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5 November 1993 (USA)
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A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years post World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty has been. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 8 Oscars.
Another 15 wins
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15 nominations
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(21 articles)
Glorious 39's scorn for appeasement is unjustified
(From The Guardian - Film News. 23 November 2009, 2:47 AM, PST)
Hints About 2010 Oscars Emerge: No More Five-Person Presenting
(From Cinematical. 17 November 2009, 1:02 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 23 November 2009, 2:47 AM, PST)
Hints About 2010 Oscars Emerge: No More Five-Person Presenting
(From Cinematical. 17 November 2009, 1:02 PM, PST)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Haycraft | ... | Auctioneer |
 | Christopher Reeve | ... | Jack Lewis |
 | Anthony Hopkins | ... | James Stevens |
 | Emma Thompson | ... | Miss Kenton |
| Caroline Hunt | ... | Landlady |
| James Fox | ... | Lord Darlington |
| Peter Vaughan | ... | William Stevens |
| Paula Jacobs | ... | Mrs. Mortimer, the cook |
 | Ben Chaplin | ... | Charlie, Head Footman |
| Steve Dibben | ... | George, Second Footman |
| Abigail Hopkins | ... | Housemaid (as Abigail Harrison) |
| Patrick Godfrey | ... | Spencer |
| Peter Cellier | ... | Sir Leonard Bax |
| Peter Halliday | ... | Canon Tufnell |
 | Hugh Grant | ... | Reginald Cardinal |
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134 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
USA:PG |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Ireland:G |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:A |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
Canada:PG
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It was while shooting Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) in Kansas City that actor Remak Ramsay, who was reading "The Remains of the Day" while playing a part in the film, gave the book to James Ivory to read thinking that its subject and setting might intrigue Ivory.
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Factual errors: We see a dozen bottles of Graham's Port being delivered for the banquet - but the port would have been cellared for at least six months before being decanted - vintage port is undrinkable immediately after being transported; and later Stevens takes (and breaks) a bottle of Dow 1913 vintage port- but no producers declared a vintage in that year. 1912 was a vintage year, and the next one was 1920.
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Featured in Love and Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (1993) (TV)
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Blue Moon
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In the WWII era, Mr Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) is a well experienced, dedicated butler who's loyal to his pro-Nazi master. He is always placid and graceful. Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson) is a new housekeeper and her liveliness and wit somehow touches Mr Stevens' very soul. But he conceals his feeling towards her, and she can never unlock that closed door of his heart.
Mr Stevens looks back on all this while on a road trip for meeting Miss Kenton after twenty years. He now serves a new master, Lewis (Christopher Reeve) who was once one of the guests of his formal master back in the 1940s. On the way his memory slowly flows back to him (and he also realises that his formal master was not an impeccable man after all)...when Mr Stevens and Miss Kenton bid farewell again, she looks into his eyes while her tears roll down her cheeks...a very sad scene.
'The Remains of the Day' is about love that is never obtained...love that is never verbally expressed...love of which you finally has to let go...having read the book (which is finely written), I realise that this film is a wonderfully successful adaptation. Anyone who's into love stories should watch this.