maurice

SYNOPSIS - 24 NIGHTS

One of the most-loved gay romances
of all time is finally coming to DVD!
This is the first time Maurice has ever
been released in its entirety - all 140
lush minutes of E.M. Forster's
posthumously-published homo love
story is a perfect Valentines Day
present for yourself or a lover. The
DVD is a high-definition digital transfer
and also includes over 30 minutes of
deleted and alternate scenes.

REVIEW

Now considered a classic gay novel,
Maurice, E.M. Forster's
self-suppressed 1914 love story, was
not published until after his death in
1970. With the same reverence,
respect and regal authority that they
brought to his A Room with a View,
Merchant Ivory Productions has
created an exquisite and sexually bold
adaptation of the author's
semiautobiographical novel.

Set in pre-WWI England, the film
examines the social and sexual
repression of the era in this story of
the emotional conflict facing a college
student coming to terms with his
homosexuality.

James Wilby is perfectly cast in the title
role, Hugh Grant gives a precise
performance as his frustratingly
platonic lover who transforms from
free-spirit to social prig, and Rupert
Graves is splendid as Alec, the
handsome gamekeeper who awakens
Maurice's dormant feelings. When Alec
climbs in Maurice's bedroom window
and into his bed, the hair on this
writer's neck goes up, regardless of
how many times he has seen this film.
An inspiring tale of gay love that
transcends class and social barriers.
Maurice belongs in every gay man's
collection and the release of this new,
unedited, digitally-transferred DVD is a
long-awaited moment.

Raymond Murray