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A Passage to India

film by Lean [1984]

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    • David Lean
      In David Lean

      His last film, A Passage to India (1984), based on the E.M. Forster novel, was regarded as his best work since Lawrence of Arabia. Lean was knighted by Queen Elizabeth that year, and in 1990 he was awarded the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award. At the time…

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  • Oscars to Jarre for best original score and Ashcroft for best supporting actress, 1984

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      • Ashcroft
        • In Peggy Ashcroft

          …The Thirty-nine Steps (1935) and A Passage to India (1984), for which she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress. She also made television appearances, and her performance in The Jewel in the Crown (1984) was widely acclaimed.

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      • Guinness
        • Alec Guinness
          In Alec Guinness

          …those of Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984) and William Dorrit in Little Dorrit (1987). In 1980 he won a special Academy Award for memorable film performances.

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