National Board Of Review Awards 1984
56th National Board of Review Awards December 17, 1984 ---- Best Picture: A Passage to India The 56th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 17 December 1984. Top Ten Films #''A Passage to India (film), A Passage to India'' #''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas'' #''The Killing Fields (film), The Killing Fields'' #''Places in the Heart'' #''Mass Appeal (film), Mass Appeal'' #''Country (film), Country'' #''A Soldier's Story'' #''Birdy (film), Birdy'' #''Careful, He Might Hear You (film), Careful, He Might Hear You'' #''Under the Volcano (1984 film), Under the Volcano'' Top Foreign films #''A Sunday in the Country'' #''Carmen (1984 film), Carmen'' #''Eine Liebe in Deutschland, A Love in Germany'' #''The Fourth Man (1983 film), The Fourth Man'' #''The Basileus Quartet'' Winners *Best Picture: **''A Passage to India (film), A Passage to India'' *Best Foreign Language Film: **''A Sunday in the Country, Un dimanche à la campagne (A Sunday in the Country)'', France ...
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A Passage To India (film)
''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'' and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. ''Time'' magazine included the novel in its "All Time 100 Novels" list. The novel is based on Forster's experiences in India, deriving the title from Walt Whitman's 1870 poem " Passage to India" in ''Leaves of Grass''. The story revolves around four characters: Dr. Aziz, his British friend Mr. Cyril Fielding, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Adela Quested. During a trip to the fictitious Marabar Caves (modeled on the Barabar Caves of Bihar), Adela thinks she finds herself alone with Dr. Aziz in one of the caves (when in fact he is in an entirely different cave; whether the attacker is real or a reaction to the cave is ambiguous), and subsequently panics and ...
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