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A perfect English butler sacrifices everything he cares for in the name of duty and serving his master. Based on the novel by Ishiguro Kazuo.
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EAN5051124966593
eBay Product ID (ePID)169780388
Product Key Features
ActorMichael Lonsdale, Tim Pigott-Smith, Hugh Grant, Peter Vaughan, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve, James Fox, Anthony Hopkins
Film/TV TitleThe Remains of the Day
DirectorJames Ivory
Release Year2013
FormatBlu-ray
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesUltraViolet\Documentary Featuring Interviews with Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Reeve, and Other Cast and Crew, Costume and Production Design, Location Footage\Exclusive Featurette\HBO Special\Deleted Scenes Photo Opportunity Deleted Scenes Commentary\6 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary\Deleted Scenes Argument Deleted Scenes Commentary\Deleted Scenes A Message Deleted Scenes Commentary\Deleted Scenes Democracy Is Finished Deleted Scenes Commentary\Deleted Scenes A Different Life Deleted Scenes Commentary\Deleted Scenes On The Pier Deleted Scenes Commentary
GenreDrama, General
Run Time134 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationJames Ivory directed this quietly moving film set just prior to World War II. On the large English estate of Lord Darlington (James Fox), a disciplined butler, Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), devotes himself to his duties with rigorous dedication. Like his father (Peter Vaughan) before him, Stevens lives to serve--to bring order and certainty to the estate's minutiae. Though Stevens has the opportunity to break free of this mold in the form of a romance with the spirited housekeeper, Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), he chooses to remain within the safe structure of the household, even one that has misguided loyalties to Nazi Germany. Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant costar as men hoping to show Lord Darlington the danger of his allegiances. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY is Merchant-Ivory's follow-up to HOWARDS END, which also starred Hopkins and Thompson; both actors were nominated for Academy Awards for their roles as dutiful servants in the later film.
ReviewsThe New York Times - Looks grand without being overdressed, it is full of feeling without being sentimental. HereÆs a film for adults. ItÆs also about time to recognize that Mr. Ivory is one of our finest directors., Variety - ...All the meticulousness, intelligence, taste and superior acting that one expects from Merchant Ivory productions have been brought to bear on THE REMAINS OF THE DAY....Continuously absorbing..., New York Times - ...Enchantingly realized....The film] has its own, securely original cinematic life...
Anthony Hopkins as butler and Emma Thompson as housekeeper on a country estate who fall in love.Beautifully acted and well plotted.Highly recommended
Anthony Hopkins as butler and Emma Thompson as housekeeper on a country estate who fall in love.Beautifully acted and well plotted.Highly recommended viewing by Hopkins(one of my favourite Welsh actors)and a host of co-stars Christopher Reeve-Hugh Grant-and James Fox. Thanks Alex for a superb and entertaining movie!