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Release Date:
18 September 1987 (USA)
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Plot:
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society...
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Love
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Gamekeeper
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Hypnosis
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Male Nudity
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Hugging
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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1 nomination
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(6 articles)
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Tasteful, beautifully filmed British-style work...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Wilby | ... | Maurice Hall |
 | Hugh Grant | ... | Clive Durham |
| Rupert Graves | ... | Alec Scudder |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Doctor Barry |
| Simon Callow | ... | Mr. Ducie |
| Billie Whitelaw | ... | Mrs. Hall |
| Barry Foster | ... | Dean Cornwallis |
| Judy Parfitt | ... | Mrs. Durham |
| Phoebe Nicholls | ... | Anne Durham |
| Patrick Godfrey | ... | Simcox |
| Mark Tandy | ... | Risley |
 | Ben Kingsley | ... | Lasker-Jones |
| Kitty Aldridge | ... | Kitty Hall |
 | Helena Michell | ... | Ada Hall |
| Catherine Rabett | ... | Pippa Durham |
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Runtime:
140 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:(Banned) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Hong Kong:III |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:12 |
Ireland:15
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King's College, in England, permitted the production to film there after much consideration. This was not over the film's subject matter, but due to the fact that many scholars consider the novel on which the screenplay is based an inferior work.
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Factual errors: Maurice Hall and Clive Durham are shown attending a concert at the Wigmore Hall in London in 1911. This renowned concert venue was originally called Bechstein Hall, having been built by the famous German piano firm, and was not renamed Wigmore Hall until after the First World War, when anti-German feeling had caused the owners to sell up and Westminster Council renamed the venue.
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Quotes:
Alec Scudder:
Stop with me. Sleep the night with me.
Maurice Hall: I can't. I've got an engagement. Full business dinner. It's my job. Meet me another evening instead.
Alec Scudder: I can't come to London again. My father and Mr. Borenius will be passing remarks.
Maurice Hall: What does it matter if they do?
Alec Scudder: What does your engagement matter?
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Maurice Hall: I can't. I've got an engagement. Full business dinner. It's my job. Meet me another evening instead.
Alec Scudder: I can't come to London again. My father and Mr. Borenius will be passing remarks.
Maurice Hall: What does it matter if they do?
Alec Scudder: What does your engagement matter?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Clapham Junction (2007) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Miserere Psalm 51
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Before Hugh Grant became a mega-star he appeared in this Merchant Ivory adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel about two Cambridge students who fall in love--and out of love--each going separate ways at the end. Hugh Grant, James Wilby and Rupert Graves give well crafted performances that show respect for their roles. Graves, in particular, is especially well cast as the dark-haired gamekeeper and gives the film its only real sense of sexual urgency. James Wilby is a bit too repressed--even in the sexual moments--to bring the character fully to life. Somehow one feels that of the three, he is the least convincing--but overall he is a more than competent actor. Grant is excellent in an unusual role for him--his sly charm displayed in a less obvious way than when he does comedy.
If the film has one flaw, it's a bit overlong with the kind of story that could have been covered in two hours of running time. But everything about it is exquisite--the photography, the sets, the costumes, all in the impeccable style we're accustomed to from Merchant Ivory. A nice coming of age story of sexuality that cannot remain dormant when close "chums" are sharing close quarters.