Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by John Madden
List Price:
Our Price: $4.54
You Save: $5.45 (55%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Christian Bale, Irene Papas, John Hurt, Nicolas Cage, Pen?lope CruzDirector: John Madden
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Producer: Debra Hayward
Producer: Eric Fellner
Producer: Jane Frazer
Producer: Kevin Loader
Producer: Liza Chasin
Writer: Louis de Berni?res
Writer: Shawn Slovo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-02-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Captain Corelli's Mandolin
DVD Review: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Summary: 5 Stars
Great acting! Based on true historical events this is a great story. Filmed on location in Kefalonia, Greece the scenery is breathtaking.
DVD Review: Captain Corelli's Mandolin movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Great love story, and is a favorite movie. Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz are great in this movie. This movie is a keeper for sure. gigiDVD Review: Couldn't view the movie
Summary: 1 Stars
Received the DVD and got about 20 minutes into the movie and the DVD stopped working; had to send it back to Amazon for a refund.DVD Review: If You've Read the Book, You'll Dislike the Movie . . .
Summary: 1 Stars
For purists, nothing is more aggravating than to anticipate a movie of a beloved piece of literature, only to discover the villains are transformed into heroes, the heroes are made the buffoons and, in the interest of adding insult to injury? The screenwriters have completely changed the ending.
Such was my experience with "Captain Corelli's Mandolin".
Had I never read the book, had I never invested time and energy into following the author's train of thought, had I walked blindly into a viewing of this work with no preparation whatsoever, I still would have had issues with costume inaccuracies, lack of historical context, and all-too-convenient plot twists.
But I HAD read the book, so my list of grievances was far larger. The political framework of the Mediterranean theater of WWII was completely absent. The realization that what is beautiful can die and become evil is ripped away by the ennobling of a quite ignoble character. The symbolization of a particular gramophone was lost. One of the most poignant, heartbreaking unrequited love stories ever written is absent from the film, relegating the passionate self-sacrificing soldier into little more than a walk-on role, and the tragedy of a lifetime spent . . . waiting . . . was just . . . gone.
In speaking to those who had never experienced the brilliance of the original work, they enjoyed the film in a late-summer date-night sort of way . . .
It was as if . . . if you can imagine it . . . a "Hallmark Movie of the Week" version of "Gone With The Wind" had been made and marketed, pretending to be as good as the original. A sad recommendation for what could have been an epic piece of film.
DVD Review: Captain's Corelli Mandolin
Summary: 3 Stars
The item delivered by Amazon is very fine. The film is a bit of a "soft drink" with respect to the reality.
Captain Corelli was still alive a couple of years ago, he was in Florence (Tuscany). I guess he was wondering around with a mandolin on his shoulders (especially along military parades). In that event, about 8500-9500 Italian troops were executed by Germans/Nazis because they refused to surrend, and in the end they run out of ammonitions.
If I remember rigth, officers (many were young guys) were shoot one by one. This is remembered as the "Massacre of Cephalonia". I wish that such a tragedy would have been represented by a more highly profiled film.
Description of Captain Corelli's Mandolin
AN ACCLAIMED ROMANCE ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL, STRONG-WILLED GREEK WOMAN WHOSE HEART IS CAPTURED BY AN IRREPRESSIBLE ITALIAN OFFICER WITH A PASSION FOR MUSIC.With this lavish follow-up to Shakespeare in Love, director John Madden proves himself a worthy craftsman of literary films, and while Captain Corelli's Mandolin may frustrate admirers of Louis de Berni?res's densely detailed novel, it's a tastefully old-fashioned adaptation, preserving the novel's flavor while focusing on its love story set against the turbulence of World War II. Set on the Greek island of Cephallonia, the drama begins in 1940 with occupation by Italian troops, awkwardly allied with the Nazis and preferring hedonistic friendliness over military intimidation. That attitude is most generously embodied by Captain Corelli (Nicolas Cage), who is instantly drawn to the Greek beauty Pelagia (Pen?lope Cruz) despite her engagement to Mandras (Christian Bale), a resistance fighter whose absence leaves Pelagia needy for affection. Mandras's eventual return--and the inevitable attack by German bombers and ground troops--threaten to stain this Greek-Italian romance with deeply tragic bloodshed.
Accompanied by pensive serenades from the captain's cherished mandolin, the film charts the unlikely attraction of Corelli and Pelagia, whose wizened physician father (splendidly played by John Hurt) fears for the worst. Their love is uneasy (and Cage's miscasting doesn't help), but the island's beguiling atmosphere is as seductive to them as it is to the viewer, thus making the outbreak of violence--and a climactic earthquake--jarringly traumatic. Emphasizing nobility in war and the many definitions of love, the story's wartime context intensifies the film's admirable depth of emotion. Faults will be found by anyone who's looking for them, but Captain Corelli's Mandolin remains a sensuous, richly layered film that die-hard romantics will find hard to resist. --Jeff Shannon
Nicolas Cage DVDs
- Genres > Action & Adventure > Action Stars
- Art House & International > By Country > British Cinema > Drama
- General
- Drama > General
- Family Life > Single Parents
- Love & Romance > Romance
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Military & War > By Theme > War at Sea
- Women During Wartime
- Drama
- Mystery & Suspense > General
- Mystery
- Suspense
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Bestsellers in Nicolas Cage DVDs
![Lord of War [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Lord-of-War-Blu-ray-B000EWBKK8-X.jpg)
Lord of War [Blu-ray]Lions Gate; Release date: 2006-06-27; DVD
Best price: $9.21
Price in other shops:
![Astro Boy [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Astro-Boy-Blu-ray-B001PR0Y80-X.jpg)
Astro Boy [Blu-ray]Release date: 2010-03-16; DVD
Best price: $24.99
Price in other shops:
National Treasure (Widescreen Edition)Disney; Release date: 2005-05-03; DVD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
The RockDisney; Release date: 1997-12-03; DVD
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops:
![Knowing [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Knowing-Blu-ray-B001GCUNZI-X.jpg)
Knowing [Blu-ray]UNI DIST CORP. (SUMMIT); Release date: 2009-07-07; DVD
Best price: $13.57
Price in other shops:
The Family ManUniversal Studios; Release date: 2001-07-17; DVD
Best price: $4.54
Price in other shops:
KnowingUNI DIST CORP. (SUMMIT); Release date: 2009-07-07; DVD
Best price: $7.46
Price in other shops:
![Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Bad-Lieutenant-Port-of-Call-New-Orleans-Blu-ray-B002TVQ48A-X.jpg)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray]Release date: 2010-04-06; DVD
Best price: $18.49
Price in other shops:
National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Widescreen)Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-05-20; DVD
Best price: $7.76
Price in other shops:
![G-Force (Three-Disc DVD/Blu-ray Combo +Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/G-Force-Three-Disc-DVD-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital-Copy-Blu-ray-B002PMA9AC-X.jpg)
G-Force (Three-Disc DVD/ Blu-ray Combo +Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]Buena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2009-12-15; DVD
Best price: $12.00
Price in other shops:
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
ElegyKINGSLEY,BEN; Release date: 2009-03-17; DVD
Best price: $11.95
Price in other shops:
Head in the CloudsSONY PICTURES HOME ENT; Release date: 2005-01-25; DVD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
VolverCRUZ,PENELOPE; Release date: 2007-04-03; DVD
Best price: $6.69
Price in other shops:
Zorba the GreekQUINN,ANTHONY; Release date: 2004-08-03; DVD
Best price: $6.14
Price in other shops:
BandidasCRUZ,PENELOPE; Release date: 2007-01-09; DVD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
Open Your EyesCRUZ,PENELOPE; Release date: 2001-08-21; DVD
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
Russell Watson, Stephen Warbeck - Captain Corelli's Mandolin / Stephen Warbeck (2001 film)Release date: 2001-08-07; Music CD
Best price: $8.75
Price in other shops:
Woman on TopCRUZ,PENELOPE; Release date: 2003-04-15; DVD
Best price: $4.82
Price in other shops:
Don't MoveCRUZ,PENELOPE; Release date: 2006-07-18; DVD
Best price: $7.98
Price in other shops:
Corelli's Mandolin: A Novelby Louis de Berni?res
Vintage; Published: 1995-08-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops: