Monday, January 11, 2016

A Room with a View (1985)


Academy Awards, USA 1987

Won
Oscar
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was not present at the awards ceremony. James Ivory accepted the award on her behalf.
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Gianni Quaranta
Brian Ackland-Snow
Brian Savegar
Elio Altramura
Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan
John Bright
Nominated
Oscar
Best Picture
Ismail Merchant
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Denholm Elliott
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maggie Smith
Best Director
James Ivory
Best Cinematography
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Cinecom Pictures
Directed by James Ivory
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, BBC/Warner Bros.)

Wealthy young British socialite Helena Bonham Carter and her cousin/chaperon Maggie Smith visit Florence for the summer holiday. She is pursued by the reckless and bored Julian Sands, vacationing at the same small hotel. Back in England, she becomes engaged to the hopelessly proper bookworm Daniel Day-Lewis. When Sands and his father move in to the cottage next door, their romance is rekindled. Fantastic comic turn by Day-Lewis and beautiful Merchant-Ivory production values notwithstanding, a tired romantic melodrama that is all too predictable.

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