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==Release== ''Howards End'' had its premiere in New York City on 27 February 1992.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/howards-end-review-movie-1992-1281538/|title='Howards End': THR's 1992 Review|last=Menell|first=Jeff|date=27 February 2020|accessdate=2 March 2024}}</ref> It was released on 13 March 1992 in the United States and Canada and on 1 May 1992 in the United Kingdom. ===Critical reception=== The film received widespread critical acclaim. On 5 June 2005, [[Roger Ebert]] included it on his list of "Great Movies".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-howards-end-1992 | newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times | date=5 June 2005 | first=Roger | last=Ebert | title=Howards End (1992) | access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> [[Leonard Maltin]] awarded the film 4 stars out of 4, and called the film "Extraordinarily good on every level."<ref name=Maltin>{{cite book| last = Martin| first = Leonard | author-link = Leonard Maltin | title = Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide | publisher = Signet Books | year = 2015| pages = 653| isbn = 978-0-451-46849-9}}{{rating|4|4}}</ref> [[Dave Kehr]] of ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' gave a mixed review while reporting that the film "provides more than enough in the way of production values to keep its primary audience entertained. An audible gasp went up at a recent sneak preview over the film's re-creation of a Christmas-bedecked Harrod's of the turn of the century; the movie, like the store, knows how to put its merchandise on display."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-01-9202080722-story.html | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date=1 May 1992 | first=Dave | last=Kehr | title=Home with a View | access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref> Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 94% of 65 reviews are positive for the film, and the average rating is 8.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A superbly-mounted adaptation of E.M. Forster's tale of British class tension, with exceptional performances all round, ''Howards End'' ranks among the best of Merchant-Ivory's work."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/howards_end/|title=Howards End|access-date=12 August 2020|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film holds a score of 89 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/howards-end | title=Howards End | access-date=19 August 2016 | website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> American audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "B" on a scale of A+ to F.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= HOWARDS END (1993) B |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> In 2016, the film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="Classics">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62136.html |title=Cannes Classics 2016 |access-date=21 April 2016 |date=20 April 2016 |work=Cannes Film Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210012746/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62136.html |archive-date=10 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was released theatrically after restoration on 26 August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/howards-end-re-release-theaters-1201797683/|title=Restored 'Howards End' to Be Released in Theaters|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=17 June 2016|website=Variety.com|access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref> ''Howards End'' was placed on more top ten lists than any other film in 1992, edging out ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'' and ''[[Unforgiven]]''. It was placed on 82 of the 106 film critics polled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-24-ca-2356-story.html|title=106 Doesn't Add up|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=24 January 1993}}</ref> ===Box office=== The film grossed $26.3 million in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0104454/|title=Howards End|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> In the United Kingdom it grossed £4 million ($5.9 million).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=20 August 1993|page=22|title=The best End}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=22 November 1996|page=39|title=Top Period Dramas in the UK}}</ref> ===Awards and nominations=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Award ! Category ! Nominee(s) ! Result ! Ref. |- | rowspan="9"| [[65th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] | [[Ismail Merchant]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="9"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=October 22, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220926/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref> |- | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | [[James Ivory]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | [[Emma Thompson]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | [[Vanessa Redgrave]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]] | [[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] | Art Direction: [[Luciana Arrighi]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Ian Whittaker]] | {{won}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] | [[Tony Pierce-Roberts]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] | [[Jenny Beavan]] and [[John Bright (costume designer)|John Bright]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] | [[Richard Robbins (composer)|Richard Robbins]] | {{nom}} |- | [[American Society of Cinematographers|American Society of Cinematographers Awards]] | [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases]] | Tony Pierce-Roberts | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |title=The ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography |publisher=[[American Society of Cinematographers]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802060537/http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |archive-date=2011-08-02}}</ref> |- | [[Argentine Film Critics Association|Argentine Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] | James Ivory | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | [[Bodil Awards]] | [[Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film|Best European Film]] | James Ivory | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1993-2/ |title=Bodil Prize 1993 |publisher=[[Bodil Awards]] |access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1992|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]] | [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | Emma Thompson | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1990s |publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="11"| [[46th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]] | [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | Ismail Merchant and James Ivory | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="11"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1993/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1993 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] | James Ivory | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]] | Emma Thompson | {{won}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] | [[Samuel West]] | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] | [[Helena Bonham Carter]] | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] | Tony Pierce-Roberts | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] | Jenny Beavan and John Bright | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | Andrew Marcus | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair|Best Make Up Artist]] | Christine Beveridge | {{nom}} |- | [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] | Luciana Arrighi | {{nom}} |- | [[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]] | [[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]] | rowspan="2"| Tony Pierce-Roberts | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bscine.com/media/uploads/Awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v=1696018822 |title=Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film |publisher=[[British Society of Cinematographers]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Camerimage]] | Golden Frog | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://camerimage.pl/en/archiwum/kronika-nagrod/camerimage-1993/ |title=CAMERIMAGE 1993 |publisher=[[Camerimage]] |access-date=September 17, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[1992 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] | [[Palme d'Or]] | rowspan="3"| James Ivory | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/6/year/1992.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Howards End |publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]] |access-date=August 14, 2009}}</ref> |- | 45th Anniversary Prize | {{won}} |- | [[18th César Awards|César Awards]] | [[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-1993/ |title=The 1993 Caesars Ceremony |publisher=[[César Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1992|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | Emma Thompson | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| |- | [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | Emma Thompson | {{won}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]] | [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]] | James Ivory | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daviddidonatello.it/motore-di-ricerca/schedasola.php?idfilm=57&annovinci=1993 |title=Howard House |publisher=[[David di Donatello]] |access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref> |- | [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]] | [[Anthony Hopkins]] | {{nom}} |- | [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]] | Emma Thompson | {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Emmanuelle Béart]] for ''[[A Heart in Winter]]'' and [[Tilda Swinton]] for ''[[Orlando (film)|Orlando]]''.}} |- | [[45th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]] | [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]] | rowspan="2"| James Ivory | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1992.aspx?value=1992 |title=45th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards#1992 Winners|Evening Standard British Film Awards]] | Best Film | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| |- | Best Actress | Emma Thompson {{small|(also for ''[[Peter's Friends]]'')}} | {{won}} |- | [[Goldene Kamera|Golden Camera]] | Best International Actress | Vanessa Redgrave {{small|(also for ''[[Young Catherine]]'')}} | {{won}} | align="center"| |- | rowspan="4"| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]] | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/howards-end/ |title=Howards End |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] | Emma Thompson | {{won}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]] | James Ivory | {{nom}} |- | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]] | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | {{nom}} |- | [[8th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film|Best Foreign Film]] | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2023_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_051623.pdf |title=38 Years of Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Independent Spirit Awards]] |access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref> |- | [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards]] | Best Actress | Emma Thompson | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1990-99/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1990-99 |publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1992|London Film Critics Circle Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Film of the Year|British Film of the Year]] | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| |- | [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year|British Actress of the Year]] | rowspan="2"| Emma Thompson | {{won}} |- | [[1992 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | {{won}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1992.php |title=The Annual 18th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| [[Nastro d'Argento]] | Best Foreign Director | James Ivory | {{nom}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| |- | Best Production Design | Luciana Arrighi | {{won}} |- | rowspan="4"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1992|National Board of Review Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1992/ |title=1992 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]] | {{won}} |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | James Ivory | {{won}} |- | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | rowspan="2"| Emma Thompson | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[1992 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] | [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actress]] | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | Vanessa Redgrave | {{draw|3rd Place}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | {{Runner-up}} | align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/ |title=Awards – New York Film Critics Circle |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | James Ivory | {{Runner-up}} |- | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] | Emma Thompson | {{won}} |- | Political Film Society Awards | colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Democracy|Democracy]] | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | [[4th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures]] | Ismail Merchant | {{nom}} | align="center"| |- | rowspan="2"| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | colspan="2"| Best Picture | {{won}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1992 |title= 1992 SEFA Awards |publisher=Southeastern Film Critics Association |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> |- | Best Actress | Emma Thompson | {{won}} |- | colspan="2"| [[USC Scripter Awards]] | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala {{small|(screenwriter)}}; <br> [[E.M. Forster]] {{small|(author)}} | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter/past-scripter-awards |title=Past Scripter Awards |publisher=[[USC Scripter Awards]] |access-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref> |- | [[45th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published]] | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | {{nom}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref> |} ===Home media=== [[Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia-TriStar]] released the film on [[LaserDisc]] on 2 June 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=Laser Scans|first=Chris|last=McGowan|page=51|date=April 24, 1993}}</ref> [[The Criterion Collection]] released [[Blu-ray]] and [[DVD]] versions of the film on 3 November 2009, which have since gone out of print. The release was unfortunately subject to a bronzing issue which would discolor the disc bronze and render it unplayable, due to a pressing issue at the factory, though not every disc was subject to bronzing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Howards-End-Blu-ray/5698/|title = Howards End Blu-ray | publisher=blu-ray.com | accessdate=11 October 2021}}</ref> [[Cohen Film Collection]] released their own special edition Blu-ray on 6 December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Howards-End-Blu-ray/142539/|title = Howards End Blu-ray Release Date December 6, 2016}}</ref> Although this edition was labelled as remastered in 4k, it is a 1080p Blu Ray disc. However in 2018, [[Concord Video]] released a [[4K Ultra HD]] Region Free edition in Germany.
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