I only watched this film because I bought Sense and Sensibility and it had been stuck on the end of the tape, but I was pleasantly surprised.
It stars Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins as young housekeeper Miss Kenton and respectable butler Stevens respectively, with supporting roles from James Fox and Christopher Reeve.
Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, it charts the growing affection between the two. When Miss Kenton leaves the household, Stevens is free to finally acknowledge his feelings for her but as she’s gone of to get married, it’s probably too late.
Remains of the Day received 8 Academy Award nominations and an Oscar nomination for Thompson, and James Ivory’s directing left little to be desired.
Not to everyone’s taste, and the ending was a little disappointing, but a great film none-the-less.
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The Remains of the Dayis one of Merchant-Ivory's most thought-provoking films. Anthony ... more
Hopkins is a model of restraint and propriety as Stevens, the butler who "knows his place"; Emma Thompson is the animated and sympathetic Miss Kenton, the housekeepe...
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The Remains of the Dayis one of Merchant-Ivory's most thought-provoking films. Anthony ... more
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Stevens is the perfect English butler. Now employed by Mr Lewis the new American owner of ... more
Darlington Hall Stevens has spent the best part of his working life serving Lord Darlington the host of many prestigious international conferences in the 1930s...
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Oscar Winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Emma Thompson (Howards End) ... more
star in this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love. Hopkins stars as Stevens, a dedicated English butler to Lord Darlington, beautifu...
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Feb 10th, 2001
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