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Women in Love

Closed Capationed Starring: Oliver Reed, Alan Bates & Glenda Jackson Director: Ken Russell  Rated: R: Restricted
The relationship between four sensual people is limited: They must find a new way.
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Format: DVD
Consumer Rating:
Rating 4.4 Based on 42 ratings.
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Item Number:
MGMV 1004345D

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DVD Features:

  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Released: March 4, 2003
  • Originally Released: 1970
  • Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Packaging: Keep Case
  • Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66
  • Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 1.66
  • Audio:
    • Mono 1.0 - English
    • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
  • Additional Release Material:
    • Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
    • Audio Commentary:
      1. Ken Russell - Director
      2. Larry Kramer - Writer/Producer

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring Oliver Reed, Alan Bates & Glenda Jackson
Performer: Eleanor Bron, Vladek Sheybal & Michael Gough
Directed by Ken Russell
Screenwriting by Larry Kramer
Story by D.H. Lawrence
Produced by Larry Kramer
Director of Photography: Billy Williams

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1970 - Best Actress: Glenda Jackson

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly -
"...As jolting for its fascination with ideas, its refusal to pander or overexplain, and its thoughtful renovation of a literary source as for its frankness..."
Uncut - 10/01/2004
"[With] simmering sexuality....Ken Russell and DH Lawrence were made for each other."

Product Description:

Based on the 1920 novel by D.H. Lawrence, the story is an exploration of the relationships, personalities, and philosophies of two men and two women in
the English high society of the early 20th century. Oliver Reed (Gerald Crich) is an industrialist who treats relationships proprietarily. The other gentleman, Alan Bates (Rupert Birkin), is a school inspector who attempts to define love between both opposite and same sex couples. Gudrun Brangwen (Glenda Jackson) is a socialite who uses amorous relationships to her own advantage, while her sister, Ursula (Jennie Linden), sees love as pure and simple, a permanent bond. The film is crafted with care and attention to the visual details of the period, and the screenplay has been lauded as one of the best literary adaptations to the big screen. Although Jackson's galvanizing performance is nearly overshadowed by a lurid nude wrestling scene between Bates and Reed, it won her an Academy Award in 1971.

A respectful literary adaptation that draws on Lawrence's other works as well, WOMEN IN LOVE is a period masterpiece. In 1989 its prequel, THE RAINBOW, also based on a Lawrence novel, appeared.

Plot Synopsis:

Powerful adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel, revolving around the relationships between two sisters and the men in their lives.

Plot Keywords:

British | England | Erotic | Essential Cinema | Gentry | Romance | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

  • Theatrical release: March 25, 1970
  • Shot on location in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Northumberland, Durham and London England and Zermatt, Switzerland.
  • Additional cast: Catherine Willmer (Cristiana Crich), Sharon Gurney (Laura Crich), Norma Shebbeare (Mrs. Brangwen), Michael Graham Cox (Palmer), Richard Heffer (Loerke's Friend), and Michael Garratt (Maestro).
  • The scene where they are having lunch in the garden and Rupert (Bates) expounds on the fig fruit is actually taken from a poem by Lawrence called The Fig.

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Customer Rating: Rating 4.4
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  • UPC: 027616884275
  • Shipping Weight: 0.14/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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