Merchant Ivory Production based on the Forster novel, projected for spring of 1987.
Maurice
- Director: James Ivory
- Writer: E.M. Forster; Kit Hesketh-Harvey
- Producer: Paul Bradley; Ismail Merchant
CGiii Comment
Timeless, gentle and important.
This changed everything - homosexuality had style and conscience.
Elegant - as you would expect from a Merchant/Ivory production - but, the servings of pain and pleasure are a sensitive delight.
May its influence continue.
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The(ir) Blurb...
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age.
Cast & Characters
James Wilby as Maurice Hall;
Hugh Grant as Clive Durham;
Rupert Graves as Alec Scudder;
Denholm Elliott as Doctor Barry;
Simon Callow as Mr. Ducie;
Billie Whitelaw as Mrs. Hall;
Barry Foster as Dean Cornwallis;
Judy Parfitt as Mrs. Durham;
Phoebe Nicholls as Anne Durham;
Patrick Godfrey as Simcox;
Mark Tandy as Risley;
Ben Kingsley as Lasker-Jones;
Kitty Aldridge as Kitty Hall;
Helena Michell as Ada Hall;
Catherine Rabett as Pippa Durham