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A Passage to India is a 1984 epic period drama film written, directed and edited by David Lean. The screenplay is based on the 1924 novel of the same name by E. M. Forster and the 1960 play adaptation by Santha Rama Rau .
A Passage to India is a stage play written by Indian-American playwright Santha Rama Rau (1923–2009), based on E.M. Forster's 1924 novel of the same name. [ 1 ] Synopsis
A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th-century English literature by the Modern Library [2] and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. [3]
For The Jewel in the Crown she won a BAFTA award for best actress in 1984, and for her portrayal of Mrs. Moore in David Lean's 1984 film A Passage to India she won another BAFTA best actress award and the 1985 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress; this made her the oldest person to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, at 77 years 93 days old.
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She was cast as Adela Quested in David Lean's final film A Passage to India (1984), an adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. [4] Variety praised Davis for having "the rare gift of being able to look very plain (as the role calls for) at one moment and uncommonly beautiful at another. [9]
She earned further acclaim in 1984, when she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Adela Quested in the historical epic A Passage to India. Davis's first major American feature in Woody Allen drama Husbands and Wives (1992), saw her nominated for numerous awards for her role as woman trying to find love.
She garnered international attention for her performance in A Passage to India (1984), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. [1] In 1990, Davis appeared in Alice, directed by Woody Allen, followed by a supporting role in David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch, as well as Joel Coen's Barton Fink (both 1991).