The Cohen Film Collection will celebrate the 30th anniversary of dierctor James Ivory's
Maurice (1987) with a theatrical release of a brand new 4K restoration of the film. The new restoration will be introduced on May 19th in New York City, and additional engagements will then follow in other major U.S. cities.
The 4K restoration was supervised by James Ivory and cinematographer Piere Lhomme.
A Blu-ray release of
Maurice is expected to be announced later this year.
Synopsis: Set against the stifling conformity of pre-World War I English society, E.M. Forster's
Maurice is a story of coming to terms with one's sexuality and identity in the face of disapproval and misunderstanding.
Maurice Hall (James Wilby) and Clive Durham (Hugh Grant) find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. In a time when homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment, the two must keep their feelings for one another a complete secret. After a friend is arrested and disgraced for "the unspeakable vice of the Greeks," Clive abandons his forbidden love and marries a young woman. Maurice, however, struggles with his identity and self-confidence, seeking the help of a hypnotist to rid himself of his undeniable urges. But while staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice is seduced by the affectionate and yearning servant Alec Scudder (Rupert Graves), an event that brings about profound changes in Maurice's life and outlook.