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.
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| 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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