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VHS : The House of the Spirits
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The House of the Spirits starring: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas directed by: Bille August Price: $39.95 Prices subject to change. |
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303160566 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6303160565 Label: Live / Artisan Manufacturer: Live / Artisan Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Live / Artisan Release Date: May 22, 2001 Running Time: 140 minutes Studio: Live / Artisan Theatrical Release Date: April 01, 1994 Sales Rank: 9630 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The House of the Spirits is a generational tale of life among the ruling class in a South American country, as adapted from the Isabel Allende novel, but the political realities coexist very uneasily with the magical realism in this Bille August film. The star power alone (Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Redgrave, and Armin Mueller-Stahl) should have cranked it up a few notches, but that's not the case. Irons is appropriately cruel as the ambitious man who achieves wealth and makes everyone around him miserable and Streep is luminous, but it's slow and ponderous all the way. --Marshall Fine Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - reconciliation and growth- the "connection between events"- that's what the movie is aboutAt least that's what it meant to me. Replace "South America" in all reviews by the word "Chile", because that is where the story belongs in its cut and dry facts. A wealthy family, a Shakespearean love between a peasant's son and a land owner's daughter; betrayal, rage, passion, violence and murder, ghosts (spirits), rebelion and freedom: all these are just some of the ingredients portraid in the movie with a great line up, awsome landscape and fairly good soundtrack. If you ever visit Chile, please see this movie and you'll understand part of the Chilean character and history: under our modern facade, there's still Biancas, Pedros and Truebas. The movie personally helped me see my own story and find new connections between myself, my ... Read More: Rating: - Corrections for SynopsisExtremely Fantastic Movie! I just happened along this movie on The IFC Channel, hate to think how many really good movies I miss and have missed. Please rewrite the synopsis as follows: sentence #2, "The poor Estaban marries Clara and they have (not get) a daughter, Blanca. Sentence #3, Estaban works hard and earns (not gets) the money to buy..... After reading the negative reviews on this movie I would like to remind people that the book was 'loosely based' on the novel. I really wonder what the negative reviewers think is a good movie, let me know! Rating: - AN OUTSTANDING FAMILY SAGA...I love this movie! It has a stellar cast, who give top notch performances. How can you go wrong with Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Antonio Banderas, Winona Ryder, Vanessa Redgrave, and Armin Muehler-Stahl? The answer is that you can't. It is a riveting piece of film making, based loosely upon Isabelle Allende's wonderful book of the same name. The film delicately captures the mysticism of the book, rendering those scenes in which such is the focal point highly believable. This is no mean feat given the subject matter. The story takes place in South America. The saga begins in the nineteen thirties. Vanessa Redgrave and Armin Muehler-Stahl play the wealthy and liberal parents of two daughters, Rosa and Clara ... Read More: Rating:  - Very pleasingVery good movies. Not as great as the actual book, as many movies made from books are. Rating:  - extremely disappointed....I did really wanted to buy this dvd. I liked the movie when I first saw it in the movietheater. But one good habit of mine is reading the comments of other buyers. Thank you guys!!! This STUPID idea of editing, changing, cutting or whatever the companies may say, with the idea of improving the movie... well, it simply does NOT improve anything at all. Totally the opposite: just spoil it. And the good feelings to see a good movie again, at your home, is completely gone. The movie itself is great! But my suggestion is (sorry amazon.com....): just rent it!!! And after that, if you still like it, then you may buy it. |
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