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A room with a view [videorecording] / Merchant Ivory Productions for Goldcrest presents ; a Goldcrest presentation in association with National Film Finance Corporation, Curzon Film Distributors and Film Four International ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; screenplay by Ruth Prawer-Jhabvala ; directed by James Ivory. - Special ed. - [S.l.] : Burbank, CA : BBC Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, Inc., 2004. - 2 videodiscs (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Based on the E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. Special features: new restoration supervised by director James Ivory and cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts; commentary from Simon Callow, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Tony Pierce-Roberts; archive promotional appearances by Daniel Day-Lewis and Simon Callow; BBC report on the film's success in the U.S.; E.M. Forster remembered; film scrapbook with never-before-seen photos and memorabilia; Merchant Ivory tribute.

Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Daniel Day Lewis.

All she wanted was a room with a view on her first trip to Florence. Little did she realize that her wish would lead her into impropriety, confusion, and passion.

Not rated.


DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.


English, French or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles. closed-captioned.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired..

ISBN: 0790791471

Standard No.: 794051197924

Publisher. No.: E1979 BBC Video

Subjects--Topical Terms:
British--Italy--Drama.
Young women--Drama.
British
Young women

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Florence (Italy)--Drama.
England--Drama.
England
Italy
Italy--Florence

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Drama
Feature films
Films--for the hearing impaired

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72