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Based on the Novel by E.M. Forster - Howards End
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Title: Howards End

Release Date: 13 Mar 1992

Runtime: 2h 22m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Merchant Ivory Productions, Japan Satellite Broadcasting, IMAGICA, Sumitomo Corporation, Film Four International, Cinema Ten Corporation, Ide Productions

Production Companies: Merchant Ivory Productions, Japan Satellite Broadcasting, IMAGICA, Sumitomo Corporation, Film Four International, Cinema Ten Corporation, Ide Productions

Overview: A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.018 (536 votes)

Cast

  • Margaret Schlegel: Emma Thompson
  • Helen Schlegel: Helena Bonham Carter
  • Henry J. Wilcox: Anthony Hopkins
  • Leonard Bast: Samuel West
  • Ruth Wilcox: Vanessa Redgrave
  • Tibby Schlegel: Adrian Ross Magenty
  • Aunt Juley: Prunella Scales
  • Charles Wilcox: James Wilby
  • Paul Wilcox: Joseph Bennett
  • Annie: Jo Kendall
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