A Room With A View Movie Cast

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A room with a view movie cast.

In the opening scenes of the movie lucy and miss bartlett have been given a room in the italian pensione that does not have a view. Forster s novel of the same name 1908. If it isn t as romantic as merchant ivory s 1985 film with that picturesque kiss at the end nicholas renton s adaptation offers its own unique charms. With maggie smith helena bonham carter denholm elliott julian sands.

Emerson insists that the women take his rooms which have a view. A room with a view in theatres. Set during the edwardian era of england a room with a view finds lucy a proper young british lady facing a dilemma should she marry the safe nerdish cecil or opt for the unpredictability. The cast is quite stellar by today s standards.

Maggie smith and judi dench are expectedly delightful in what is the first of quite a few big screen collaborations of these two grand dames of british acting the nineteen year old helena bonham carter is delightful in what is her first feature film and both simon callow and denholm elliot are. Directed by james ivory. A room with a view is the story of george and lucy but it also is an attack on the british class system. Lucy meets george in a florence pensione and the two share a brief romance before lucy returns home where she becomes engaged to cecil.

However it isn t long before george unexpectedly enters her life again. Made for britains itv network this masterpiece presentation of a room with a view introduces a fuller version of e m forster s 1908 novel. A room with a view is a 1985 british romance film directed by james ivory with a screenplay written by ruth prawer jhabvala and produced by ismail merchant of e. A room with a view 1985 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.