Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by E.M. Forster, A Room with a View is a shining example of Merchant-Ivory's ability to achieve maximum quality and opulence at minimum cost. Set during the Edwardian Era, the film stars Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch, who like all proper ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 1986 | Running Time: 117 minutes
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Though they had been making films together for over two decades, director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant didn't reach widespread popular or critical success until 1986's A Room With a View. Adapted by their frequent collaborator Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from one of E.M. Forster's lighter novels, the movie is a perfectly weighted, gorgeously staged comedy of manners. In her second film, Helena Bonham Carter made quite an impression as Lucy, and she spent much of the decade typecast in ...more
- Maggie Smith - Charlotte Bartlet
- Helena Bonham Carter - Lucy Honeychurch
- Denholm Elliott - Mr. Emerson
- Julian Sands - George Emerson
- Daniel Day-Lewis - Cecil Vyse
- Kitty Aldridge - The New Charlotte and Lucy
- Matyelok Gibbs - New Charlotte
- Simon Callow - Mr. Beebe
- Judi Dench - Miss Lavish
- Rosemary Leach - Mrs. Honeychurch
- Rupert Graves - Freddy Honeychurch
- Patrick Godfrey - Mr. Eager
- Fabia Drake - Catherine Alan
- Joan Henley - Teresa Alan
- James Ivory - Director
- Ismail Merchant - Producer
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Screenwriter
- E.M. Forster - Book Author
- Elio Altramura - Art Director
- Jenny Beavan - Costume Designer
- John Bright - Costume Designer
- Humphrey Dixon - Editor
- Richard Robbins - Composer (Music Score)
- Christine Beveridge - Makeup
- Brian Ackland-Snow - Production Designer
- Brian Savegar - Production Designer
- Gianni Quaranta - Production Designer
- Tony Pierce-Roberts - Cinematographer











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