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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767848855
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767848853
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageChineseSubtitledEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledKoreanSubtitledPortugueseSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedPortugueseDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD71097D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: November 06, 2001
Running Time: 134 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
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This excellent film is probably best described as subtle elegance. Framed in the present, the movie deals with the lives inside an English country home just prior to World War II. Reunited with the filmmakers from Howards End are Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, the head housekeeper, and Anthony Hopkins as Stevens, the impeccable butler. The bittersweet story centers on Stevens and his dedication to his master, Lord Darlington (a suitably officious and slyly pompous James Fox). Stevens summarizes: "I don't believe a man can consider himself fully content until he has done all he can to be of service to his employer." Enveloping Stevens's world are the pending war with Germany, Darlington's horribly misguided interests in said war, and, most effectively, his relationship with Miss Kenton. Stevens is the very essence of repression, but as played by Hopkins he is neither piteous nor self-righteous. Like his master, Stevens becomes misguided in his loyalties, although his is an emotional deprivation, possibly condemning him to lifelong regret. There's so much going on in this film, and yet the action is skillfully depicted through understanding and knowing glances, through emotions expressed only through eye contact. Like other Merchant-Ivory-Ruth Prawer Jhabvala collaborations, this film is sumptuous to look at, capturing the period effectively and affectingly. Jhabvala respectfully adapts from the Kazuo Ishiguro novel. Excellent in supporting roles are Christopher Reeve, Ben Chaplin, and Hugh Grant. --N.F. Mendoza
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this justifiably lauded trio of writer RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA , director JAMES IVORY and producer ISMAIL MERCHANT were a remarkable collabrative team . others here have done an extremely good job of explaining this magnificent film and its' many insights , observations and meaning . the gifted ensemble of actors does the equally remarkable feat of breathing life into this outstanding material . nothing left to do but add my vote and direct you to "HOWARD'S END" for more of the same . brilliant and ... Read More
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If you haven't seen "Remains of the Day" for some time then this is one film that's most definitely worth buying on DVD. What comes across is just how superb the acting is - almost too good to believe in its effectiveness and, above all, its absolutely controlled "subtlety" - and, of course, it's a deeply thought provoking and moving story that gets better the more times you view it. Brilliant in every respect and quite rightly ranked as a "classic" it will, unlike many DVDs you may own, just beg ... Read More
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Remains of the Day is a exquisitely enlightening film of love and hate. It abounds in subtle, muted, deep emotions.
Both Anthony Hopkins as Stevens, a repressed English Butler, and Emma Thompson, Miss Kenton, his spirited housekeeper, do outstanding acting performances. The film is set in the 1930's - just before World War II, on a big English Estate, with many servants. Lord Darlington (James Fox) is the Estate Owner, who has attached himself to the Nazi cause. Stevens is his ... Read More
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The Remains of the Day is in my view one of the best films of my lifetime. Anthony Hopkins gives, in my view his best performance (and that's really saying something!). His portrayl of Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall is just perfect. Of course Emma Thompson's character Miss. Kenton, the unwedded and very available housekeeper make Remains a very interesting watch. The film is really about lost oppertunity, and unfortunately we find that some oppertunities, for love in this case, are truely lost...forever. ... Read More
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I suppose some would say, that the way we handle our emotions is what separates us from animals. And while I don't necessarily disagree with that, I'd have to add that the way we handle our emotions is what separates us from machines. Our emotions are what make us who we are, what make us human. But in some people and/or at some times, those emotions are not to be allowed to exist, tightly controlled for fear of potentially adverse consequences.
That some people would think that it is never appropriate ... Read More
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