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Maurice
1987
At Cambridge, Clive Durham [Grant] is immediately attracted to a fellow student, Maurice Hall [James Wilby]. The love between them is platonic but intense and, in a society that both persecutes and prosecutes homosexuals, guilt and fear lead to Clive's breakdown and a bitter rift between the two friends. Both men try to .. Read more
| Starring | James Wilby, Patrick Godfrey, Ben Kingsley, Helena Bonham-Carter |
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| Director | James Ivory |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
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Maurice
At Cambridge, Clive Durham [Grant] is immediately attracted to a fellow student, Maurice Hall [James Wilby]. The love between them is platonic but intense and, in a society that both persecutes and prosecutes homosexuals, guilt and fear lead to Clive's breakdown and a bitter rift between the two friends. Both men try to suppress their homoerotic instincts - Clive through marriage, Maurice through medicine and psychiatry. But Maurice alone finds the honesty and strength to face up to his true nature when a man from a completely different social world enters his life, the darkly handsome young gamekeeper, Alec Scudder [Rupert Graves]...
| Starring | James Wilby, Patrick Godfrey, Ben Kingsley, Helena Bonham-Carter, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls |
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| Director | James Ivory |
| Studio | CHANNEL 4 |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1987 To Rent: DVD: 04 Oct 1999 |
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Hothouse study of E. M. Forster's posthumously published and semi-autobiographical novel. An acquired taste, but many scenes have general appeal.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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Excellent movie
The movie follows the lives of two young men, Maurice and Clive, both of whom are gay and living in early 1900's England. The movie starts when they are in ... read more »
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- 02 Jan 2005 at 17:31
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A GOOD WATCH
This film was good , very interesting about two young men who deal with there homosexuality in two very different ways one covers it up the other wants to free ... read more »
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A touching film
A sensitive and well portrayed film depicting a taboo subject of early 20th century England. Brilliant acting by James Wilby and Hugh Grant (looking extremely ... read more »
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A great British predjudice....
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Final Merchant Ivory picture to be released
- 16 Dec 2005
Ismail Merchant and James Ivory's final film The White Countess is to be released. The partnership that brought 45 films to the screen came to an end in May when Merchant died. The Merchant Ivory brand came to stand for high quality costume drama with their great catalogue including adaptations of EM Forster's A Room With A View (starring Dame Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter and Denholm Elliott), Howard's End (with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson) and Maurice. The White Countess, set in... Read more
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Maurice
At Cambridge, Clive Durham [Grant] is immediately attracted to a fellow student, Maurice Hall [James Wilby]. The love between them is platonic but intense and, in a society that both persecutes and prosecutes homosexuals, guilt and fear lead to Clive's breakdown and a bitter rift between the two ...
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