Howards End
Why can you not be honest for once in your life?
In 1910 Margaret (Emma Thompson) and Helen Schlegel (Helena Bonham Carter), two parentless but wealthy sisters, befriended Mr. (Anthony Hopkins) and Mrs. Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave), while traveling around the European continent. Helen develops a brief romance with the younger Wilcox son, Paul, which ends with hurt feelings and shame. The two families meet again, when the Wilcoxes rent an apartment opposite the Schlegels' London town house. Margaret befriends Mrs. Wilcox. The sisters also meet Leonard Bast (Samuel West), an insurance clerk teetering on the edge of respectability.
Then Mrs. Wilcox dies. She leaves her estate, Howards End, to Margaret -- a bequest the Wilcoxes unanimously decide to ignore. Helen feels it is their duty to help Bast and his wife, especially after advice they've given him for which Leonard pays a heavy price. The Schlegel sisters, Leonard Bast and Mr. Wilcox always strive to do what's right, but achieve mostly wrong instead due to class difference.
Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins ... Henry J. Wilcox
- Helena Bonham Carter ... Helen Schlegel
- (James Ivory ... Director)
- Vanessa Redgrave ... Ruth Wilcox
- Emma Thompson ... Meg Schlegel
- Susie Lindeman ... Dolly Wilcox
- Jemma Redgrave ... Evie Wilcox
- Adrian Ross Magenty ... Tibby Schlegel
- Samuel West ... Leonard Bast
- James Wilby ... Charles Wilcox
- Joseph Bennett ... Paul Wilcox
- Nicola Duffett ... Jacky Bast
- Jo Kendall ... Annie
- Adrian Ross Magenty - Tibby Schlegel
- Alan James - Porphyrion Chief Clerk
- Allie Byrne - Blue-Stocking
- Andrew St. Clair - Luncheon Guest
- Anne Lambton - Luncheon Guest
- Anthony Hopkins - Henry J. Wilcox
- Antony Gilding - Bank Supervisor
- Atalanta White - Maid at Howards End
- Barbara Hicks - Miss Avery
- Barr Heckstall-Smith - Helen's Child
- Brian Lipson - Police Inspector
- Bridget Duvall - Blue-Stocking
- Claire Driver - Soup Seller
- Crispin Bonham-Carter - Albert Fussell
- David Delaney - Simpson's Carver
- Duncan Brown - Luncheon Guest
- Emma Godfrey - Luncheon Guest
- Emma Thompson - Margaret Schlegel
- Gerald Paris - Porphyrion Supervisor
- Harriet Stewart - Blue-Stocking
- Helena Bonham Carter - Helen Schlegel
- Iain Kelly - Luncheon Guest
- Ian Latimer - Stationmaster
- James Wilby - Charles Wilcox
- Jemma Redgrave - Evie Wilcox
- Jim Bowden - Martlett
- Jo Kendall - Annie
- Jocelyn Cobb - Telegraph Operator
- Joseph Bennett - Paul Wilcox
- Lucy Freeman - Blue-Stocking
- Luke Parry - Tom, Farmer's Boy
- Margery Mason - Wedding Guest
- Mark Payton - Percy Cahill
- Mark Tandy - Luncheon Guest
- Mary McWilliams - Wilcox Baby
- Mary Nash - Pianist
- Nicola Duffett - Jacky Bast
- Patricia Lawrence - Wedding Guest
- Paula Stockbridge - Blue-Stocking
- Peter Cellier - Colonel Fussell
- Peter Darling - Doctor
- Prunella Scales - Aunt Juley
- Robin Jones - Piano Music Lecture Attendee
- Rodney Rymell - Chauffeur
- Sally Geoghegan - Blue-Stocking
- Samuel West - Leonard Bast
- Siegbert Prawer - Man Asking a Question
- Simon Callow - Music and Meaning Lecturer
- Susie Lindeman - Dolly Wilcox
- Terence Sach - Deliveryman
- Tina Leslie - Blue-Stocking
- Vanessa Redgrave - Ruth Wilcox
- James Ivory - Director
- E.M. Forster - novel
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - screenplay
- Richard Robbins - Composer
- Ann Wingate - co-producer
- Donald Rosenfeld - associate producer
- Ismail Merchant - producer
- Paul Bradley - executive producer
- - Bridal Lullaby / Music by Percy Grainger / Courtesy of Bardic Edition
- - Mock Morris / Music by Percy Grainger / Courtesy of Schott & Co Ltd
- - La Danse / 1906 / Music by André Derain
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