A Passage to India

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British film drama film film

A Passage to India is a 1984 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel about cultural tensions and colonial rule in British-occupied India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film →
drama film →
film →
academyAwardWinnerName Peggy Ashcroft →
academyAwardWon Best Original Score →
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
surface form: "Best Supporting Actress"
authorOfSourceWork E. M. Forster →
baftaAwardWon Best Film →
Best Supporting Actress →
basedOn A Passage to India →
surface form: "A Passage to India (novel)"
cinematographer Ernest Day →
composerOscarWinner Maurice Jarre →
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom →
director David Lean →
distributor Columbia Pictures →
distributorRegion United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
editor David Lean →
filmingLocation England →
India →
genre drama →
goldenGlobeWon Best Foreign Film →
Best Supporting Actress →
language English →
mpaaRating PG →
musicBy Maurice Jarre →
oscarNominations 11 →
producer John Brabourne →
Richard Goodwin →
productionCompany EMI Films →
Goldcrest Films →
releaseDateUK 1984-12-14 →
releaseYear 1984 →
runtimeMinutes 163 →
screenwriter David Lean →
settingLocation India →
settingTime British India →
surface form: "British Raj"
starring Alec Guinness →
Ann Firbank →
Art Malik →
Clive Merrison →
Clive Swift →
David Niven Jr. →
Derrick Branche →
Fabia Drake →
I. S. Johar →
surface form: "I.S. Johar"

James Fox →
Judy Davis →
Michael Culver →
Nigel Havers →
Peggy Ashcroft →
Richard Wilson →
Roshan Seth →
Saeed Jaffrey →
Victor Banerjee →
Zia Mohyeddin →
theme colonialism →
cultural tensions →
friendship →
justice →
race relations →
title A Passage to India →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Passage to India → basedOn → A Passage to India →
this entity surface form: "A Passage to India (novel)"
E. M. Forster → notableWork → A Passage to India →
Edward Fox → notableWork → A Passage to India →
A Passage to India → title → A Passage to India →
E. M. Forster → wrote → A Passage to India →