Tess (Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD Set)
by Roman Polanski
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Actor: John Collin, Leigh Lawson, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Tony ChurchDirector: Roman Polanski
Writer: Roman Polanski
Producer: Claude Berri
Producer: Jean-Pierre Rassam
Producer: Pierre Grunstein
Writer: Gérard Brach
Writer: John Brownjohn
Writer: Thomas Hardy
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Limited Edition, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 190 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Tess (Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD Set)
DVD Review: rotten movie
Summary: 2 Stars
HOW can Polanski justify making this movie! was it all to push kiddie porn?!! for underaged sex!!! I mean geez, everybody who watched this whole movie from beginning to end, deserves KUDOs cuz I couldn't do it, even if it's free!!! STay true to the author and history of the milking cows by DURBEY-FIELD and ALEC. And no justice to the best part in the WHOLE BOOK-- that one spot in the ceiling getting bigger and bigger as he continues to talk to Tess, then soon drips blood. OH! That best!!! The movie pandered too much for what the director and producers wanted to push for their own selfish ends by making this movie, and therefore, their true intent comes straight through, doing no justice to the key elements in the book, the cows eating GARLIC, and her always milking a bit profane with her puckered lips on the cow, and giving people the spooks, definitely off the mark in this movie! period. It needs a major remake by someone who understands the historic value of the classicism of this novel, played by actors who also understand Alec and the priests who followed Tess around at all times, including ANGEL, and her final exit through STONE-HEDGE. If everyone understood the key elements, I wouldn't say it's ROTTEN! DVD Review: POLANSKI film: 1980
Summary: 3 Stars
Even though this film was well made, cinematography, and structure, adapted from the novel, along with fine acting, I still found it to be somewhat dull and slow-moving. Some might appreciate it more than I did.DVD Review: Tess with a Polish accent
Summary: 3 Stars
Dishonored by her ersatz cousin , Tess has a child who dies. After some time she finds love while milking cows with an "Angel", but their marriage is spoiled by Tess telling the truth about her past.
Bad comes to worse when her father dies and the family loses their tenant
status on the farm.
Comes to marry her rich cousin to keep a roof over her Mom and siblings,
but when Angle returns sick from Brazil and searches out Tess,
the end is not a happy one.
I thought that although the staging, costuming and most of the acting
was well done, the lead was played believably.
DVD Review: A Masterpiece, truly a cinematic journey not to be missed!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Tess" is that rare film that transcends into an emotional journey that defines a masterpiece. This film is studied in film schools around the world because it's many artistic elements all come together...great acting, beautifully photographed scenes, music score and actress Nastassja Kinski in the title role! Don't miss it!DVD Review: Tess the Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is excellent and one of my favorites. Delivery was fast and the movie was in perfect condition. Amazon, thanks again for an awesome product.
Description of Tess (Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD Set)
Roman Polanski adapted Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles and came up with this moody, haunting film starring Nastassia Kinski as the farm girl who is misused by the aristocrat for whom she works and who is then caught in a marriage where her initial happiness soon turns to grief. Fans of the novel may feel unpersuaded by Polanski's effort to marry Hardy's Dorset vision with his own fascination with psychosexual impulses toward survival, but the film is an often stunning thing to see, and Kinski's sensitive, intelligent performance lingers in the memory. --Tom KeoghDrama DVDs
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