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Holistic Guidance - A Room with a View (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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List Price: $26.98
Our Price: $24.99
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Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Starring: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow
Directed By: James Ivory
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790791470
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 0790791471
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-04-06
Running Time: 113
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1986-04
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Editorial Reviews:
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Nominated for eight Oscars in 1986, including Best Picture, and winner of three (Costumes, Art Direction and Adapted Screenplay), A Room with a View is the film that defined Merchant-Ivory as the masters of the romantic period piece. A brilliant adaptation of E.M. Forster?s novel, A Room with a View tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis). Boasting a brilliant supporting cast, A Room with a View is one of the most romantic of romantic comedies ever filmed.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Parents strongly cautioned
Comment: This film is not rated. Therefore, there is no visible warning on this dvd to advise parents that they may not want their children viewing this film. There is a scene in which men are swimming that involves full frontal male nudity. This film is categorized with several popular britlit titles, but most I've seen in that genre are decent and wholesome enough to be rated G or PG. This movie should be rated R at best due to the gratuitous nature of the nudity it contains. Although this films appears to well-liked according to the reviews I've read, there should be more of a warning to those who might find content in this film objectionable.
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Summary: wonderful movie
Comment: this is a great movie created with such a good taste, with great actors, specially Helena Bonham Carter.
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Summary: An HD-DVD With Only a View
Comment: There is so much to like about about the Merchant-Ivory production of A Room With a View that I couldn't wait to see it with all the detailed glory possible from an HD-DVD. But I wanted to hear it too, and alas, with this Warner/BBC version of the disc I could not: It does not have a Dolby or even a basic 2-channel soundtrack. Just DTS HD.
Amazon had nothing on the site to warn of this. A sad oversight.
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Summary: Bonham-Carter is a Show Stopper!
Comment: A Room with a View was only Bonham-Carter's second film, made when she was nineteen. To watch her in it, one would imagine her to be a much more experienced actress. Her performance strikes just the right balance of humor and drama and combined with clever dialogue, a dramatic, passionate plot, gorgeous scenery, and a Puccini-driven score, makes for an award-worthy film.
Don't think for a minute that this is some staid, English period piece. A Room with a View is a rolicking journey through Italy, London, and the English countryside, in the company of several fine performers: Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliot, Judi Dench, and Daniel Day-Lewis. Julian Sands turns in a charming performance as a secret suitor to Bonham-Carter's Lucy Honeychurch.
The only caution I can make is the male nudity in the film's bathing scene. While it does add to the humor of the picture, I feel the full frontal nudity went too far. Did we really need to see three sets of family jewels dangling out in the open air? Leave a little to the imagination, but don't leave this one on the shelf.
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Summary: Beautiful film
Comment: This is an enjoyable love story set in Italy and England. The cast is wonderful and Daniel Day Lewis, as usual, is amazing. For those who do not care for period pieces, look for the irony and subtle humor. It is very entertaining. For those who are sensitive to such things, there is an extended scene with full frontal male nudity. As men enter the pond, it can be easily skipped over and could have been shot more discretely with the same effect.
My wife and I enjoyed the film a great deal. I felt it was better than the PBS version of the same story.
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