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"In Edwardian England, two well educated sisters each find different ways to deal with the constraints of society."@en
""Margaret and Helen Schlegel ... are sisters from a well-educated European family ... A series of events brings them into a relationship with the Wilcox family ... Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast ... and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual aspirations far above his social status attracts the attention of Helen ... Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in the conformist world of Edwardian society."--Container."
"A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman."
""A dying woman's impulsive wish marks a turning point in the relationship beween the cosmopolitan Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and the wealthy Wilcox family, when Ruth Wilcox bequeaths her idylic country house, Howards End, to Margaret (Emma Thompson). Convinced that he is acting in the best interest of his family, the patriarchal Henry Wilcox destroys his wife's unofficial will. But as the lonely, repressed Henry falls in love with Margaret, and Helen's wilful attacks on class and convention strike at the very heart of the Wilcox family, fate decrees that Henry must pay dearly for his deceit."--Label."
"A story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds and ambitions. "Howards End" is embellished with all the polished skill that director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala bring to a film, and boasts an outstanding Oscar-winning cast."
"A 'luminous version' of E.M. Forester's early 20th century novel about class in Edwardian England. Revolves around the relationships between a middle-class intellectual, her dying friend, and her friend's capitalist husband. Hailed as one of cinema's best literary adaptations."
"An old country home in Hertfordshire called Howards End becomes the object of an inheritance dispute between the Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters."@en
"Based on the novel of the same title by E.M. Forster, about the idealistic, independent and highly educated Schlegel sisters and their tangled relationships with a rich businessman and his family, and with an unhappily married young bank clerk."@en
"Feature film from the UK. Drama. Screen adaptation of the E. M. Forster novel. Two families with vastly different backgrounds and ambitions are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances."
"In Edwardian England, two well educated sisters, full of life, each find different ways to deal with the constrainsts of society."
"Two sisters have encounters with a wealthy family. The younger sister, Helen, is rejected by the son of the wealthy family. The older sister, Meg, becomes a good friend to Ruth Wilcox, the wealthy mother of the son who rejected her sister. Ruth's most cherished possession is their cottage at Howard's End. She wishes fervently that Meg could live there, as they are kindred spirits. Over the course of years, Meg marries into the wealthy family, but the family tries to keep Meg from taking possession of Howards End."
"Howard's end is a story of love, betrayal, privilege and poverty."
"Three families that are in complete contrast-The Carter's, the Wilcoxes and the Bast."
"Tells the story of the idealistic, independent and highly educated Schlegel sisters and their tangled relationships with a rich businessman and his family, and with an unhappily married young bank clerk."@en
"Tells the story of the idealistic, independent and highly educated Schlegel sisters and their tangled relationships with a rich businessman and his family, and with an unhappily married young bank clerk."
"Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites."
"Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites."@en
"Tells a story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds and ambitions."@en
"A story about class divisions in Edwardian England, and the tragic series of events that occurs when two impulsive middle-class sisters become involved with a working class couple and a wealthy family."@en
"A tragic series of events occurs when two impulsive sisters become involved with a working class couple and a wealthy family. Special features include new high-definition digital transfer, Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, documentaries, and much more."@en
"Een jonge, cultureel bewuste vrouw maakt in het Engeland van begin deze eeuw kennis met een zeer materieel ingestelde familie."
"One of the best Ismail Merchant/James Ivory films, this adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic 1910 novel shows in careful detail the injuriously rigid British class consciousness of the early 20th century. The film's catalyst is "poor relation" Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), who inherits part of the estate of Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave), an upper-class woman whom she had befriended. The film's principal characters are divided by caste: aristocratic industrial Henry Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins); middle-echelon Margaret and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter); and working-class clerk Leonard Bast (Sam West) and his wife (Nicola Duffett). The personal and social conflicts among these characters ultimately result in tragedy for Bast and disgrace for Wilcox, but the film's wider theme remains the need, in the words of the novel's famous epigram, to "only connect" with other people, despite boundaries of gender, class, or petty grievance. Filmed on a proudly modest budget, Howards End offers sets, spectacles, and costumes as lavish as in any historical epic. Nominated for 9 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, the film took home awards for Thompson as Best Actress, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's adapted screenplay, and Luciana Arrighi's art direction."@en
"Howards End is a story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds and ambitions."@en
"In Edwardian England, two well educated, idealistic sisters each find different ways to deal with the constraints of society."@en
"A story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds & ambitions."@en
"L'incontro-scontro fra tre famiglie (e tre differenti condizioni sociali) nell'Inghilterra del 1910 durante l'epoca edoardiana: i conservatori Wilcox, ricchi, sprezzanti e un po' ignoranti, padroni di Howards End; gli Schlegel, piccoloborghesi più emancipati, colti e progressisti; e Leonard Bast, un impiegato povero ma orgoglioso. (Mereghetti)."
"Movie is a dazzling adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic novel of Edwardian England."
"A story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds and ambitions. Two sisters have encounters with a wealthy family. The younger sister is rejected by the son while the older sister becomes a good friend of the wealthy mother, whose most cherished possession is their cottage at Howard's End, and wishes fervently that Margaret Schlegel could live there, as they are kindred spirits."@en
"A story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds and ambitions."@en
"A story of two families who are drawn together by extraordinary circumstances in spite of their vastly differing backgrounds and ambitions."
"In Edwardian England, the well-educated Schlegel sisters, full of life, each find different ways to deal with the constraints of society, as represented by the wealthy and conventional Wilcox family."@en
"""Only connect." This famous command is the catalyst which brings together two very different Edwardian families - the one passionate and progressive, the other hidebound by wealth and status - with irreversible and devastating consequences." [box cover note]."@en
"Set in Edwardian England this is the story of two families, the Wilcoxes and the Schlegels. The Wilcoxes are English and very ordinary whereas the Schlegels are unconventional, impractical and out of the ordinary. Complications occur when they cross each other's paths at Howards End."@en