VHS : Where Angels Fear to Tread
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starring: Rupert Graves, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter, Barbara Jefford, Judy Davisdirected by: Charles Sturridge
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303980386
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303980384
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Release Date: April 16, 1996
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 23618
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1992
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Amazon.com essential video:
Where Angels Fear to Tread is a Merchant/Ivory production in all but name. Lilia (Helen Mirren, in fine form) is a wealthy widow on holiday in rural Italy with her companion Caroline (a dressed-down Helena Bonham Carter) when she falls for penniless local Gino (Giovanni Guidelli). Her horrified relatives promptly dispatch brother-in-law Philip (Rupert Graves) to break things up, but he's too late--she's already married and, in short order, gives birth to a child. Unfortunately, a happy ending is not to be (not for Lilia, at any rate). As with Maurice (Graves) and Howard's End (Bonham Carter), the author is E.M. Forster, but the director is Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited) and, unlike Room with a View (which featured both actors), the tone is tragic rather than romantic. Another Forster vet, Judy Davis (A Passage to India), plays Lilia's sister-in-law, Harriet, while Oscar winner Rachel Portman composed the enchanting score. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - This Tale,is Ridiculous,Stupid and Beyond Belief!
I give it 2 stars only for the great acting and breathtaking scenery. After viewing it,all I feel is YEAH,RIGHT!
I wouldn't watch this again,even for the beautiful scenery! It is too aggravating.
Rating:  - Where Angels Fear to Tread - At Long Last, EM Forster's Classic on DVD!!! A Subtle Gem!
Where Angels Fear to Tread
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" is based upon the classic E.M. Forster novel and features an all-star cast. Directed by Charles Sturridge, this production is full of subtlety and imagery. While this classic has flown under the radar, it's now available on DVD for many more people to enjoy.
The setting, like many of Forster's novels, is Edwardian England. That is contrasted against a sun-drenched Italian countryside that acts as an escape for many ... Read More
Rating: - Have No Fear
Fans of the better known "Forsters" such as Maurice, A Room with a View, the works of Merchant and Ivory, and fairly similar A Passage to India, may be quite disappointed with this much more quiet and less colourful production. The story-line also offers less of a twist - this is EM Forster's first novel and he was still learning his trade. Still the movie is well worth seeing - the story and the beautiful images in dusky sepias as if taken from old photographs will keep enthralled you in front of the ... Read More
Rating: - Treads unsteadily
While I am a huge fan of period costume movies and British literature, I must confess that this adaptation of Forster's novel has me stymied. A Passage to India and Howards End are beautiful, fluid films that masterfully balance the comedic and tragic aspects of Forster's work in a way that makes them accessable to everyone whether or not they've ever read one of his novels. Not so with the unbalanced and scitzophrenic Where Angels Fear to Tread--a movie that cannot seem to decide if it's a lush romance ... Read More
Rating:  - Lent, not gave!
Finally, somebody does Forster to Film right. Actually, all adaptations have been very good, some great, but this is by far the most faithful and the most believable. "Angels" is a true tragi-comedy and has a cast that most directors only dream of. One flaw: the milk-drinking scene, which works well in the novel, pushes the theatrical envelope almost too far towards the end of the film. The only problem - how to do without it since it is necessary for the characters' reconciliation? Well, it's still a joy ... Read More
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