Word: denholm
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...does his movie; Maurice (pronounced Morris) is all high-mindedness and good taste. It has no emotional tension or -- heaven forfend -- strong expression of frustration or need. Occasionally an old pro like Denholm Elliott, Barry Foster or Ben Kingsley disregards directorial discretion and rips into a scene, because that's what actors are supposed to do. The young leading men, though, do not have the confidence or the clout to break through Ivory's enervated politesse...
Snowball: Denholm Elliot, A Room With A View. He'll be watching the Awards show from his room in the Best Western, flipping back and forth between it and My Three Sons, mooning the screen, throwing Beer Nuts...
...only doubt in Mullen's mind is provided by Vernon Bayliss (Denholm Elliott), a washed-up old timer on the newspaper staff who insists Markham was framed. Bayliss was pals with Markham in the Communist Party back in the old days, though, and Mullen finds this plus his own obsession with front page stories reason enough to ignore the old man's pleadings...
They meet over dinner at the Pensione Bertolini, a home away from home for respectable English tourists, managed, appropriately enough, by a cockney signora. Overhearing Lucy and her cousin complain that their room lacks a view of the Arno River, George's father (Denholm Elliott) offers to exchange the two ladies' rooms for his and his son's, which do possess the coveted perspective. Such an amenity is useless to him, he explains, for "my vision is within." So is that of his son, who is perhaps overly introspective, a characteristic telegraphed by his habit of constantly drawing question marks...
...does in this movie version of Forster's minor and diverting novel. The formality of James Ivory's style suits this spirit admirably, counterpointing and controlling the theatrical overplaying he encourages among his players. Maggie Smith as Lucy's dithering chaperone is marvelous, and so is Denholm Elliott, blustering common sense as George's father. Daniel Day Lewis as the well-named Vyse is terminally repressed, and Helena Bonham Carter establishes herself here (and in the recent Lady Jane) as one of the screen's most intriguing newcomers. No one plays adolescent petulance better just now; no one better understands...