The Remains of the Day

Director: James Ivory

Overview

"A ""special edition"" of the period piece The Remains of the Day should please fans of gripping dramas starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. This 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer by Columbia looks bright and beautiful, perfectly capturing the

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/2008
UPC:	0043396710979
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:14:00
Sales rank:	5,599

Special Features

Closed Caption;Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video; Widescreen presentation; Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby Digital) and 2-Channel (Dolby Surround) French, Spanish, Portuguese; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Director & producer commentary with Emma Thompson; Exclusive documentary featuring: new interviews with Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Reeve and other cast & crew; costume & production design; location footage; Deleted scenes; Exclusive featurette; HBO making of featurette - exclusive documentary "The Remains of the Day: The Filmmakers' Journey" and exclusive featurette "Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw"; Filmographies; Animated menus; Production notes; Scene selections

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anthony Hopkins	Stevens,Actor
Emma Thompson	Miss Kenton
Christopher Reeve	Lewis
James Fox	Lord Darlington,Actor
Peter Vaughan	Father
Hugh Grant	Cardinal
Tim Pigott-Smith	Benn
Patrick Godfrey	Spencer
Michel Lonsdale	Dupont D'Ivry,Dupont D'Ivry
John Haycraft	Auctioneer
Caroline Hunt	Landlady
Paula Jacobs	Mrs. Mortimer the Cook
Ben Chaplin	Charlie, Head Footman
Steve Dibben	George,- 2nd Footman
Abigail Harrison	Housemaid
Peter Cellier	Sir Leonard Bax
Peter Halliday	Canon Tufnell
Terence Bayler	Trimmer
Jeffrey Wickham	Viscount Bigge,Viscount Bigge
Hugh Sweetman	Scullery Boy
Brigitte Kahn	Baroness
John Savident	Doctor Meredith
Tony Aitken	Postmaster
Emma Lewis	Elsa
Joanna Joseph	Irma
Rupert Vansittart	Sir Geoffrey Wren
Christopher Brown	Wren's Friend
Lena Headey	Lizzie
Paul Copley	Harry Smith
Ian Redford	Publican
Jo Kendall	Publican's Wife
Steven Beard	Andrews
Pip Torrens	Doctor Carlisle
Frank Shelley	Prime Minister
Peter Eyre	Lord Halifax
Jestyn Phillips	Foreign Office Official
Wolf Kahler	German Ambassador
Frank Holtje	German Embassy Official
Andreas Tons	German Embassy Official
Roger McKern	Police Constable
Angela Newmarch	Waitress
Richard Robbins	Composer

Technical Credits

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Harold Pinter

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Screenwriter
Paul Bradley	Executive Producer
John Calley	Producer
Ismail Merchant	Producer
Mike Nichols	Producer
Celestia Fox	Casting
Harold Pinter	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Start [8:59]
2. Day Marked in Memory [5:25]
3. Brightening His Parlor [5:18]
4. Dustpan on the Landing [3:12]
5. The Chinaman [2:56]
6. Mr. Stevens, Sr. Falls [12:00]
7. Birds & Bees [9:28]
8. Last Words [1:47]
9. A Toast [5:46]
10. The Baroness Sings [2:57]
11. The Deathbed [1:29]
12. Picking Up a Letter [1:58]
13. Elsa & Irma [3:12]
14. Mr. Benn's Questions [2:06]
15. The Jewish Problem [3:47]
16. An Unsuitable Girl [7:16]
17. Common Man Interrogation [2:08]
18. A Lift [7:04]
19. Discovered [:58]
20. So Close... [3:03]
21. Miss Kenton Cracks [1:51]
22. With Mr. Benn [2:22]
23. Diplomats [5:25]
24. Some Very Bad News [2:53]
25. Darlington Compromised [3:00]
26. Miss Kenton's Apology [2:06]
27. With Mrs. Benn [3:37]
28. Darlington Hall Renewed [7:04]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play Movie
Audio Set Up
English (Dolby Surround)
English (Dolby Digital)
French/Français
Spanish/Español
Portuguese/Português
Subtitles
English
French/Français
Spanish/Español
Portuguese/Português
Chinese
Korean
Thai
Subtitles Off
Scene Selections
Special Features
Director and Producer Commentary With Emma Thompson: On
Director and Producer Commentary With Emma Thompson: Off
Exclusive Documentary
Exclusive Featurette
HBO Making-of Featurette
Deleted Scenes
Director's Commentary: On
Director's Commentary: Off
Deleted Scenes
Photo Opportunity
Argument
A Message
"Democracy Is Finished"
A Different Life
On the Pier
Filmographies
James Ivory (Director)
Ismail Merchant (Producer)
Anthony Hopkins
Emma Thompson
Christopher Reeve
Hugh Grant

Editorial Reviews

While somewhat overshadowed by the box-office performance of Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day received nine Academy Award nominations and finds Merchant and Ivory at the top of their game. On the eve of World War II, almost everyone in The Remains of the Day seems committed to tired traditions that adhere to a rigid formality. Anthony Hopkins masterfully portrays Stevens' proper exterior, communicating the butler's emotional sterility in "real life" situations through small gestures. Emma Thompson beautifully plays Miss Kenton and once again proves the ideal partner for Hopkins. Their failed relationship (failed because it never even gets started) perfectly underlines the regret that saturates The Remains of the Day. The deeper tragedy, however, lies in the fact that Stevens, Miss Kenton, and Lord Darlington (James Fox) all become conscious of the mistakes they have made, but seem incapable of altering their way of life. Social adherence to tradition and class distinctions has led to an inability to adapt to the modern world. The Remains of the Day displays the same close attention to period detail and lovely cinematography that viewers have come to expect from Merchant and Ivory productions, and the screenplay has once again been adapted by the sure hand of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.