A Room With a View
by James Ivory
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Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter, Judi Dench, Julian Sands, Maggie SmithDirector: James Ivory
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Composer: Richard Robbins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of A Room With a View
DVD Review: Good for one view
Summary: 3 Stars
Now, I own all three of the Merchant Ivory E.M. Forster movies. Of the three, this is my least favorite. It's the story of a young girl (Helena Bonham Carter) finding herself and her true love, despite missteps along the way. It's beaustifully filmed, and the music is lovely. However, it's just not as intertesting as the other two movies. It's a love story with a fairly predictable conclusion.
Compared to Howard's End with it's many plot changes, and the absolutely perfect film Maurice, this film doesn't compare. I wish I had just borrowed it from the library or rented it for one viewing. I just thought since I liked the other two so much I would like A Room with a View, as well.
However, I will say that I did not notice any of the problems the people who gave the DVD one star are mentioning. Perhaps the problems have been repaired.
DVD Review: A Room With A View - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 2 Stars
Version: U.S.A / BBC Worldwide / Region Free
VC-1 BD-25 / AACS / Advanced Profile 3
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Running time: 1:56:54
Movie size: 21,10 GB
Disc size: 24,53 GB
Total bit rate: 24.07 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 18.19 Mbps
DTS-HD Audio English 3018 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3018 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 448 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 448 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Number of chapters: 24
#Audio Commentary with Producer, Director, Director of Photography and Actor Simon Callow
#Interviews with Actors Simon Callow and Daniel Day Lewis
#Breakfast Time Report On UK Films In The U.S
#Film '96 Profile On Merchant Ivory
#EM Forster Remembered (30 minutes)
#Film Scrapbook - Photo gallery
DVD Review: A classic of the romanic 19th century
Summary: 4 Stars
The Italian fight/death scene just wiped me out...
It is kind of hard to put it with a Jane Austin movie
or Charlotte Bronte, but that is the kind of British romance of manners that it seems to group with.
The Importance of Being Earnest is a farce on this sort of melodrama in literature that dominated the 19th century.
The acting Helena Bonham Carter as the foolish British girl who doesn't know love when it bites her is very good.
The filming, costuming and directing is nearly flawless.
I hadn't heard of this film and was very pleasantly surprised at getting such a gem.
DVD Review: GREAT MOVIE!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movie as a young adult, I thought it was the most romantic movie ever made! Now, 20 years later, I can still say this is a beautiful film where everything turns out exactly as you hope, the acting is wonderful; there are no bit parts in this! If you love the book by all means watch this!DVD Review: Great movie
Summary: 4 Stars
My husband and I enjoy this movie very much and throw it in when we just want to have a nice, quiet evening.
Description of A Room With a View
Nominated for eight Oscars in 1986, including Best Picture, and winner of three (Costumes, Art Direction and Adapted Screenplay), A Room With a View is the film that defined Merchant-Ivory as the masters of the romantic period piece. A brilliant adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, A Room With a View tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis). Boasting a brilliant supporting cast, A Room With a View isone of the most romantic of romantic comedies ever filmed.The prestigious filmmaking trio of producer Ismail Merchant, director James Ivory, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala had made other critically acclaimed films before A Room with a View was released in 1985, but it was this popular film that made them art-house superstars. Splendidly adapted from the novel by E.M. Forster, it's a comedy of the heart, a passionate romance and a study of repression within the British class system of manners and mores. It's that system of rigid behavior that prevents young Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) from accepting the loving advances of a free-spirited suitor (Julian Sands), who fears that she will follow through with her engagement to a priggish intellectual (Daniel Day-Lewis) whose capacity for passion is virtually nonexistent. During and after a trip to Italy with her protective companion (Maggie Smith), Lucy gradually gets in touch with her true emotions. The fun of watching A Room with a View comes from seeing how Lucy's thoughts and feelings finally arrive at the same romantic conclusion. Through an abundance of humor both subtle and overt, this crowd-pleasing "art movie" rose to an unexpected level of popular appeal. The Merchant-Ivory team received eight Academy Award nominations for their efforts, and won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, and Costume Design. --Jeff Shannon
The prestigious filmmaking trio of producer Ismail Merchant, director James Ivory, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala had made other critically acclaimed films before A Room with a View was released in 1985, but it was this popular film that made them art-house superstars. Splendidly adapted from the novel by E.M. Forster, it's a comedy of the heart, a passionate romance and a study of repression within the British class system of manners and mores. It's that system of rigid behavior that prevents young Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) from accepting the loving advances of a free-spirited suitor (Julian Sands), who fears that she will follow through with her engagement to a priggish intellectual (Daniel Day-Lewis) whose capacity for passion is virtually nonexistent. During and after a trip to Italy with her protective companion (Maggie Smith), Lucy gradually gets in touch with her true emotions. The fun of watching A Room with a View comes from seeing how Lucy's thoughts and feelings finally arrive at the same romantic conclusion. Through an abundance of humor both subtle and overt, this crowd-pleasing "art movie" rose to an unexpected level of popular appeal. The Merchant-Ivory team received eight Academy Award nominations for their efforts, and won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, and Costume Design. --Jeff Shannon
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