The Remains Of The Day Christopher Reeve

Directed by james ivory.

The remains of the day christopher reeve. Even still boyish christopher reeve as an american congressman is on the mark. Howard s end was a more plot driven film in which the characters are seemingly driven by an inexorable fate. The remains of the day was the more challenging of the two. A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to world war ii realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.

With anthony hopkins emma thompson john haycraft christopher reeve. Howard s end was a more plot driven film in which the characters are seemingly driven by an inexorable fate. The remains of the day 1993 the remains of the day. This film was entirely character driven and in the wrong hands could have been a crushing bore.

Ivory offered him the small but important role of jack lewis an american congressman in his upcoming movie the remains of the day based on a novel of the same name by the british author.