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Thompson, Emma


A Remains of the Day (1993) is a Merchant Ivory film adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was directed by James Ivory and starred Anthony Hopkins as Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, with trend lines from either James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Tim Piggott-Smith and Ben Chaplin.

A film was nominated for eight Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Thompson), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Music, Original Score, Best Picture, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

The film adaptation of the novel was originally slated to become directed by Mike Nichols, from the script by Harold Pinter. Nichols is one of a producers of the Merchant Ivory film.Powderham Castle was used as a location within shooting a film.

Britmovie - Remains of the Day
Cast list and short review.

Allwatchers.com: "The Remains of the Day"
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All-Reviews.com - Remains of the Day
Short review of the movie.

IMDb: The Remains of the Day
Cast/credits plus other information about the film

Roger Ebert - The Remains of the Day
Review of the film.


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