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The Remains of the Day
Directed by James Ivory
In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude. From TMDB
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The Remains of the Day is a 1993 drama romance film, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and James Fox.
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60 of 153 · most liked firstBorn 15 Apr 1959, one of the most celebrated British actresses, Emma Thompson has received plaudits for her work in films, TV & stage. Her film credits include Howards End, The Remains of the Day as well as Sense and Sensibility. Her TV appearances include miniseries Angels in America. #EmmaThompson
neutral · AI labelView post →Books to Films 📚=🎞️ The Remains of the Day (1989) by Kazuo Ishiguro was adapted to film in 1993. The Merchant-Ivory film departs in many ways from the book. The unreliable narrator is dropped in the film which retains the tragic protagonist who devotes his life to service. 🕴️🏰👩🏻⚖️ #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →In an interview for his book Anthony Hopkins won't allow that he's made an important movie, not even The Silence of the Lambs or The Remains of the Day. He'll admit they're good. He also describes a Krapp/Beckett-like realisation that in his work the darkness he fought was actually his friend.
neutral · AI labelView post →watched merchant ivory's THE REMAINS OF THE DAY with @scumbelievable.bsky.social and, boy, there's nothing like watching a movie that just makes you softly groan with emotion for 120 minutes. incredible film, and a fucking phenomenal adaptation of ishiguro's work
positive · AI labelView post →My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of THE REMAINS OF THE DAY boxd.it/f4ZnXj Subtle, but deeply affecting, portrait of "the unexamined life." Quintessential film about career in service. Hopkins is ignorant to world & Nazis, Thompson challenges complacency. Yearning & regret give way to misplaced "duty." #filmsky 📽
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993). Director: James Ivory. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson. Admittedly, I have soft spot for the classy Ivory/Merchant films. Streak including A Room With A View (86), Howard's End (92), & this film is sheer bliss. All approach perfection for me. #filmsky 📽
positive · AI labelView post →“For every The Remains of the Day (good book, good film), there’s a Scarlet Letter (good, bad), The Exorcist (bad, good) or The Da Vinci Code (double-bad, even worse).” Me on Louise Willder’s entertaining compendium of book-to-film disasters (and delights), The Book Was Better:
neutral · AI labelView post →For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) the film "The Remains of the Day" (1993) - Directed by James Ivory, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox Christopher Reeve, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jq7...
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched The Remains of the Day for the first time this evening and thought it was just super. First class. A Merchant Ivory film with all the attendant production values, that is straightforwardly about high-functioning autism and its place within the real world.
positive · AI labelView post →GET TO KNOW ME! Share: - a drink you might order - a burger you might order - a movie you love that might surprise others 1812 beef, caramelized onions, bleu cheese & bacon The Remains of the Day
neutral · AI labelView post →The Remains of the Day - The Govt Edition. (I was going to say The English Patient but that movie was so boring even dead people got up and left)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler is timely. Just finished The Remains of the Day, 30 years after seeing the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw someone on letterboxd describe The Remains of the Day as "the only good Hugh Grant movie". They need to watch Lair of the White Worm but they may not be ready...
neutral · AI labelView post →The quote by @jonathancoe.bsky.social on the cover of my edition, re the book's comedy, reminds me that, when the film of The Remains of the Day was first planned, it was going to be scripted by Harold Pinter, who wanted John Cleese to play Stevens.
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 31 Dec 1937, and still going strong at 88, actor Anthony Hopkins. Amongst many other movies, Hopkins starred in "The Remains of the Day" (1993) which I loved. The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Hopkins being nominated for best actor. #AnthonyHopkins
positive · AI labelView post →The Remains of the Day is the only time to my knowledge Harold Pinter read a book & bought the film option himself. He wrote a script & took it to Mike Nichols - it didn't get done because Nichols had other work, but the finished film has four of his scenes. (Including the famous romance novel.)
neutral · AI labelView post →We were watching The Remains of the Day last night. I'm too autistic for this shit, man. Good movie, don't get me wrong, but I was entirely unable to figure out that the housekeeper was in love with the protagonist at all 😓
positive · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: 1 movie 1 book 1 TV show 1 album Mine are: > The Remains of the Day (1993) > Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh > Jane Austen's "Emma" (1996) > Kate Bush - The Sensual World
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished The Remains of the Day yesterday - straight to the top of my favourite books. What a beautiful thing. I love the film, so I was worried it would be different but no, the film is a perfect adaptation. Both are masterpieces. Plus the subject matter is interesting considering the world today.
positive · AI labelView post →Had an emotional evening watching the new documentary about Merchant Ivory. Seeing the man who made some of the films that defined me still towering and eloquent at the age of 96 was extraordinary. I am reminded once again what a perfect film The Remains of the Day is.
positive · AI labelView post →i'm entering my ww2 interest era apparently we just watched The Remains of the Day (1993) and what a great movie!!! so thematically dense; about class and guilt with some incredible acting
positive · AI labelView post →Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins in The Remains Of The Day. Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, the film was an acute study of English reserve, repressed emotions and misguided loyalties. Thompson was nominated for Best Actress at the Baftas, the Golden Globes and the Oscars.
neutral · AI labelView post →While doing research on the Remains of the Day movie, I came across the little factoid that J Lo made her film debut in a film produced by Merchant Ivory (not Remains). Who'd have guessed!
neutral · AI labelView post →On This Day In Movie History November 12th 1993 THE REMAINS OF THE DAY is released in the UK
neutral · AI labelView post →As part of my book journey for this year, the book I’m reading for September is The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro which was adapted into the 1993 film of the same name.
neutral · AI labelView post →I got sucked into The Remains of the Day which I have never seen before, but something about a movie that features servants going about their daily routines and carefully maintaining an estate while the master of the house is gradually seduced by fascism is hitting right now
positive · AI labelView post →CW The Remains of the Day. Possibly the saddest film I have ever seen. I am told it is about English national identity, but it seems to me to be about terribly repressed and class-obsessed people who only occasionally let their fascist tendencies show through… Oh…
negative · AI labelView post →On a recent trip to Stockholm, we visited the Nobel Prize Museum and found Ishiguro donated a silver salver that he took from the set of the film, The Remains of the Day. Prize recipients donate personal items for display at the museum and that was his contribution.
neutral · AI labelView post →In my 2025 A-Z of novelists challenge I've just finished I for Sir Kazuo Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day. A masterpiece of regret narrated by a man who has repressed his emotions in order to serve. My full review: bit.ly/4hKsxV7 #Booksky 💙📚 #Books 📚 #Literaturesky
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you for sharing this. Beautiful. From me - a longer excerpt.🙂 I like Anthony Hopkins a lot, especially for the film "The Remains of the Day", in which he and Emma Thompson played simply brilliantly! All in all, the film made a big impression on me. youtu.be/kWnst0Znqdw?...
positive · AI labelView post →The film is out this autumn, I hope it's better than the trailer suggests anyway, The Remains of the Day is one of the greatest novels/film adaptation of a novel ever
neutral · AI labelView post →Tough to pick the best book to film adaptation on SBS on Demand right now 🤔 There’s a bunch of excellent ones. Maybe it’s The Remains of the Day? www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...
neutral · AI labelView post →One book: THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by Kazuo Ishiguro One movie: Moonstruck One album: So by Peter Gabriel One TV show: The Americans OMG, this intro is SO 1980s. . .
neutral · AI labelView post →Film of the Day The Remains of the Day (UK 1993) Grouty, Hoppo, Thommo and Tim Piggott-Smithy! www.saintvespaluus.co.uk/film-49-60/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →Everything has to be done to a tee in the household he runs, so much so that his own personal issues take a back seat no matter how drastic. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AtN4C #bookreview #KazioIshiguro #TheRemainsOfTheDay #booksky #books
neutral · AI labelView post →Stevens decides to visit a maid who left the house many years before to marry, curious to see how her life panned out. Read the full article: Book Review – The Remains of the Day by Kazio Ishiguro ▸ lttr.ai/AtN3w #bookreview #KazioIshiguro #TheRemainsOfTheDay #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching: The Remains of the Day
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a sneaky theory that "The Remains of the Day" (both the novel and the film) are essentially horror. Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a very smart guy and he knows how horrendous Stevens is. Stevens doesn't care about his fascist boss — he cares about decorum.
positive · AI labelView post →Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel. The Remains of the Day (my joyless all-time favourite) Thirteen Days Dark City Matrix: Reloaded Emma ('96 TV Movie) Clueless D.A.R.Y.L The Wicker Man ('73 OG) Master & Commander
positive · AI labelView post →#30DayFilmChallenge #FilmSky 4. A film that starts with “The” The Remains of the Day
neutral · AI labelView post →(He was born in Japan, but his family moved to Britain when he was five.) I love this author, who is incapable of writing a dull sentence. He wrote, for instance, "The Remains Of The Day" (a great movie, too). The latest book I read was "Klara and the Sun" and I loved the book. #BookSky
positive · AI labelView post →This comment jumped out to me because when I watched The Remains of the Day I definitely felt an extra dimension and cultural resonance in this aspect as a British Asian (like Ishiguro) and the casual references to the British colonisation of the subcontinent in the film.. so many complicated
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve been on a Merchant Ivory kick since I watched a documentary about them on Kanopy. In my rewatch of The Remains of The Day, the fascist themes seemed more relevant than ever. I feel that we are currently experiencing a lot of passive acceptance, similar to Mr. Stevens in the film.
positive · AI labelView post →Imagining the guy watching the Jackass movie for the first time just bc it’s new on Criterion. He’s never heard of it. His favorite movie is The Remains of the Day. It’s going to fucking kill him
neutral · AI labelView post →'The Remains of the Day' (Ishiguro's novel, not the movie) is one of my favorite Unreliable Narrator novels.
positive · AI labelView post →I almost put that on the other day but went with The Remains of the Day (bloody fantastic film by the by) instead as it only had a week left on the streamer. Will definitely get to it soon.
positive · AI labelView post →There’s no point being proud of the bits of your country that are fucked up. A good movie about a Brit making that mistake, who won’t be told by the American in the room, is The Remains of the Day.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've only read The Goldfinch (and seen the movie). Really, really good. I also just read "The Remains of the Day". Saw the movie a long time ago. Still has me wrapped up in it. "Cloud Cuckoo Land" is better than "All the Light We Cannot See" imho, altho both wonderful. Books are the bomb!
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.20pm, The Remains Of The Day on Film4. At 9pm, Beast on Film4, Lethal Weapon 3 on ITV4 or David Brent: Life On The Road on Sky Max. At 10.40pm, Bridge of Spies on BBC1. At 1045, The Deer Hunter on Legend. At 11pm, Bowling For Columbine on Sky Docs. At 11.25, Pale Rider on ITV4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →(3) Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. ― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day #BookSky #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Re-watching "The Remains Of The Day". Awesome movie! It's about a butler in the early 20th century working for a Lord, but more than that, it's about the butler's inability to recognize that he's basically a flesh robot. He's lived his whole life without having a life of his own, nor known love😭
positive · AI labelView post →I watched Double Indemnity recently. Very good! I search for film noir flicks on Tubi and Prime Video and have found great stuff. Anything with Barbara Stanwyck and you can't go wrong with Gable or Grant. Probably my favorite movie is "The Remains of the Day" with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
positive · AI labelView post →For things being 'off' and 'wrong' in a different way, there is The Remains of the Day: both the book and the film are excellent for that. It's one little thing after another.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight my little local film club saw THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, a film I was sure I'd seen before, but I hadn't. I don't know if people paid any attention to the pre-WWII politics in it when it came out, but oh boy do they resonate today.
positive · AI labelView post →Book and movie acquired for The Remains of the Day! #movies #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book 📕 - The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro One movie 🍿 - The English Patient One album 💿 - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden One TV show 📺- True Detective (s1)
neutral · AI labelView post →Dyrham Park is a beautiful baroque country house in South Gloucestershire. Many tv and film productions have used this location, including The Remains of the Day, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Doctor Who was also filmed here.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes to every word of this, and I love him past description. There is a line in The Remains of the Day that devastates me even in thinking about it. The film is very good but it cannot get the incandescent power of that introspective line.
positive · AI labelView post →Insert a movie into another movie: The Remains of the Day of the Triffids
neutral · AI labelView post →Mark will likely pick Kensuke’s Kingdom, but for me it’s The Remains of the Day, always. A film I put off for many years because it would be long and stuffy but really it’s an absolutely gorgeous and quietly devastating tale of unspoken love. It became an instant favourite when I finally saw it!
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