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| Overall Rating:   3.5 out of 5, including 1 review
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"... A Magnificent Movie." -Michael Medved, New York Post
Oscar®-winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Emma Thompson (Howards End) reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blind devotion and repressed love.
Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler, an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths, as he serves his master Lord Darlington, beautifully played by James Fox (The Servant). Darlington, like many other members of the British establishment in the 1930s, is duped by the Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves and the British government. Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror.
Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradually fall in love, though neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. The film is marvelously acted by a supporting cast that includes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant.
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Features:
| Director and Producer Commentary with Emma Thompson
Exclusive Documentary Featuring: New Interviews with Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Reeve, and Other Cast and Crew, Costume and Production Design, Location Footage.
Deleted Scenes
Exclusive Featurette
Filmographies
Animated Menus
Production Notes
Scene Selection
| Video:
| | Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
PORTUGUESE: Dolby Digital Stereo
| Subtitles:
| | English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
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| Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Production Year: 1993
Release Date: 11/6/2001
Length: 134 mins
Rating: PG
Chapters: 28
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: 71097
UPC Code: 043396710979
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REMAINS OF THE DAY - 3.5 out of 5 (2/14/2002)
REMAINS OF THE DAY is one of the few cinematic masterpieces made during the 1990s. It is also the peak of the famous team of Merchant/Ivory. Though people like to say this almost every time he shows up in a film, Anthony Hopkins truly does give one of the best performances of his career as Stevens the butler.
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adaptation by Harold Pinter, is based on the 1989 Kazuo Ishiguro book
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