Movie Description:
Oscar-winners Anthony Hopkinsand EmmaThompson reunite with the acclaimed Merchant Ivory filmmaking team for this extraordinary and moving story of blinddevotion and repressed love. Hopkins stars as Stevens, the perfect English butler-an ideal carried by him to fanatical lengths, as he serves hismaster Lord Darlington, bgeautifully played by James Fox. Darlington, like many other members of the British establishment in the 1930`s, is duped bythe Nazis into trying to establish a rapport between themselves and the British government. Thompson stars as the estate`s housekeeper, a high-spirited, strong-minded young woman who watches the goings-on upstairs with horror. Despite her apprehensions, she andStevens gradually fall in love,though neither will admit it, and only give vent to their charged feelings via fierce arguments. Marvelously acted by asupporting cast that includes Christopher Reeve and Hugh Grant, "The Remains
