| | | The end was just the beginning.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, English, Subtitled
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Stephen Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Julianne Moore), who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed. When Bendrix reappears in her life, Sarah realizes that a promise she made to God two years earlier has become impossible for her to keep. She is placed in a spiritual dilemma as she struggles with her continuing love for her former lover.
"One of the best pictures of the year." Time Magazine
"The picture belongs to Moore..." Luisa F. Ribeiro, Boxoffice Magazine
Editor's Note
Jordan's adaptation of Greene's famous novel, set in a moody 1946 London, tells the tale of novelist Maurice Bendrix (Fiennes). After a random meeting with the husband of his ex-lover Sarah (Moore), Bendrix is once again drawn into her web, trying to discover for himself the reason she aborted their relationship two years before. The reintroduction of Maurice into Sarah's life fills her with confusion, forcing her to come to terms with her past decision, and challenging her to objectively deal with her deteriorating health. Jordan (THE CRYING GAME) definitely turns up the steam for this one.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Director Commentary | | Making-Of Featurette | | Theatrical Trailers | | Production Notes | | Widescreen Version | | English 5.1 Dolby Digital | | Julianne Moore Commentary | | Isolated Music Score | | Talent Files | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Full Screen Version | | English Subtitles |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 3/22/2005 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 04745 | | UPC: 00043396047457 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Standard 1.85:1/1.33:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (2000) | | | Julianne Moore, Nominee, Best Actress In A Leading Role | | | Roger Pratt, Nominee, Best Cinematography | |
British Academy Awards (2000) |  | Neil Jordan, Winner, Best Screenplay-Adapted | | | Roger Pratt, Nominee, Best Cinematography | | | Sandy Powell, Nominee, Best Costume Design | | | Neil Jordan, Stephen Woolley, Nominee, Best Film | | | Ralph Fiennes, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role | | | Julianne Moore, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role | |
Golden Globe (2000) | | | Neil Jordan, Nominee, Best Director-Motion Picture | | | Michael Nyman, Nominee, Best Original Score-Motion Picture | | | Julianne Moore, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture-Drama |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...A faithful adaptation that captures the haunting spirit and religious nature of the 1951 novel..." 11/22-28-1999 p.83Total Film
"...Beautifully evocative..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 03/01/2000 p.69 Film Comment
"...The movie stands with Jordan's most polished work....The acting harmonizes perfectly with his ripely romantic tone..." 01/01/2000 p.74 Premiere
"...Plenty to admire, especially Moore..." -- 3 out of 5 stars 06/01/2000 pp.99-100 Los Angeles Times
"...THE END OF THE AFFAIR may be the perfect Valentine's film for everyone -- an anguished period love story with spiritual undercurrents..." 02/10/2000 p.F7 Los Angeles Times
"...Handsomely mounted, literate, emotionally sophisticated, THE END OF THE AFFAIR has everything a period romance should have, including a Michael Nyman score and passionate performances by stars Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore..." 12/03/1999 p.C4 Boxoffice Magazine 9 of 10
For those who believe "they don't make 'em like they used to," Neil Jordan happily proves they can and do with his evocative tale of jealousy and obsession, The End of the Affair... Adapted faithfully from the Graham Greene novel, Jordan expertly weaves suspicion and doubt through the gradual revelations that explain Bendrix's fixation on Sarah and Henry. A prisoner of his obsessions and fevered imagination, Bendrix can only gauge love by the jealousy it inspires and his own faithlessness destines him for the sort of peculiar twist of fate for which Greene's thought-provoking tales are noted. Stunning and meticulous set design by Anthony Pratt (responsible for the exquisite detail of Jordan's little-seen Michael Collins) and impeccable costumes by Oscar winner Sandy Powell (who teasingly places Moore in only all red or all green) create a period atmosphere so rich, the film could have been made at the height of the studio era. Fiennes' Bendrix glowers and lusts with an attractive, tortured maliciousness reminiscent of his uber-romantic victim, Count Almasy of The English Patient The picture belongs to Moore, however, who goes British faultlessly, giving a stunning, low-key, textured performance... - Luisa F. Ribeiro
The New York Times 9 of 10
The End of the Affair is Neil Jordan's intoxicating version of Graham Greene's 1951 novel, in which an illicit romance becomes a far greater gamble than either lover could have imagined. It is also the best and most graceful Greene adaptation since The Third Man... Ms. Moore, who has never looked more beautiful on screen, brings strength and rapturousness to her potentially melodramatic role, and casts a spell that is never broken. Fiennes' performance instantly recalls The English Patient, with all the high praise that implies... - Janet Maslin
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