Technical Specs

• Blu-ray
• BD-50

Video Resolution/Codec

• 1080p/AVC MPEG 4

Aspect Ratio(s)

• 2.39:1

Audio Formats

• English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles/Captions

• English

Supplements

• Building Howard's End
• The Design of Howard's End
• The Wandering Company
• Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Essay by Kenneth Turan
• James Ivory on Ismail Merchant, 2009

Howard's End (Blu-ray)

Criterion / 1992 / 142 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: November 03, 2009 (Delayed from October 20 2009.)
List Price: $39.95 (Buy it at Amazon and save)

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Genres: Drama

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: James Ivory

Plot Synopsis:

Margaret and Helen Schlegel (Oscar winner Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter) are sisters from a well-educated European family: intelligent, free-spirited, cultured, and highly emancipated by the standards of the time. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the Wilcox family: wealthy, conservative, conventional, and very English, headed by the prosperous Henry (Anthony Hopkins) and his priggish son, Charles (James Wilby).

Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast (Samuel West) 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, who must come to terms with her unexpected feelings toward him. At the same time, 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. First published in 1910, E.M Forester's Howard's End remains one of the most important English novels of the twentieth century, and Merchant Ivory Productions tour-de-force adaptation was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the 1990s, earning three Academy Awards and nine nominations, as well as being named Best Picture of 1992 by both the National Board of Review and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.