Gift Quality
A/V Quality 10/10
Audience Score 7.7
2-Disc Set Special Edition
MAURICE (1987)
Set against the stifling conformity of pre-World War I English society, E.M. Forster's Maurice is a story of coming to terms with one's sexuality and identity in the face of disapproval and misunderstanding. Maurice Hall and Clive Durham find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. In a time when homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment, the two must keep their feelings for one another a complete secret. After a friend is arrested and disgraced for "the unspeakable vice of the Greeks," Clive abandons his forbidden love and marries a young woman. Maurice, however, struggles with his identity and self-confidence, seeking the help of a hypnotist to rid himself of his undeniable urges. But while staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice is seduced by the affectionate and yearning servant Alec Scudder, an event that brings about profound changes in Maurice's life and outlook.
Special features (Disc 2)
- Over 30-minutes of deleted scenes and a reconstructed opening sequence with audio commentary by director James Ivory
- Conversations With the Filmmakers: part of a new series of interviews with the filmmakers
- The Story of "Maurice": new interviews actors James Wilby, Hugh Grant and Rupert Graves, and screenwriter Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Region 1 DVD
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
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| Based on | Maurice by E. M. Forster |
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| Music by | Richard Robbins |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Edited by | Katherine Wenning |
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| Distributed by | Cinecom Pictures (US) |
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140 minutes [1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Hugh Grant at his best,. Beautiful movie
Thank you for a great movie
