Uniform Title |
Remains of the day (Motion picture : 1993) |
Title |
The remains of the day. |
Published |
Australia Distributed by Madman Entertainment, 2016. |
©1993 |
Description |
1 videodisc (2 hours, 14 minutes) : (DVD video) sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Sound Characteristics |
digital optical stereo Dolby |
Video Characteristics |
DVD NTSC |
Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video region 4 |
Form of Work |
Motion picture |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Madman : VVE960. |
Original motion picture released by Columbia Pictures, 1993. |
Based on the novel by the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, originally published in 1989. |
Special features : Director and producer commentary with Emma Thompson ; Exclusive documentary ; Exclusive featurette ; HBO making-of-featurette. |
Credits |
Director, James Ivory ; producers, Mike Nichols, John Calley, and Ismail Merchant ; screenplay, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. |
Performers |
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant, Michael Lonsdale, Tim Pigott-Smith. |
Summary |
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer. |
Target audience note |
Classification : G. |
System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital stereo 2.0, NTSC, Region 4, original aspect ration 2.35:1. |
Language note |
English dialogue. |
Subjects |
Ishiguro, Kazuo, -- 1954- Film adaptations |
Household employees -- 20th Century -- England -- Drama |
Butlers -- 20th Century -- England -- Drama |
Interpersonal relations -- Drama |
Fathers and sons -- Drama |
Country homes -- Drama |
Social classes -- England -- 20th century -- Drama |
Film adaptations |
Romance films |
England -- 20th century -- Drama |
Genre |
Historical films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Ivory, James film director. |
Nichols, Mike film producer. |
Calley, John, 1930-2011 film producer. |
Merchant, Ismail film producer. |
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 screenwriter. |
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- actor. |
Thompson, Emma actor. |
Fox, James, 1939- actor. |
Reeve, Christopher, 1952-2004 actor. |
Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016 actor. |
Grant, Hugh actor. |
Lonsdale, Michaël, 1931- actor. |
Pigott-Smith, Tim actor. |
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. Remains of the day Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Calley, John, 1930-2011 .
- Fox, James, 1939- .
- Grant, Hugh .
- Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- .
- Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. Remains of the day .
- Ivory, James .
- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 .
- Lonsdale, Michaël, 1931- .
- Merchant, Ismail .
- Nichols, Mike .
- Pigott-Smith, Tim .
- Reeve, Christopher, 1952-2004 .
- Thompson, Emma .
- Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016 .
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