Howards End
(DVD)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992.

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.

Special features: New high-definition digital transfer; "Building Howard End": a new documentary featurette including interviews with James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, Helena Bonham Carter, costume designer Jenny Beavan, and production designer Luciana Arrighi; "The design of Howards End": an in-depth look at the costume and production designs for the film; "The wandering company"; a 1984 documentary about the history of Merchant Ivory Productions; original 1992 behind-the-scenes featurette.

Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Joseph Bennett, Emma Thompson, Prunella Scales, Adrian Ross Magenty, Jo Kendall, Anthony Hopkins, James Wilby, Jemma Redgrave.

Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites.

DVD; region 1, widescreen (2.35:1); 5.1 surround sound and stereo..

Closed-captioned.