**The Remains Of The Day~~
Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor in a Leading RoIe, SiIence of the Lambs, 1991) and Emma Thompson (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Howards End, 1992) reunite with the accIaimed Merchant lvory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of bIind devotion and repressed Iove.
Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect EngIish butIer - an ideal carried by him to fanatical Iengths as he serves his master Lord Darlington, beautifulIy played by James Fox (The Servant). Thompson stars as the estate's housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young women. Despite her apprehensions, she and Stevens gradualIy faIl in love, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. Marvelously acted by a supporting cast that incIudes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant, "The Remains Of The Day" is absoluteIy perfect!
Sense And SensibiIity
Emma Thompson, AIan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant star in this captivating romantic comedy that swept the Ten Best lists and won the Golden GIobe Award as Best Picture of the Year.
Based on Jane Austen's cIassic noveI, Sense And Sensibility telIs of the Dashwood sisters, sensibIe Elinor (Thompson) and passionate Marianne (WinsIet), whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. Rickman, Grant and Greg Wise co-star as weIl-intentioned suitors trapped by the strict ruIes of society and the confIicting Iaws of desire. |