The Winter Guest - Drama Classic Movies on DVD (1997) Starring Emma Thompson & Phyllida Law; Directed by Alan Rickman; Image Entertainment : OLDIES.com

The Winter Guest

Starring: Emma Thompson & Phyllida Law Director: Alan Rickman Rated:

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Genre: Drama

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Item Number:
IMG 1355D

DVD Features:

Region 1; USA & Canada
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Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Letterbox - 1.78
Audio:

Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English

Entertainment Reviews:

Box Office - 12/01/1997

"...Rickman has brought the cloistered stage play to vibrant life...his work with the actors is universally superb..."

Rolling Stone - 02/05/1998

"...[Law and Thompson] give touchingly true performances..."

Sight and Sound - 01/01/1998

"...Ravishing, resonant images.....What is most striking about Rickman's debut is his control of mood, delicately teasing out the metaphorical possibilities of freezing and ice..."

USA Today - 12/26/1997

"...The actresses share looks and even body language..."

Entertainment Weekly - 07/17/1998

"...A poetic, affecting film....[Law and] Thompson transcend..." -- Rating: B+

New York Times - 12/23/1997

"...[The film] luxuriously drinks in a magnificent desolation that conjures up somber thoughts of mortality and human loss..."

Chicago Sun-Times - 01/16/1998

"...Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson are mother and daughter in real life, and in the film they have the familiarity of a lifelong couple....[Rickman] has a great command here of look and tone..."

Product Description:

A dense, filling slice-of-life set in a tiny snowbound Scottish burg, where four pairs of characters grapple with various aspects of human hardship. Thompson plays opposite Law, her actual mother, as a recently widowed photographer whose haze of grief has driven a wedge into their relationship. Rickman's directorial debut, adapted from the stage play by Sharman MacDonald.

Plot Keywords:

British | Character Study | Death | Recommended | Theatrical Release

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Emma Thompson & Phyllida Law
Directed by		Alan Rickman
Produced by		Steve Clark-Hall, Ken Lipper & Edward R. Pressman
Edited by		Scott Thomas
Screenwriting by		Alan Rickman
Composition by		Michael Kamen
Costume Designer by		Joan Bergin
Director of Photography		Seamus McGarvey
Production Design by		Robin Cameron Don
Story by		Sharman MacDonald
Performer		Gary Hollywood, Arlene Cockburn, Sheila Reid, Sandra Voe, Douglas Murphy & Sean Biggerstaff

DVD Details:

Label: Image Entertainment
Originally Released in: 1997
Rated:
Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: August 30, 2005
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 41,807
Item UPC: 014381135527
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item for International Shipping.

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