Howards End
Drama
Home Vision  (1992) 140 mins PG

7.4 (8,883 votes)
Margaret and Helen Schlegel (Oscar winner Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter) are sisters from a well-educated European family: intelligent, free-spirited, cultured, and highly emancipated by the standards of the time. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the Wilcox family: wealthy, conservative, conventional, and very English, headed by the prosperous Henry (Anthony Hopkins) and his priggish son, Charles (James Wilby).

Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast (Samuel West) and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen, who must come to terms with her unexpected feelings toward him. At the same time, Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society; her mo...

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Cast and Crew
Vanessa Redgrave  ......  Ruth Wilcox
Helena Bonham Carter  ......  Helen Schlegel
Joseph Bennett  ......  Paul Wilcox
Emma Thompson  ......  Margaret J. 'Meg' Schlegel
Prunella Scales  ......  Aunt Juley
Adrian Ross Magenty  ......  Tibby Schlegel
Director  .....  James Ivory
Producer  .....  Ismail Merchant
Writer  .....  E.M. Forster; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Notes
Trivia:
After playing 'Thompson, Emma''s sister in this film, Helena Bonham Carter went on to play the love interest of Thompson's husband, Kenneth Branagh, in Frankenstein. It is rumored that Carter was one of the main reasons for the subsequent Branagh/Thompson divorce. The next woman to play Thompson's sister on film (Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility) also followed that role by playing Branagh's love interest (in Hamlet). (more)

Filming Locations:
Admiralty Arch, The Mall, St. James's, London, England, UK (more)

Quotes:
Margaret Schlegel: Will you forgive her as you yourself have been forgiven... you have had a mistress; I forgave you. My sister has a lover, you drive her from the house. Why can you not be honest for once in your life? Why can't you say what Helen has done, I have done! (more)

Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 25 nominations (more)