Heat and Dust (film)
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Written by | Saeed Jaffrey |
| Based on | Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Starring | Julie Christie Greta Scacchi Shashi Kapoor Zakir Hussain |
| Music by | Richard Robbins Zakir Hussain |
| Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
| Editing by | Humphrey Dixon |
| Studio | Merchant Ivory Productions |
| Distributed by | Curzon Film Distributors (UK) Universal Classics (US) |
| Release date(s) | January 1, 1983 (UK) September 15, 1983 (US) |
| Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English Urdu Hindi |
| Box office | $1,741,435 |
Heat and Dust is a 1983 romantic drama film with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based upon her novel, Heat and Dust. It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant. Ivory performed tanpura for score music with Zakir Hussain's tabla.
According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications there was "a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s, which seemed to indicate Britain's growing preoccupation with India, Empire and a particular aspect of British cultural history" [1]. In addition to Heat and Dust, this cycle also included Gandhi (1982), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), The Far Pavilions (1984) and A Passage to India (1984). The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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[edit] Plot summary
For a summary see: Heat and Dust.
[edit] Cast
- The Nineteen Twenties in the Civil Lines at Satipur
- Christopher Cazenove - Douglas Rivers, the Assistant Collector
- Greta Scacchi - Olivia, his wife
- Julian Glover - Crawford, the District Collector
- Susan Fleetwood - Mrs. Crawford, the Burra Memsahib
- Patrick Godfrey - Saunders, the Medical Officer
- Jennifer Kendal - Mrs. Saunders
- At the Palace in Khatm
- Shashi Kapoor - The Nawab
- Madhur Jaffrey - Begum Mussarat Jahan, the Nawab's mother
- Nickolas Grace - Harry Hamilton-Paul
- Barry Foster - Major Minnies, the Political Agent
- 1982. In Satipur Town
- Julie Christie - Anne
- Zakir Hussain - Inder Lal, Anne's landlord
- Ratna Pathak - Ritu, Inder Lal's wife
- Tarla Mehta - Inder Lal's mother
- Charles McCaughan - Chid
- Rest of cast
- Sajid Khan - Dacoit Chief
- Amanda Walker - Lady Mackleworth
- Praveen Paul - Maji
- Jayant Kripalani - Dr. Gopal
- Sudha Chopra - Chief Princess
- Dan Chatto - Party Guest
- Geoff Heinrich
- Ishtiaq Khan
- Deep Bedi
- Baba Ghaus
- Leelabai - Leelavati
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Heat and Dust". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1431/year/1983.html. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
[edit] External links
- Heat and Dust at the Internet Movie Database
- Heat and Dust at AllRovi
- Heat and Dust at Box Office Mojo
- Heat and Dust at Rotten Tomatoes
- Summary from Merchant Ivory website
- Screen Online
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Categories:
- 1983 films
- British films
- 1980s drama films
- 1980s romance films
- British drama films
- British romance films
- English-language South Asian films
- Films directed by James Ivory
- Screenplays by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Films based on novels
- Films set in the 1920s
- Films set in the 1980s
- Films set in the British Empire
- Films shot in India
- Independent films
- Merchant Ivory Productions films
- Universal Pictures films
