Vanessa Redgrave: ‘I’m stunned anyone ever said a word against Howards End’

The critical and commercial success of Howards End should, said Redgrave, stand as an example to financiers wary of backing apparently non-commercial projects.

As the film shows, I think perfectly, there’s more to life and human beings than the human beings themselves know.”

Twenty-four years ago, Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter strode up the red carpet in Cannes to present Howards End, the latest EM Forster adaptation by director/producer powerhouse James Ivory and Ismail Merchant.