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The Remains of the Day (1993)

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Starring (View all)
John Haycraft John Haycraft
Auctioneer
Anthony Hopkins Anthony Hopkins
Stevens
Emma Thompson Emma Thompson
Miss Kenton
Caroline Hunt Caroline Hunt
Landlady
James Fox James Fox
Lord Darlington
Peter Vaughan Peter Vaughan
Father
Paula Jacobs Paula Jacobs
Mrs. Mortimer, the Cook


Written by
Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro
(novel)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
(screenplay)


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A good movie

8 years, 11 months ago at Mar 30 12:14
I already saw this movie but, since it was a while back and since it was available on Netflix, I was quite eager to check it out again. Back in those days, James Ivory was pretty much at the top of his game and following the huge critical of ‘Howards End’, he was going back with pretty much the same team including producer Ismail Merchant and once again Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson playin... read more
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A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
Release date: 12 November 1993
UPC: 043396710979
Tags: Drama (13), Romance (9), 1993 (6), Butler (6), England (5), 1990s (5), Housekeeper (4), (4), Book (3), Nazi (3), Period Drama (3), Based On A Novel (3), Politics (2), British (2), 1990's (2), Britain (2), Unrequited Love (2), 1930s (2), Psychological Drama (2), Historic (2)
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