The Remains of the Day (film)

The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
	Theatrical-release poster
Directed by	James Ivory
Screenplay by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; Harold Pinter (uncredited);
Based on	The Remains of the Day; by Kazuo Ishiguro
Produced by	Ismail Merchant; Mike Nichols; John Calley;
Starring	Anthony Hopkins; Emma Thompson; James Fox; Christopher Reeve;
Cinematography	Tony Pierce-Roberts
Edited by	Andrew Marcus
Music by	Richard Robbins
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Merchant Ivory Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	25 October 1993 (Premiere); 4 November 1993 (London Film Festival); 5 November 1993 (United States);
Running time	134 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$63.9 million

The Remains of the Day is a 1993 drama film adapted from the Booker Prize-winning 1989 novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film was directed by James Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols, and John Calley and adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It stars Anthony Hopkins as James Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, with James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin, and Lena Headey in supporting roles.

The film was a critical and box office success and it was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Thompson) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jhabvala). In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked The Remains of the Day the 64th-greatest British film of the 20th century.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "The Remains of the Day". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ "The Remains of the Day". Retrieved 29 September 2010.
^ British Film Institute - Top 100 British Films (1999). Retrieved August 27, 2016