The Remains of the Day (1993)

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Synopsis
Filmed with the usual meticulous attention to period and detail of films from Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, The Remains of the Day is based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Anthony Hopkins plays Stevens, the "perfect" butler to a prosperous British household of the 1930s. He is so unswervingly devoted to serving his master, a well-meaning but callow British lord (James Fox), that he shuts himself off from all emotions and familial relationships. New housekeeper Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson) tries to warm him up and awaken his humanity. But when duty calls, Stevens won't even attend his own dying father's last moments on earth. The butler also refuses to acknowledge the fact that his master is showing signs of pro-Nazi sentiments. Disillusioned by Hitler's duplicity, the master dies an embittered man, and only then does Stevens come to realize how his own silence has helped bring about this sad situation. Years later, regretting his lost opportunities in life, he tries once more to make contact with Miss Kenton, the only person who'd ever cared enough to seek out the human being inside the butler's cold veneer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Peter Cellier	Sir Leonard Bax
Paul Copley	Harry Smith
Peter Eyre	Lord Halifax
Patrick Godfrey	Spencer
Hugh Grant	Cardinal
Lena Headey	Lizzie
Michel Lonsdale	Dupont D'Ivry
Tim Pigott-Smith	Benn
Ian Redford	Publican
Christopher Reeve	Lewis
Emma Thompson	Miss Kenton
Pip Torrens	Doctor Carlisle
Peter Vaughan	Mr. Stevens, Sr.
James Fox	Lord Darlington
Anthony Hopkins	Stevens
Rupert Vansittart	Sir Geoffrey Wren
Brigitte Kahn	Baroness

Production Crew

John Ralph	Art Director
Donald Rosenfeld	Associate Producer
Kazuo Ishiguro	Book Author
Tony Pierce-Roberts	Cinematographer
Richard Robbins	Composer (Music Score)
Jenny Beavan	Costume Designer
John Bright	Costume Designer
James Ivory	Director
Andrew Marcus	Editor
Paul Bradley	Executive Producer
Christopher Newman	First Assistant Director
Simon Moseley	First Assistant Director
Christine Beveridge	Makeup
Norma Webb	Makeup
David A. Stephenson	Musical Direction/Supervision
Ismail Merchant	Producer
John Calley	Producer
Mike Nichols	Producer
Luciana Arrighi	Production Designer
Harold Pinter	Screenwriter
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Screenwriter
Ian Whittaker	Set Designer

Genre
Drama

Awards
1993 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1993 - Best Film (Drama) - Golden Globe
1993 - Best Picture - Academy
1993 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1993 - Best Picture - Academy
1993 - Best Picture - Academy
1993 - Best Picture - Academy
1993 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television
1993 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1993 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1993 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1993 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1993 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1993 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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