Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by John Madden
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Actor: Christian Bale, Irene Papas, John Hurt, Nicolas Cage, Pen?lope CruzDirector: John Madden
Brand: Universal
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-Video, 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: Surprisingly Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, although when I got it I wasn't sure about it. As a war film it is extremely well-done, with the period uniforms and equipment true to the era. The plot was believable and the romantic plot was first rate. Only a couple of things kept me from giving it 5 stars.DVD Review: Great But Not the Book: So What?
Summary: 5 Stars
i love this film and i love the book. they're different; so what? ... btw, John Hurt (one of *best* actors alive) is by no means wizened. Penelope Cruz was also excellent (see her in "Don't Move"!) Nick Cage was also very good, except that the accent thing was overdone at times... nice to see Irene Pappas as well.DVD Review: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Summary: 5 Stars
A very real portrait of what was going on in Axis occupied Europe during World War II. Based on historical events, it shows the impetuosity of youth while the confusion of war was raging around them. The depiction of Corelli by Nicolas Cage is superb, showing the romantic artist being thrown in a place where he did not belong. An excellent performance is also given by John Hurt, the wise old Greek doctor, who said that "it is not always best to win, especially if in the process you have to spill your fellow man's blood to achieve it." The movie, filled with romance and emotion appears with the background of a Greek island scenery.DVD Review: for lovers of processed cheese, budwiser and walmart
Summary: 1 Stars
Captain Corelli's mandolin is within a 2 hour period one of most wretched turds i have seen in quite some time. This world war two love story set in an idealic Greek island attempts to place a shallow love interest between Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz, both tragically caught in a conflict outside of their control. Captain Corelli (Cage) is commander of a group of Italian lovers (not soldiers) who are occupiers of the island on behalf of the fascist axis powers. Penelope Cruz plays a local who is wooed by Corelli after struming a mandolin, playing with semi naked women on a nearby beach and delivering a flower to her door step drunk. I've had wet dreams with more romance than this contrived masterpeice. Along with cookie cutter brutish Germans, wise old Greek men and dedicated uncoruptable partisans and you have a recipe for a dream movie for sentimentalists and valium addicted housewives or divorcees. Naturally everyone speaks English and their is no translation problems between anyone. Now how can i smuggle this dvd back onto the shelf at walmart where it belongs.
DVD Review: Excellent Love/ Drama
Summary: 5 Stars
We really enjoyed this movie. PLUS for once the Region 1 DVD WORKED WELL IN AUSTRALIA (REGION4 Zone) AND WE GOT SUBTITLES in large clear print!
I reckon this must be one of Nicholas Cage's BEST ROLES.
Thanks for everything,
Cheers,
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. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 11/27/2007 Starring: Nicolas Cage Penelope Cruz Run time: 129 minutes Rating: R Director: John MaddenWith 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
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