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A moving and elegiac love story based on the bestseller.Features notes and scene access.
"A satisfying and romantic film..." Leonard Maltin
"Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep make magic." Roger Ebert
Editor's Note
Based on Robert James Waller's hugely successful novel, this 1965-set drama chronicles the touching romance between a middle-aged, Italian-American housewife and a photographer from "National Geographic." Academy Award nominations: Best Actress--Meryl Streep.
Plot Summary
The film adaptation of Robert James Waller's wildly popular, bestselling novel. The story takes place in 1965, in the farmlands of Iowa, where bored, middle-aged Italian housewife Francesca has just sent her two kids and husband away to the state fair. Shortly thereafter she encounters Robert Kincaid, a mysterious, rugged, "National Geographic" photographer, on assignment taking pictures of Iowa's covered bridges. The two are immediately attracted to each other, and when Francesca invites Robert back to her home, they begin a romantic, sensual, illicit affair that lasts over the next few days. For Francesca, this is the first time in years that she's experienced passion in her life, and she realizes that maybe she's found her true love. Robert feels the same way, and shortly before her family returns home, asks Francesca to run off with him. Francesca now must make an important decision -- one that will affect the rest of her life and could leave her with many regrets...
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround | | Subtitles: English, French, SPanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 4/26/2005 |
| Running Time: 135 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 13772 | | UPC: 00085391377221 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
| Cast & Crew | Annie Corley | | Clint Eastwood | | Meryl Streep | | Victor Slezak | | Robert James Waller - Based on Novel By | | Jack N. Green - Cinematographer | | Colleen Kelsall - Costume Designer | | Clint Eastwood - Director | | Joel Cox - Editor | | Lennie Niehaus - Musical Score | | Kathleen Kennedy - Producer | | Clint Eastwood - Producer | | Jeannine Claudia Oppewall - Production Designer | | Richard LaGravenese, et al. - Screenplay |
| Awards |
Oscar (1996) | | | Meryl Streep, Nominee, Best Actress | |
American Society Of Cinematographers, USA (1996) | | | Jack N. Green, Nominee, Outstanding Achievement In Cinematography In Theatrical Releases | |
Cesar Awards (1996) | | | Clint Eastwood, Nominee, Best Foreign Film | |
Screen Actors Guild (1996) | | | Meryl Streep, Nominee, Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...This is the most passionate unguarded acting of Eastwood's career..." 06/15/1995 p.47-8USA Today
"...A subliminally emotional triumph of rural photography and production design..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 06/02/1995 p.1D Entertainment Weekly
"...Touching in a delicate, almost lyrical way. It's a wonderful surprise -- an honest weeper for adults..." -- Rating: A 06/09/1995 pp.34-5 Variety
"...A handsomely crafted, beautifully acted adult love story....[Streep] has never been so warm, earthy and spontaneous..." 05/22/1995 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Deeply moving....Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep have made it into a wonderful movie love story..." 06/02/1995 p.29 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
...[Eastwood and Streep] construct their performances not out of grand gestures, but out of countless subtle little moments of growing love... One of the sources of the movie's poignancy is that the flowering of the love will be forever deferred, they will know they are right for each other, and not follow up on their knowledge... - Roger Ebert
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 9 of 10
...a beautiful film, not only in the way it was photographed, but for the manner through which the characters are revealed to us... presents a richly-textured emotional tapestry. It's the kind of movie you know is going to be special before much running time has elapsed.
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