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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Remains of the Day is an acclaimed 1989 novel by Japanese-born English author Kazuo Ishiguro, adapted into a 1993 James Ivory film starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, and Christopher Reeve.The novel is set in 1956 and narrated by a butler, Stevens, who recalls his career and considers the nature of his profession as he drives through the English countryside to visit his old colleague, Miss Kenton (now Mrs. Benn) for the first time in twenty years to ask her to return to her old job. Darlington Hall, where they worked together, is now owned by a rich American; through Stevens's memories of working there over the decades, and through his way of telling them, we learn not only about the Lord Darlington who used to live there and how his downfall came about, but also about Stevens's character, his relationships with Lord Darlington, Miss Kenton, and his father, and what's left for him after a life of completely devoting himself to the service of another person.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })A pre-stardom Lena Headey has a small part in the movie as a pretty servant girl. | |
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Artistic Licence – History: A minor example: David Cardinal tells Stevens that the meeting Lord Darlington is hosting between Lord Halifax, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and the Prime Minister is intended to persuade the latter to visit Hitler in Berlin, and possibly to arrange a similar meeting between the Fuhrer and the newly-crowned king, who is regarded as pro-Nazi. The implication is that the Prime Minister is Neville Chamberlain and the king is Edward VIII,note Who might have been a Nazi sympathiser in Real Life, rumours of which began circulating years after WWII ended. but Chamberlain became PM five months after King Edward had abdicated in favour of his brother. Either the Prime Minister was actually Chamberlain's predecessor, Stanley Baldwin, or Cardinal is implying that King George VI was pro-Nazi (which he definitely was not), or Ishiguro is engaging in a bit of artistic licence regarding dates. And that's not getting into the fudging of the dates of Lord Halifax' tenure as Foreign Secretary... | |
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Age-Gap Romance: Such as it is. But, while Stevens and Miss Kenton's ages are never specifically named in the film, Anthony Hopkins has a good 20 years on Emma Thompson in real life. | |
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Arc Words: "Dignity". Stevens believes it is the defining quality of a "great" butler and spends much of the book ruminating on just what "dignity" truly means. | |
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Apologizes a Lot: Stevens is constantly apologizing to other characters for various minor slights. In fact, he often apologizes to the reader for not telling the story well enough. | |
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Adaptation Name Change: Ruth and Sarah become Elsa and Irma in the film. They're also German instead of presumably being English. | |
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