to England. Safely home, Lucy becomes engaged to the stiff, very proper Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis), but after finding out the Emersons have moved close by, Lucy has a hard time ignoring her attraction to the unsuitable George. Producer Ismail Merchant considered A ROOM WITH A VIEW Merchant Ivory's first genuine blockbuster, and it enjoyed more popular success than any previous Merchant Ivory film. Screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was awarded an Academy Award for her screenplay, and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture. Director James Ivory's tale also features British movie icons Judi Dench and Simon Callow. A ROOM WITH A VIEW was the first of three Forster novels (the other two were MAURICE and HOWARDS END) adapted by Merchant Ivory Productions.Product Identifiers
UPC0794051197924
eBay Product ID (ePID)6469803
Product Key Features
ActorHelena Bonham-Carter, Maggie Smith
RatingNR
Edition2-Disc Special Edition
Movie/TV TitleRoom with a View
DirectorJames Ivory
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
GenreComedy
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs2
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Display Format2-Disc Special Edition
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleHelena Bonham-Carter, Maggie Smith
Release Date20040406
Film CountryUnited Kingdom