| Product Summary | | Publisher: Universal | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00025193344625 | | Buy.com Sku: 205511534 | | Item#: V2KPJN | | Category Keywords: Theatrical Release | Rating:  |
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Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, Spanish, Dolby, Dolby Digital (5.1)
An all-star cast of the greatest actresses of our time - including Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Natasha Richardson and Glenn Close - come together in this passionate and heartwarming story. As Ann (Redgrave) reflects on one beautiful and life-changing weekend with the one true love of her life, her daughters (Collette and Richardson) come to their own understanding about the power of the past and the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters, family, and the loves of their lives.
"...a warm story...[that] boasts an array of strong performances from its top-notch ensemble." Adam Graham, Detroit News
"A psychologically rich drama dealing with the matters of the heart..." Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
"Unforgettable." Gene Shalit, Today
"It's all terribly Great Gatsby, and fun to watch." Liz Braun, Jam! Movies
"An astounding cast and high production values make this film worth seeing..." Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Editor's Note
Michael Cunningham (author of THE HOURS) lends his screenwriting skills to Lajos Koltai's EVENING. This time, Cunningham adapts a book by Susan Minot for the big screen. Vanessa Redgrave plays Ann Grant, who in her last hours retells the highlights of her life to an audience made up of her daughters, with Claire Danes playing a younger version of the protagonist.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes | | Featurettes: One Weekend By The Sea - Remembering Evening & Adapting Evening | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Evening - DVD Review By: Jarad I. Wilk - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 9/29/2007 11:23 AM | | Evening proves that not every Susan Minot novel is destined for the big screen, no matter how touching the story can be, or how well-acted it is on screen. It tries to be The Hours, another movie based on a Minot novel, but it only accomplishes that with another ensemble cast of exceptional actresses, and the fact that the movie is hours long (it's only two hours long, but trust me, it feels longer). ...read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 1/27/2009 |
| Running Time: 117 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 62033446 | | UPC: 00025193344625 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"Redgrave puts in a heartfelt performance..." 10/01/2007 p.54ReelViews 8 of 10
Evening, based on the 1998 bestseller by Susan Minot, is an example of a well-told familiar story. There are no surprises during the course of the film, which transpires across two time frames (1954 and 1998), but the strength of the screenplay and acting provide a satisfying, although not overwhelming, two hours of romance, drama, and tragedy...Similarities to The Notebook are worth remarking upon, since this is designed for the same audience. Both involve contemporary characters looking back on experiences during which they meet the loves of their lives. The Notebook is a more of a tearjerker and a melodrama. Evening possesses a quiet dignity. The film is sad, but its approach is low key and it doesn't resort to the shameless manipulation that marred The Notebook's final act. There are no surprises. We know exactly how this is going to end, both in 1954 (because we're told so at the outset) and in 1998 (because there's no other way the movie can conclude), yet the fulfillment of expectations does not dilute the movie's emotional effectiveness. - James Berardinelli
Reel.com 7 of 10
A scattering of lovely, elegiac moments hint at what Evening might have been, if director Lajos Koltaj and novelist/screenwriter Michael Cunningham had resisted the urge to transform Susan Minot's introspective and circumspect novel into a glossy, highbrow soap opera. All too often weighted down with ponderous self-importance, this cinematic equivalent of a memory play is only fitfully compelling, despite the Herculean efforts by a glittering roster of stage and screen luminaries. Whereas Minot's 1999 novel earned the author favorable comparisons to Henry James for its subtlety and nuance, the screen version of Evening unfortunately veers closer in tone to the overwrought emotionalism of '50s-era playwright William Inge (Picnic)...Although nothing of much dramatic import happens, it's still a treat to watch Streep and Redgrave share the screen for the first time. Gummer (Streep's daughter) and Eileen Atkins (playing Ann's night nurse) also do splendid work, but it's Danes, radiant with intelligence, warmth and common sense, who captures your heart. Sadly, the same cannot be said of Evening. - Tim Knight
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