| | Iris: A Memoir Of Iris Murdoch DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Romance Movies, Recommended Videos, Biography, Live-Action, True Story, Love Story, Marriage, Writers, Couples, Authors | | Starring | Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton | | Director | Richard Eyre | | Composer | James Horner | | Director of Photography | Roger Pratt | | Editor | Martin Walsh | | Producer | Scott Rudin | | Screenwriter | Charles Wood, Richard Eyre | | Source Writer | John Bayley |
Angela Morant, Eleanor Bron, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet - Director: Richard Eyre Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height of their romantic adventures as students at Oxford in the 1950s, and the elderly couple (played by Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent), struggling with Iris' decline, as her brilliant mind is ravaged by the effects of Alzheimer's.
Judi Dench gives an outstanding performance--her transformation from a prolific genius of the written and spoken word (Murdoch wrote 26 novels), to the infantile state of losing her language facilities altogether, is truly wrenching. Jim Broadbent is equally touching as her partner for life, who has adored the passionate Iris since they met, but was never fully able to possess her until the tragic end, when he declares in grief, "I've got you now, and I don't bloody want you!" Directed by Richard Eyre, artistic director of Britain's Royal National Theater, the film is uniquely sensitive and finely acted. Theatrical release: December 14, 2001 (LA) Iris: A Memoir Of Iris Murdoch Reviews: "...The script by Sir Richard and Charles Wood is attentive and fine in observing the behavior of this long-married pair....Ms. Dench and Mr. Broadbent have a jabbing, likable rhythm..."
-- Elvis Mitchell, New York Times "...Dench so naturally captures the disoriented innocence of those with Alzheimer's that it's almost eerie to watch her transformation....The love story of the year..."
-- Claudia Puig, USA Today "...Dench is superb....The production values are evocative..."-- Derek Elley, Variety "...The film does feature a lovely, subdued score by James Horner..."
-- Wade Major, Box Office "...As played by Kate Winslet, Iris is a beguiling free spirit, with an abhorrence of cliché that is wonderfully raw..."
-- Charlotte O'Sullivan, Sight and Sound Iris: A Memoir Of Iris Murdoch | List Price | $14.99 (You save $4.50) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2001 | | All Time Sales Rank |  16021  | | CD Universe Part number | 3574029 | | Catalog number | 02574900 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 20, 2002 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | sexuality/nudity and some language | | Also Known As | Iris | | Running Time | 90 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Mastered; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
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Here's the powerful true story based on John Bayley's novels that earned Jim Broadbent an Academy Award(R) for Best Supporting Actor and Academy Award(R) nominations for Best Actress Judi Dench and Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet (IRIS, 2001). Judi Dench (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) and Kate Winslet (TITANIC) bring to the screen one of the most extraordinary women of the 20th century, celebrated English author Iris Murdoch. As told by her unlikely soulmate, husband John Bayley, Iris first became known as a brilliant young scholar at Oxford whose boundless spirit dazzled those around her. Then, during her remarkable career as a novelist and philosopher, she continued to prove herself a woman ahead of her time. Even in later life, as age and illness robbed Iris of her remarkable gifts, nothing could diminish her immense influence or weaken the bond with her devoted husband.
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
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1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Additional Release Material:
Introduction: David Hyde Pierce
Featurette:
1. A LOOK AT IRIS
2. ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION HONRS IRIS AND JIM BROADBENT
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