| | | What if You Could Live Forever?
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Hugh Jackman plays that man, devoted to one woman (Rachel Weisz) and determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to a Tree of Life...and to an adventure into eternity. Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) directs, continuing his string of imaginative, involving filmmaking with a tale alive with ideas and filled with astonishing vistas. "Not many films can blow your mind and break your heart at the same time, but this one will" (Drew McWeeny, Ain't It Cool News).
"...so ethereal and extreme, it's almost impossible to turn away." Chris Kaltenbach, Baltimore Sun
"...a movie that's as deeply felt as it is imagined." Glenn Kenny, Premiere
"...a complex and gorgeous mini-epic with sterling performances from its two stars." Helen O'Hara, Empire
"...heartfelt, bombastic Richard Wagner-by-way-of-"2001: A Space Odyssey" lyricism..." Keith Phipps, The Onion A.V. Club
"...an ambitious, passionate, grief-stricken work of film art." M.E. Russell, Portland Oregonian
"Daring and moving...a must-see." Peter Herbst, Premiere
"An epic mindblower that's brainy and breathtaking." Stephen Rebello, Playboy
Editor's Note
IN THEATERS OCTOBER 13, 2006Talented young director Darren Aronofsky (REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) returns with THE FOUNTAIN, a film that takes place in three time periods and stars Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.
| Features | Inside The Fountain: Death & Rebirth - Gallery Of 6 Featurettes Exploring The Movie's Various Periods & Settings | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | The Fountain - DVD By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 5/4/2007 4:41 PM | |
In the press notes for The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) says that he didn't feel that many movies had been made about the quest for immortality. How's that? I can think of a pile off the top of my head: Tuck Everlasting, The Spring, the entire Highlander series… heck, it was the subject of two Star Trek movies (Insurrection and the infamous nadir of the series, The Final Frontier). What Aronofsky should have said is that there are no good movies about immortality, the original Highlander being the notable sole exception. Alas, while it's got ambition to spare, I'm sad to report that The Fountain doesn't much improve the record for "fountain of youth" flicks....read the full review |
| The Fountain - DVD By: Daniel J. Stasiewski - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 5/14/2007 1:36 PM | | The film is one that spans a millennium. From the story of a Spanish conquistador (Hugh Jackman) sent to the Mayan territories in search for the Tree of Life to a narrative involving a man (Jackman again) traveling to a nebula in search of the Mayan underworld, the film’s ambitious scale is unbelievable. Yet the romance at the center of it all, a contemporary love story about a research scientist (once again, Jackman) trying to cure cancer to save his dying wife (Rachel Weisz), grounds the film. The combination results in revelations and heartbreaking truths about mankind.
...read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/10/2009 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 28375 | | UPC: 00085392837526 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (2007) | | | Golden Globe, Clint Mansell, Best Original Score - Motion Picture | |
Nominee (2006) | | | Venice Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky, Golden Lion Award |
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| | Professional Reviews | Movieline's Hollywood Life
"The film benefits from passionate performances....The haunting images and soaring musical score by Clint Mansell also help..." 09/01/2006 p.101Premiere
4 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he movie is as demanding as it is dazzling....It's a movie as deeply felt as it is imagined." 11/01/2006 p.41-42 Entertainment Weekly
"THE FOUNTAIN often looks like velvet feels, and the whole thing, set to an ethereal score by Cling Mansell, is shot by cinematographer Matthew Libatique in a rich, chocolate light..." -- Grade: B 12/01/2006 p.57-58 Premiere
Included in Premiere's "10 Best Movies Of The Year" -- "[E]pic moviemaking at a head-spinning level of accomplishment." 01/01/2007 p.48 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "Aronofsky is a supreme visual stylist, but though there are images here you wont' forget...the abiding impact is emotional." 03/01/2007 p.30 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "A connoisseur's movie, and one that gets better with every viewing....Aronofsky creates a visual feast..." 08/01/2007 p.89 ReelViews 7 of 10
The Fountain is Darren Aronofsky trying to be Stanley Kubrick. However, while Aronofsky is able to match Kubrick frame-by-frame for ending ambiguity, that's one of the few areas in which The Fountain keeps pace with 2001. Technically, this is an impressive motion picture, but the fragmented story results in poor character development and Aronofsky's clinical approach limits identification. The overall experience fails to satisfy on a basic level. This is one of those films it's easier to be impressed with than it is to like...The acting by Jackman and Weisz, is fine, and the visuals are striking without being ostentatious, but there's a feeling about this movie that the Emperor has no clothing. However, I would rather experience an interesting failure like this than a "success" that displays neither ambition nor vision. The Fountain has both qualities, even if they remain only partially realized. - James Berardinelli
Rolling Stone 7 of 10
Some people hate this movie. It happens these days when the ambitions of a filmmaker, in this case Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream), rise above the level of Big Mama's House 2. Hugh Jackman plays a medical researcher trying to stop a brain tumor from killing his wife (the lovely Rachel Weisz). But wait. Jackman is also playing a sixteenth-century Spanish explorer on assignment from Queen Isabel (Weisz again) to find the healing Tree of Life. And that's him, hairless, as a twenty-sixth-century astronaut. In telling a tale of love across time, Aronofsky is sometimes guilty of creating arty, pretentious psychobabble. But in visual terms, he's trying to expose his own raw, romantic heart. Folly? Maybe. But a risk worth taking. - Peter Travers
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