| Maurice | |
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | Maurice by E. M. Forster |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Edited by | Katherine Wenning |
| Music by | Richard Robbins |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Enterprise Pictures Limited |
Release dates | |
Running time | 140 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1.58 million[2] |
| Box office | $2.6–3.3 million[3][4] |
Maurice is a 1987 British romantic drama film directed by James Ivory, based on the 1971 novel Maurice by E. M. Forster. The film stars James Wilby as Maurice, Hugh Grant as Clive and Rupert Graves as Alec. The supporting cast includes Denholm Elliott as Dr Barry, Simon Callow as Mr Ducie, Billie Whitelaw as Mrs Hall, and Ben Kingsley as Lasker-Jones.
The film was produced by Ismail Merchant via Merchant Ivory Productions and Film Four International, and written by Ivory and Kit Hesketh-Harvey, with cinematography by Pierre Lhomme. It is a tale of gay love in the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England. The story follows its main character, Maurice Hall, through university, a tumultuous relationship, struggling to fit into society, and ultimately being united with his life partner.
- ^ "MAURICE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 21 August 1987. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. pp. 10, 26.
- ^ "Maurice". Box Office Mojo. 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Maurice (1987) - Financial Information". The Numbers. 29 November 2020.