| The Remains of the Day | |
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
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| Based on | The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro |
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| Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
| Edited by | Andrew Marcus |
| Music by | Richard Robbins |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $63.9 million[2] |
The Remains of the Day is a 1993 drama film adapted from the Booker Prize–winning 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film was directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols, and John Calley and adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It stars Anthony Hopkins as James Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, with James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin, and Lena Headey in supporting roles.
The film was a critical and box office success and it was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Thompson) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jhabvala). In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked The Remains of the Day the 64th-greatest British film of the 20th century.[3]
- ^ a b "The Remains of the Day". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "The Remains of the Day". Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "British Film Institute – Top 100 British Films' (1999). Retrieved 27 August 2016