A room with a view [DVD video]

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.

General Note:

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.

Performers:

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, Mia Fothergill, Kitty Aldridge, Brigid Erin Bates, Isabella Celani, Luigi di Fiori, Matyelock Gibbs, Mirio Guidelli, Freddy Korner, Patty Lawrence, Elizabeth Marangoni, Peter Munt, Lucca Rossi, Stefano Serboli, Phillida Sewell, Margaret Ward.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.

Subject Term:

Young women -- England -- Drama.

Courtship -- Drama.

British -- Italy -- Florence -- Drama.

Vacations -- Italy -- Florence -- Drama.

Genre:

Romantic comedy films.

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Fiction films.