A Room with a View (1985)

Director:

James Ivory

Writers:

E.M. Forster (novel)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 April 1986 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views...

Plot Keywords:

1900s | Florence Italy | Gardening | Mother Daughter Relationship | Author

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 19 nominations

Cast

Maggie Smith	...	Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Lucy Honeychurch, Miss Bartlett's cousin and charge (as Helena Bonham-Carter)
Denholm Elliott	...	Mr. Emerson, an English tourist
Julian Sands	...	George Emerson
Simon Callow	...	The Reverend Mr. Arthur Beebe
Patrick Godfrey	...	The Reverend Mr. Eager, Chaplain of the Anglican Church in Florence
Judi Dench	...	Eleanor Lavish, a novelist
Fabia Drake	...	Miss Catharine Alan
Joan Henley	...	Miss Teresa Alan
Amanda Walker	...	The Cockney Signora
Daniel Day-Lewis	...	Cecil Vyse (as Daniel Day Lewis)
Maria Britneva	...	Mrs. Vyse, Cecil's mother
Rosemary Leach	...	Mrs. Marian Honeychurch
Rupert Graves	...	Freddy Honeychurch
Peter Cellier	...	Sir Harry Otway, a landlord
Mia Fothergill	...	Minnie Beebe
Kitty Aldridge	...	New Lucy
Brigid Erin Bates	...	Maid at Windy Corner
Isabella Celani	...	Persephone
Luigi Di Fiore	...	Murdered Youth (as Luigi di Fiori)
Matyelok Gibbs	...	New Charlotte (as Matyelock Gibbs)
Mirio Guidelli	...	Santa Croce Guide
Freddy Korner	...	Mr. Floyd
Patricia Lawrence	...	Mrs. Butterworth (as Patty Lawrence)
Elizabeth Marangoni	...	Miss Pole
Peter Munt	...	Coachman
Luca Rossi	...	Phaeton (as Lucca Rossi)
Stefano Serboli	...	Fighting Youth
Phillida Sewell	...	Lady at Sir Harry's Garden Party
Margaret Ward	...	Lady at Sir Harry's Garden Party
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Robbins	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
James Wilby	...	Party Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
James Ivory

Writing credits
E.M. Forster		(novel)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala		(screenplay)

Produced by
Paul Bradley	....	associate producer
Peter Marangoni	....	associate producer
Ismail Merchant	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Robbins

Cinematography by
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Film Editing by
Humphrey Dixon

Casting by
Celestia Fox

Production Design by
Brian Ackland-Snow
Gianni Quaranta

Art Direction by
Elio Altramura
Brian Savegar

Costume Design by
Jenny Beavan
John Bright

Makeup Department
Christine Beveridge	....	makeup artist
Sally Harrison	....	assistant makeup artist
Carol Hemming	....	hair stylist
Paolo Mantini	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Lanfranco Diotallevi	....	production manager
Carlo U. Quinterio	....	production manager
Ann Wingate	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevan Barker	....	assistant director
Simon Moseley	....	second assistant director
Daniel Sonnis	....	second assistant director

Art Department
John Chapple	....	painter
Bob Coleman	....	carpenter
Bob Cross	....	construction manager
James Ede	....	painter
Mick Flanders	....	set dresser
Dennis Fruin	....	property master
Mark Fruin	....	stand-by propman
Roberto Galante	....	assistant art director
Roy Hansford	....	carpenter
James Loftus	....	stagehand
Goffredo Massetti	....	property master
Kieron Mcnamara	....	stand-by prop man
Ulderico Nanni	....	carpenter
Anita Overland	....	assistant art director
Franco Pizzonia	....	construction manager
Floriano Porzionato	....	set dresser
Stefano Secchi	....	assistant art director
Len Serpant	....	stagehand
Dennis Simmonds	....	set dresser
Malachi Smyth	....	assistant art director
Antonio Vandilli	....	painter
Umberto Vandilli	....	painter
Jeanne Vertigan	....	property buyer

Sound Department
Philip Alton	....	assistant sound editor (as Phillip Alton)
Ray Beckett	....	sound recordist
Peter Compton	....	sound editor
Tom Freeman	....	assistant sound editor
Nick Hammond	....	boom operator
Alan Killick	....	sound editor
Richard King	....	sound re-recordist
Tony Lenny	....	sound editor
Anna Shepherd	....	assistant sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Luigi Bisioli	....	gaffer
Harry Bisson	....	electrician
Lou Bogue	....	gaffer
Stephen Dembitzer	....	assistant camera (as Steve Dembitzer)
Jonathan Earp	....	clapper loader
Massimo Fantauzzi	....	rigger
Adriano Gangi	....	assistant camera: second unit
Katya Grenfell	....	still photographer
Dennis Harrison	....	rigger
Malcolm Huse	....	grip
Aldo Laureti	....	electrician
Sergio Melaranci	....	camera operator: second unit
Glen Parsons	....	best boy
Sarah Quill	....	still photographer
Alvaro Romagnoli	....	best boy
Marco Romagnoli	....	electrician
Steve Senior	....	electrician
Sergio Serantoni	....	grip
Angelo Tiberti	....	grip
Massimo Zeri	....	assistant camera
Dennis Morgan	....	daily clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brenda Dabbs	....	costume supervisor
William Pierce	....	costume coordinator
Elena Puliti	....	assistant costume supervisor
Sally Turner	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Kevin Brooks	....	assistant editor
Joanna Garland	....	first assistant editor (as Joanna Jimenez)
Paul Keye Jr.	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Barrie Guard	....	conductor
Barrie Guard	....	orchestrator
Simon Heyworth	....	music producer
Brian Masterson	....	music recordist
Francis Shaw	....	conductor
Francis Shaw	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Chris Allies	....	title designer
Nicky Kentish Barnes	....	production secretary
Andrew Bergen	....	production assistant
Folco Cianfanelli	....	title backgrounds
Dino Colizzi	....	re-voicing: Italian
Jane Delandro	....	production assistant
Renée Glynne	....	continuity (as Renée Glynn)
Jilly Gutteridge	....	location manager: UK
Nayeem Hafizka	....	production assistant
Graham Hazard	....	follow focus
Caroline Hill	....	production coordinator
Alan John	....	production accountant
Sunil Kirparam	....	production accountant
Linsey Lee	....	special assistant to director
Sarah Lucraft	....	assistant accountant
Carlo Mantegazza	....	production assistant
Daniele Nepi	....	location manager
Daniele Nepi	....	production assistant
Pippo Pisciotto	....	assistant to director
Zakiya Powell	....	publicist
Luigi Riitano	....	production accountant
Paul Scacchi	....	production assistant
Lisa W. Strout	....	production secretary (as Lisa Stout)
Elizabeth Swisher	....	production assistant
Frans J. Afman	....	financial services (uncredited)
Kevin Phelan	....	unit projectionist: Mercury Theatres, London (uncredited)

Thanks
Donna Rezia Miari-Corsini	....	thanks
John Pym	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Goldcrest Films International (as Goldcrest)
• National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) (in association with) (presents)
• Curzon Film Distributors (in association with) (presents)
• Film Four International (in association with) (presents)
• Merchant Ivory Productions (as A Merchant Ivory Film)

Distributors

• Curzon Film Distributors (1986) (UK) (theatrical)
• Cinecom Pictures (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• BBC America (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (HD)
• Cinema Ten Corporation (1987) (Japan) (theatrical) (censored) (edited)
• Norstar Releasing (198?) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Only Hearts Company (1996) (Japan) (theatrical) (revival) (uncut)
• VCM (1987) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Adyton International (2000) (Poland) (TV)
• Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (TV)
• BBC America (2004) (USA) (DVD) (PAL master)
• Eagle Pictures (Italy) (DVD)
• EuroVideo (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Karelia Food (1994) (Finland) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2000) (Finland) (TV)
• Nelonen (1998) (Finland) (TV)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• TV3 (1991) (Finland) (TV)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD) (PAL)
• VTC-Video (1987) (Finland) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (PAL master)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1997) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Effects Associates

Other Companies

• World Wide Sound  sound re-recording (as World Wide Sound, London)
• Windmill Lane Recording Studios  music recording (as Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin)
• Filmtrax  soundtrack
• CBS Masterworks  music courtesy of: Puccini arias
• Arabesque Records  courtesy: "Mademoiselle Modiste" (as Caedmon/Arabesque Records)
• Caedmon Records  courtesy: "Mademoiselle Modiste" (as Caedmon/Arabesque Records)
• Eastman-Dryden Orchestra, The  performers: "Mademoiselle Modiste" (as The Dryden Orchestra of the Eastman School of Music)
• Cosprop  costumes (as Cosprop, London)
• Technicolor  processing and prints (as Technicolor, London)
• Alitalia  thanks
• Comune di Firenze  thanks
• Estonian Legation, The  thanks (as The Estonia Legation, London)
• National Gallery, The  thanks (as The National Gallery, London)
• National Trust, The  thanks
• Hotel Pensione Quisisana & Pontevecchio  thanks (as Pensione Quisisana)
• Victorian Society, The  thanks

Also Known As:

Camera con vista (Italy) [it]
Chambre avec vue (France) [fr]
Domatio me thea (Greece) [el]
Ett rum med utsikt (Sweden) [sv]
Hotel i Florens (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Hotelli Firenzessä (Finland) [fi]
Manzarali oda (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Pokój z widokiem (Poland) [pl]
Quarto com Vista Sobre a Cidade (Portugal) [pt]
Szoba kilátással (Hungary) [hu]
Uma Janela Para o Amor (Brazil) [pt]
Un amor en Florencia (Argentina) [es]
Una habitación con vistas (Spain) [es]
Værelse med udsigt (Denmark) [da]
Zimmer mit Aussicht (West Germany) [de]

Runtime:

UK:117 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:12 | Spain:T | Netherlands:6 | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:R | Norway:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | West Germany:12 (f)

Filming Locations:

Bluebell Railway, East Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Goldcrest Films International

Trivia:

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and A Room with a View (1985) both opened in New York on the same day, March 7, 1986. Both movies featured Daniel Day-Lewis in prominent and very different roles: in A Room with a View, he played a repressed, snobbish Edwardian upperclassman, while in Laundrette, he played a lower-class gay ex-skinhead in love with an ambitious Pakistani businessman in Thatcher's London. When American critics saw Day-Lewis, who was then virtually unknown in the US, in two such different roles on the same day, many (including Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times and Vincent Canby of The New York Times) raved about the talent it must have taken him to play such vastly different characters.

Goofs:

Continuity: The hand that Charlotte Bartlett holds her purse in when she falls over the bicycle at the station.

Quotes:

George Emerson: My father says that there is only one perfect view, that of the sky over our heads.
Cecil Vyse: I suspect your father has been reading too much Dante.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Doogie Howser, M.D.: Roommate with a View (#4.13)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Mademoiselle Modiste

an academy award winner that is really a true winner

Merchant-Ivory always do a good job. Their films are not only stunning visually, but they evoke an emotional response. A Room with a View is superficially a love story. and I hate to admit it kind of stays there. But they stick to the books. Having read the respective, Howard's End, and a Passage to India, I can truly say they adhere to what has been written. But the books are completely about what you read between the lines. E.M Forester was pretty disgusted by his culture. Yet it was his....and he loved it.......because it provided itself with misfits...i.e Lucy and her beau. He was an echo of Oscar Wilde. I think if you look very hard into this movie you will see that. Denholm Elliot is the epitome of an englishman who isn't an englishman. and he is the complete opposite of Mrs. Vyse....his opposing character. Even the vicar isn't what he supposed to be. Nude Bathing (Oh my Goodness) and in praise of passion he is a free spirit. I think anyone who can say bad about his movie has issues. Yes, its main-stream international. But its beautiful.