The Remains of the Day

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British film drama film film

The Remains of the Day is a 1993 British drama film, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, about a devoted but emotionally repressed butler reflecting on duty, regret, and missed opportunities in pre- and post–World War II England.

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The Remains of the Day (film) 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Kazuo Ishiguro ⓘ
basedOn The Remains of the Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Remains of the Day (novel)
castMember Anthony Hopkins ⓘ
Ben Chaplin ⓘ
Christopher Reeve ⓘ
Emma Thompson ⓘ
Hugh Grant ⓘ
James Fox ⓘ
Michael Lonsdale ⓘ
Patrick Godfrey ⓘ
Peter Vaughan ⓘ
Tim Pigott-Smith ⓘ
cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts ⓘ
composer Richard Robbins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director James Ivory ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Andrew Marcus ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
leadActor Anthony Hopkins ⓘ
leadActress Emma Thompson ⓘ
mainCharacter Stevens ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation butler ⓘ
narrativeDevice retrospective reflection ⓘ
notableAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Anthony Hopkins as Stevens ⓘ
Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton ⓘ
producer Ismail Merchant ⓘ
productionCompany Merchant Ivory Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1993-11-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 134 ⓘ
screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
post–World War II ⓘ
settingPlace Darlington Hall ⓘ
theme British aristocracy ⓘ
class and hierarchy ⓘ
duty ⓘ
emotional repression ⓘ
missed opportunities ⓘ
regret ⓘ
title The Remains of the Day self-link ⓘ

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Anthony Hopkins → notableWork → The Remains of the Day ⓘ
Edward Fox → notableWork → The Remains of the Day ⓘ
Emma Thompson → notableWork → The Remains of the Day ⓘ
The Remains of the Day → title → The Remains of the Day self-link ⓘ
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala → workedOn → The Remains of the Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Remains of the Day (film)