DVD 117 mins IMDB
NR (Not Rated)
A Room With A View - 2 Disc Special Edition
BBC Home Video (1985)
In Collection
#207

My Rating:
7

Seen It:
Yes

Owner:
Tom and Kathy Tuell

Location:
Marathon, Fla.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
USA  /  English

Simon Callow Mr. Beebe
Daniel Day-Lewis Cecil Vyse
Judi Dench Eleanor Lavish
Fabia Drake Catharine Alan
Denholm Elliott Mr. Emerson
Patrick Godfrey Mr. Eager
Rupert Graves Freddy Honeychurch
Julian Sands George Emerson
Maggie Smith Charlotte Bartlett
Helena Bonham Carter
Rosemary Leach
Joan Henley

Director James Ivory
Producer Ismail Merchant; Paul Bradley
Writer E.M. Forster; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Cinematography Tony Pierce-Roberts
Musician Richard Robbins

Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter) is engaged to be married to Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis) but starts to fear that her already conventional life is going to become a prison of repression. She seeks to travel abroad before she marries, but according to convention, she must be accompanied by chaperon Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith) because young women should not travel alone. They go to Italy and upon arrival in Florence, they are disturbed that the room they are given does not have a view. A father and his son George Emerson (Julian Sands) insist the ladies take their room because they don't care about having a view. This puts Charlotte ill at ease because she doesn't want to be under obligation to these men, but she accepts. However, to her dismay, George's attention to Lucy make her chaperon job difficult. Soon they escape her to experience the passion of the Italian culture. So changed by her trip and her relationship to George, Lucy must decide what she is going to do about her engagement when she returns to England.

Edition Details
Distributor BBC Warner
Edition Special Edition
Barcode 794051197924
Region Region 1
Release Date 4/6/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 1: Disc One - Feature Film Commentary from Simon Callow, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Tony Pierce-Roberts Disc Two: DVD Extras Archive Promotional Experiences by Daniel Day-Lewis and Simon Callow BBC Report on the Film's Success in the U.S. E.M. Forester Remembered Film Scrapbook with Never-Before-Seen Photos and Memorabilia Merchant Ivory Tribute