A Passage to India (CH5, 2.10pm, Sat).SO what really happened when the charming young Dr Aziz took the impressionable Miss Quested into the Marabar Caves in 1920s India? E M Forster's novel was one of the classics looking at the culture clashes of British-ruled India, and the 1984 film directed by David Lean was both his last and one of his finest. Sumptuously filmed in the epic Lean style, with a glittering cast including Peggy Ashcroft Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress. Career Born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft in Croydon, Peggy Ashcroft attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. , James Jox, Judy Davis Judy Davis (born 23 April, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated and 3-time Emmy Award-winning Australian actress. Supported the Liberal government in the last Ontario Election. Biography Personal life Davis was born in Perth and had a Catholic upbringing. and Victor Bannerjee. Only the casting of Alec Guinness as the enigmatic Professor Godbole grates. Even in the 1980s it was questionable whether European actors should put on dark make-up for Asian roles, and in 2009 it seems even more wrong. |
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