TY - ADVS AU - Merchant,Ismail AU - Jhabvala,Ruth Prawer AU - Ivory,James AU - Hopkins,Anthony AU - Redgrave,Vanessa AU - Bonham Carter,Helena AU - Thompson,Emma AU - Wilby,James AU - West,Samuel AU - Scales,Prunella AU - Pierce-Roberts,Tony AU - Robbins,Richard AU - Forster,E.M. ED - Merchant Ivory Productions. TI - Howards End SN - 0780029135 AV - CM DVD 00036 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2005///] CY - [Irvington, N.Y.] PB - Criterion Collection KW - Social classes KW - England KW - Drama KW - Sisters KW - Social conflict KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Film adaptations KW - 4.240 KW - gtt KW - Feature films KW - Melodrama KW - Feature KW - migfg N1 - DVD release of the 1992 motion picture; Based on the novel by E.M. Forster; Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Special features include: Building Howards End; The design of Howards End; The wandering company; original 1992 behind-the-scenes featurette; Photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; art director, John Ralph ; editor, Andrew Marcus ; music, Richard Robbins; Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, James Wilby, Samuel West, Prunella Scales; MPAA rating: PG N2 - Margaret and Helen Schlegel are sisters from a well-educated European family. A series of events brings them into a relationship with the very English Wilcox family. Both families also come into contact with Leonard Bast and his wife, a couple near the lowest tier of the rigid class system. Leonard's desire for cultural and intellectual status attracts the attention of Helen. Margaret must reconcile her independent spirit with her desire for companionship and a comfortable place in Edwardian society. Her moral strength is eventually able to resolve the tangle of opposites ER -