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DRAMA

ROMANCE

A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.

name	character
Joseph Bennett	Paul Wilcox
Helena Bonham Carter	Helen Schlegel
Anthony Hopkins	Henry J. Wilcox
Jo Kendall	Annie
Adrian Ross Magenty	Tibby Schlegel
Jemma Redgrave	Evie Wilcox
Vanessa Redgrave	Ruth Wilcox
Prunella Scales	Aunt Juley
Emma Thompson	Margaret Schlegel
Samuel West	Leonard Bast
James Wilby	Charles Wilcox

name
E.M. Forster	writer (original)
James Ivory	director
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	screenplay
Ismail Merchant	producer
Richard Robbins	composer

year	award	category	name
1992	Academy Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Emma Thompson
1992	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1992	BAFTA	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Emma Thompson
1992	BAFTA	Best Film
1992	Golden Globe Award	Best Actress	Emma Thompson
1992	Evening Standard British Film Award	Best Film
1993	London Critics' Circle Film Award	British Film of the Year