Maurice (1987)

Director:

James Ivory

Writers:

E.M. Forster (from the novel by)
Kit Hesketh-Harvey (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

18 September 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Gamekeeper | Newspaper | Cafe | Shower

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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
Peter Eyre	...	Rev. Borenius
Michael Jenn	...	Archie
Mark Payton	...	Chapman
Orlando Wells	...	Young Maurice
Maria Britneva	...	Mrs. Sheepshanks
John Elmes	...	Hill
Alan Foss	...	Old Man on Train
Philip Fox	...	Dr. Jowitt
Olwen Griffiths	...	Mrs. Scudder
Chris Hunter	...	Fred Scudder
Gerald McArthur	...	Undergraduate (as Gerard McArthur)
Breffni McKenna	...	Guardsman
Miles Richardson	...	Third Undergraduate
Phillida Sewell	...	Matron (as Phillada Sewell)
Matthew Sim	...	Featherstonhaugh
Andrew St. Clair	...	Second Undergraduate
Harriet Thorpe	...	Barmaid
Julian Wadham	...	Hull
Richard Warner	...	Judge
Alan Whybrow	...	Mr. Scudder
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean-Marc Barr	...	French Collegue (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Lady at Cricket Match (uncredited)
Adrian Ross Magenty	...	Dickie Barry (uncredited)

Directed by
James Ivory

Writing credits
E.M. Forster		(from the novel by)
Kit Hesketh-Harvey		(screenplay) and
James Ivory		(screenplay)

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

Original Music by
Richard Robbins

Cinematography by
Pierre Lhomme

Film Editing by
Katherine Wenning

Casting by
Celestia Fox

Production Design by
Brian Ackland-Snow

Art Direction by
Peter James
Brian Savegar

Costume Design by
Jenny Beavan
John Bright
William Pierce		(co-costume designer)

Makeup Department
Carol Hemming	....	hair stylist
Mary Hillman	....	makeup artist
Paolo Mantini	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Raymond Day	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevan Barker	....	first assistant director
Lee Cleary	....	second assistant director
Simon Moseley	....	third assistant director
John G. Phelan	....	second assistant director (as John Phelan)
Michael Zimbrich	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Amanda Ackland-Snow	....	assistant set dresser
Bill Coogan	....	stand-by props
Dennis Fruin	....	property master
Robert Hill	....	stand-by props (as Rob Hill)

Sound Department
Tom Freeman	....	assistant sound editor
Max Hoskins	....	assistant sound editor
Alan Killick	....	dialogue editor
Richard King	....	sound re-recordist
Howard Lanning	....	footsteps editor
Tony Lenny	....	sound editor
Andrew Morris	....	boom operator (as Andy Morris)
Anna Shepherd	....	assistant sound editor
Mike Shoring	....	sound

Stunts
Adrian Ffooks	....	stunts
Harvey Kip	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gerry Altman	....	clapper loader
Jack Collins	....	gaffer
Steve Costello	....	best boy
Tim Dodd	....	camera focus (as Tim Dodds)
Kevin Fraser	....	grip
John Gardey	....	still photographer
Katya Grenfell	....	still photographer
Nigel Willoughby	....	camera operator
Tony Woodcock	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jane Burton	....	wardrobe assistant
Ray Usher-Cooper	....	wardrobe master (as Raymond Usher Cooper)

Editorial Department
Andrew Marcus	....	assistant editor
Stacia Thompson	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Choir of Kings College Cambridge	....	chorus
Brian Masterson	....	music recordist
Mark Potter Jr.	....	music editor
Harry Rabinowitz	....	conductor
Robert Stewart	....	music associate (as Bob Stewart)

Other crew
Chris Allies	....	title designer
Ben Barker	....	production assistant
Nicky Kentish Barnes	....	production assistant
Lorely Farley	....	continuity
Joe Friedman	....	location scout
Natasha Grenfell	....	location manager
Sunil Kirparam	....	production accountant
Arbell Lowther	....	secretary to producer
Maggie Parsons	....	location manager
Mira Stout	....	unit publicist
Joyce Turner	....	production coordinator
Will Tyler	....	production accountant (as William Tyler)

Production Companies

• Merchant Ivory Productions (as A Merchant Ivory Film)
• Cinecom Pictures (in association with)
• Film Four International (in association with)

Distributors

• Cinecom Pictures (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alvorada Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Odyssey Video (1999) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• World Wide Sound  sound re-recording (as Richard King at World Wide Sound, London)
• Windmill Lane Recording Studios  music recording (as Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin)
• RCA Records  soundtrack (as RCA Records & Tapes)
• Peerless Camera Company  opticals
• Alitalia  transport facilities
• British Museum  thanks (as The British Museum)
• Credit Lyonnais Bank (Nederland) N.V.  thanks
• Garrard, The Crown Jewellers  thanks
• King's College, Cambridge  thanks
• Linley Sambourne House, The  thanks
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services (uncredited)
• Trinity College, Cambridge  thanks

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Australia:M | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Hong Kong:III | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Ireland:15

Filming Locations:

Assyrian Saloon, British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

Company:

Merchant Ivory Productions

Trivia:

One of the country house locations, Wilbury Park, was owned by the actress Maria Britneva.

Goofs:

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.

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?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comic Relief Does University Challenge (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Miserere Psalm 51

Simply a must!!!!

I ran into this movie a long, long time ago, watching the TV news one evening back in 1987. I felt as I couldn't miss it as soon as I realized it had been shot in Cambridge, my favorite place in the world, but all my feelings went much beyond that when I saw it. I didn't feel uneasy about homosexuality at all but it was with that movie that I finally realized it was only love, no matter whether it involved a man and a woman, or two men, or two women.... The set is magnificent, the actors at their best (a great Hugh Grant who was so great as to show how Mr E.M.Forster had become tired with Clive...), and I must say that Mr Ivory did a pretty good job with his version of the story, very well adapted. In fact I do believe the book is superior in many moments but, on the other hand, the film is far far superior in many other moments, and you can't really say this all the times. I suggest everybody should watch it and enjoy it, no matter what your sexual preferences are. A masterpiece, indeed!