A Room with a View (1985 film) A Room with a View (1985 film) A Room with a View is a 1985 British romance film directed by James Ivory, screenplay written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and produced by Ismail Merchant, of E. M. Forster's novel of the same name (1908). The film closely follows the novel by use of chapter titles to distinguish thematic segments. Set in England and Italy, it is about a young woman named Lucy Honeychurch in the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England, and her developing love for a free-spirited young man, George Emerson. It stars Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy and
Kate Burton (actress) nominated for Tony awards in two different categories in the same year. In 2006, Burton starred in the Off-Broadway production of "The Water's Edge" opposite Tony Goldwyn. That year, she again received a Tony nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her role in W. Somerset Maugham's "The Constant Wife." In 2007, she played Ranevskaya in "The Cherry Orchard" at Boston's Huntington Theatre. On December 21, 2007, she joined the cast of the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening" in the role of the Adult Women when she replaced actress Christine Estabrook. Kristine Nielsen replaced her on March 2, 2008