| | | Let desire be your destiny.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Original, Trailers, Spanish
From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment comes a powerful tale of passion, love and desire... Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow star as two star-crossed lovers linked by destiny and driven by their obsession for one another. Siskel & Ebert give it "Two thumbs up." "It's imbued with genuine romantic spirit," declares Rolling Stone, and Newsweek calls it "Wildly romantic."
"Two thumbs up!" Siskel & Ebert
"Wildly romantic!" David Ansen, Newsweek
"Imbued with genuine romantic spirit." Rolling Stone
Editor's Note
A rising artist, flourishing with the help of a benefactor, falls fruitlessly in love with his wealthy childhood playmate, who has grown to be a beautiful coquette. But the nefarious influence of her eccentric, spiteful maiden aunt taints their relationship. A stylish, heavily romantic updating of the eponymous Dickens classic, staged in 1970s south Florida. Bancroft, as the "Miss Havisham" character, steals the show.
| Features | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | French Dolby Surround | | Interactive Menus | | Spanish Subtitles | | English Subtitles | | Widescreen Version | | Scene Access | | Theatrical Trailer |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 12/12/2006 |
| Running Time: 112 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1998 | | Catalog ID: 2000005 | | UPC: 00024543000051 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Paltrow and Hawke are dazzling....Cuaron imbues their journey with something rare in movies: a genuine romantic spirit..." 02/19/1998 p.64Sight and Sound
"...Exciting....It's the films very lightness which confirms Cuaron as probably the most graceful director to emerge in Hollywood this decade..." 05/01/1998 p.44-5 New York Times
"...Mr. Cuaron is such a voluptuous visual stylist, this GREAT EXPECTATIONS is capable of wonder..." 01/30/1998 p.E10 USA Today
"...Attractively cast..." 01/30/1998 p.7D Premiere
"...Spellbinding camerawork and sexy leads keep this romance lushly entertaining..." 01/01/1998 p.21 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The film is a successful translation of the basic material from one period and approach to another....It's visually enchanted..." 01/30/1998 p.35 |
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