A Room with a View
British romance film by James Ivory · Released April 11, 1986
A Room with a View is a 1985 British romance film directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. It was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who adapted E. M. Forster's 1908 novel A Room with a View. Set in England and Italy, it is about a young woman named Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) in the final throes of the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England and her developing love for a free-spirited young man, George Emerson (Julian Sands). Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench and Simon Callow feature in supporting roles.
Cast ages at release (April 11, 1986)
- Helena Bonham Carter, as Lucy Honeychurch: 19
- Denholm Elliott, as Mr. Emerson: 63
- Julian Sands, as George Emerson: 28
- Daniel Day-Lewis, as Cecil Vyse: 28
- Judi Dench, as Eleanor Lavish: 51
- Simon Callow, as The Reverend Mr. Beebe: 36
- Rupert Graves, as Freddy Honeychurch: 22
- Patrick Godfrey, as The Reverend Mr. Eager: 53
- Rosemary Leach, as Mrs: 50
- Peter Cellier, as Sir Harry Otway: 57
- Richard Robbins: 45