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Columbia Pictures
John Brabourn & Richard B. Goodwin
John Heyman & Edward Sands
David Lean
David Lean
E. M. Forester
Santha Rama Rau
Maurice Jarre
Ernest Day
David Lean
John Box & Herbert Westbrook
Cliff Robinson, Leslie Tomkins, Herbert Westbrook,
and Ram Yedekar
Judy Moorcroft
John Stoll
163 minutes
Columbia
December 14, 1984 (New York)
Cast Credits
Adela Questad:
Doctor Aziz:
Mrs. Moore:
Richard Felding:
Professor Godbole:
Ronny Heaslop:
Turton:
Mrs. Turton:
McBryde:
Judy Davis
Victor Banerjee
Peggy Aschcroft
James Fox
Alec Guiness
Nigel Havers
Richarld Wilson
Antonia Pemberton
Michael Culver
Academy Awards
Best Original Score
Best Supporting Actress (Ashcroft)
Best Picture (nominated)
Best Actress-Judy Davis (nominated)
Best Director (nominated)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (nom.)
Best Cinematography (nominated)
Best Costume Design (nominated)
Best Film Editing (nominated)
Best Sound (nominated)
Best Screenplay from Another Medium (nominated)
British Academy Awards
Best Actress, Ashcroft
Best Actor, Banerjee (nom.)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Fox (nominated)
Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated)
Best Cinematography (nominated)
Best Costume Design (nominated)
Best Film (nominated)
Best Production Design (nominated)
Best Score (nominated)
Golden Globes, USA
Golden Globe Best Foreign Film
Golden Globes, England
Best Original Score
Best Supporting Actress (Ashcroft)
Best Director
Best Screenplay
LA Film Critics Association
Best Supporting Actress (Ashcroft)
National Board of Review, USA
Best Actor (Banerjee)
Best Actress (Ashcroft)
Best Director
Best Picture - English Language
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Actress (Ashcroft)
Best Director
Best Film
Writers Guild of America
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Resources
A Passage to India
Blu-Ray Collector's Edition
Special Features
• Graphic and Picture Track (Blu-Ray Exclusive)
• "E.M. Forster: Profile of an Author”
• "An Epic Takes Shape”
• "An Indian Affair”
• "Only Connect: A Vision of India”
• "Casting a Classic”
• "David Lean: Shooting with the Master”
• Reflections Of David Lean
• Commentary with Producer Richard Goodwin
A Passage to India Streaming
Online Streaming in HD (1920x1080)
High-definition digital transfers streamed in both HD and SD (standard definition). Includes the film's trailer.
A Passage to India
2-Disc Collector's edition DVD
Special Features
• Commentary with Producer Richard Goodwin
• E.M. Forster: A Profile of an Author
• An Epic Takes Shape - Cast & Crew talk about the genesis of the project.
• An Indian Affair - Covers the main period of production over in India.
• Only Connect: A Vision of India - Covers the whole area of Post Production and also includes the final days of shooting in the studios at Shepperton.
• Casting a Classic - Priscilla John (Casting Director) talks about casting the film and the challenges of bringing characters from the book to life.
• David Lean: Shooting with the Master.
• "Reflections of David Lean" - A featurette on David Lean.
Troubled Epic: On Location with Ryan's Daughter by Michael Tanner
Paperback & eBook Availability
An unvarnished account of the troubled shooting of Ryan's Daughter, both on and off camera, and how its stars - Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, and John Mills - coped with a year on Ireland's west coast in 1969.
Original 1984 Trailer
YouTube Video
Behind the Scenes of Doctor Zhivago
YouTube Video
Film Histories takes a look at the critical failure of David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, which pushed Lean into self exile to not return for more than a decade. (Note: the author of this video takes liberties with the some of the facts on the “behind-the-scenes” trivia. Example, Mitchum didn’t “drug” Jones, he offered him marijuana to help with an intimate scene.)