| | Winter Guest DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, British Videos, Death, Character Study | | Starring | Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law, Arlene Cockburn, Sean Biggerstaff, Sheila Reid, Gary Hollywood, Douglas Murphy, Sandra Voe | | Director | Alan Rickman | | Composer | Michael Kamen | | Costume Designer | Joan Bergin | | Director of Photography | Seamus McGarvey | | Editor | Scott Thomas | | Producer | Edward R. Pressman, Steve Clark-Hall, Ken Lipper | | Production Designer | Robin Cameron Don | | Screenwriter | Alan Rickman | | Story | Sharman MacDonald |
In this astonishingly beautiful drama, recently widowed photographer Frances (Academy Award winner Emma Thompson) lives with her increasingly distant son and finds her life radically changed with the arrival of her mother, Elspeth (Phyllida Law, Thompson's real-life mother). In a remote Scottish village, this family and the people around them are forever changed on the coldest day of the year as hearts begin to melt. 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. Winter Guest Reviews: "...Rickman has brought the cloistered stage play to vibrant life...his work with the actors is universally superb..."
-- Kim Williamson, Box Office "...[Law and Thompson] give touchingly true performances..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...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..."
-- Demetrios Matheou, Sight and Sound "...The actresses share looks and even body language..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...A poetic, affecting film....[Law and] Thompson transcend..." -- Rating: B+
-- Michael Sauter, Entertainment Weekly "...[The film] luxuriously drinks in a magnificent desolation that conjures up somber thoughts of mortality and human loss..."
-- Stephen Holden, New York Times "...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..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is the only Arlene Cockburn video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Gary Hollywood, Douglas Murphy. Winter Guest | List Price | $14.99 (You save $3.64) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1997 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  49814  | | CD Universe Part number | 6882095 | | Catalog number | 1355 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 30, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | For language and for brief sexuality | | Running Time | 108 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Stereo Sound; Digitally Processed; Widescreen |
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