134 mins |
Rated
G
Directed by James Ivory
Starring Christopher Reeve, James Fox, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant, Lena Headey, Emma Thompson
To celebrate the release of LIVING starring Bill Nighy in an Oscar-nominated performance and written by acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, we are screening the most beloved film adapted from one of Ishiguro's novels: THE REMAINS OF THE DAY.
A special 30th Anniversary event!
Oscar-winners Anthony Hopkins (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE FATHER) and Emma Thompson (HOWARDS END) reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love.
Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler - an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths - as he serves his master, Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox (THE SERVANT). Darlington, like many other members of the British establishment in the 1930s, is duped by the Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves and the British government. Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradually fall in love, though neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments.
Marvellously acted by a supporting cast that includes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant.
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To celebrate the release of LIVING starring Bill Nighy in an Oscar-nominated performance and written by acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, we are screening the most beloved film adapted from one of Ishiguro's novels: THE REMAINS OF THE DAY.
A special 30th Anniversary event!
Oscar-winners Anthony Hopkins (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE FATHER) and Emma Thompson (HOWARDS END) reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love.
Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler - an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths - as he serves his master, Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox (THE SERVANT). Darlington, like many other members of the British establishment in the 1930s, is duped by the Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves and the British government. Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradually fall in love, though neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments.
Marvellously acted by a supporting cast that includes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant.