A ROOM WITH A
VIEW
- Directed by James Ivory
- Adapted by Ruth Prawer
Jhabvala
- Produced by Ismail
Merchant
- Actors included Helena
Bonham Carter (Lucy), Julian Sands (George), Daniel Day-Lewis (Cecil),
Maggie Smith (Charlotte), Denholm Elliott (Mr. Emerson), Simon Callow (Mr.
Beebe), Rupert Graves (Freddy)
- 8 Academy Award
nominations; 3 wins: Jhabvala for screenplay, Jenny Beavan & John Bright
for costume design, Luciana Arrighi for art direction-set design
Great
performances, beautiful music, and a very well-adapted sceenplay. The Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala
team really scored with its first Forster project. Although -- as in any film --
Forsterites will miss Morgan's own narrative, the movie manages to retain the
rare and upbeat spirit of this novel.