| | Angel At My Table DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, Classic Videos, Biography, True Story, Self-Discovery, Criterion Collection, Injustice, Personal Triumph, Mental Illness | | Starring | Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Iris Churn, Karen Fergusson | | Director | Jane Campion |
Filmmaker Jane Campion brings to the screen the harrowing true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshcok therapy to, finally, international literary fame. Kerry Fox stars. Jane Campion's second feature focuses on the stormy life of one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, Janet Frame. This sprawling, detailed film by Jane Campion (THE PIANO) tells the true story of Janet Frame, a painfully sensitive girl who managed to escape a dreary rural upbringing and eight years in a mental hospital to become New Zealand's premier poet. The film unfolds as a trilogy, with each section based on a different Frame autobiography. "To the Is-Land" chronicles her childhood and awkward teenage years. "An Angel at My Table" focuses on her time as a teacher and her horrifying mental institution experience. "The Envoy from Mirror City" finds Frame an emerging, critically lauded writer traveling on a grant in Europe and finding love for the first time.
Kerry Fox, as the adult Frame, is astonishing. She transmits painfully self-aware shyness until it rubs off on the viewer. Campion expertly captures the details of Frame's time and place, creating a brutal, impersonal world by turns unremittingly dreary and starkly beautiful. Stunning, exhausting, brilliant, this acclaimed film debuted on New Zealand TV as a miniseries and was later edited for feature-length release internationally. Shown at the New York Film Festival and the Sydney Film Festival in 1990.
Angel At My Table Reviews: "...A triumph..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...A fine, rigorous adaptation....A very gentle film..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...[Campion's] trickiest and most delicate film..." -- Rating: B+
-- Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly "...Touching....Beguiling..."
-- Harlan Kennedy, Film Comment "...Low-key and naturalistic....The film is like reading a diary....A great compliment to Campion is that the movie never seems less than genuine..."
-- Mark Chalon Smith, Los Angeles Times
This is the only Alexia Keogh video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Iris Churn, Karen Fergusson. Angel At My Table | List Price | $39.95 (You save $11.30) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1991 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  43213  | | CD Universe Part number | 6921108 | | Catalog number | 1611 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 20, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 158 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Director Approved Special Edition |
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Angel At My Table DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Widescreen -
1.77
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Additional Release Material:
Making Of
Audio Interview:
1. Janet Frame (1983)
Audio Commentary: Jane Campion - Director/Stuart Dryburgh
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Essay By Film Critic Amy Taubin
Excerpts From Janet Frame's Autobiography Which Formed The Basis Of The Film
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