| | Duchess Blu-ray
| Category | Blu-ray DVDs, Dramas Movies, Romance Videos, Biography, True Story, Love Triangles, Period Piece, Historical, Infidelity | | Starring | Ralph Fiennes, Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Simon McBurney, Hayley Atwell, John Shrapnel, Aidan McArdle | | Director | Saul Dibb | | Composer | Rachel Portman | | Costume Designer | Michael O'Connor | | Director of Photography | Gyula Pados | | Executive Producer | David M. Thompson, Christine Langan, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Amanda Foreman, Carolyn Marks-Blackwood | | Producer | Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana | | Screenwriter | Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, Saul Dibb | | Source Writer | Amanda Foreman |
Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes star in this $13 million-grossing movie about the Duchess of Devonshire, who marries into one of Britain's most powerful families. Extras include featurettes and costume diary. After PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and ATONEMENT, Keira Knightley continues her reign as the queen of the period film with this 18th-century costume drama. The corset-clad actress stars as Georgiana Spenser, the Duchess of Devonshire. With her marriage to the duke (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana achieves an impressive level of fame as Britons follow both her clothing style and her political advice. But even celebrity and wealth can't act as a salve in her marriage to the boring, boorish duke. When he begins to flaunt his affairs, Georgiana is tempted to return to a teenage crush, Charles Grey (Dominic Cooper of THE HISTORY BOYS), to the anger of her husband and her mother (Charlotte Rampling, SWIMMING POOL).
Fiennes's portrayal of the duke ranks roughly with his Lord Voldemort on a scale of beastly behavior, but the acclaimed actor manages to give him a level of humanity that far surpasses what he deserves. THE DUCHESS focuses on the lack of power possessed by Georgiana and, in fact, all women of her time, and the duke is the primary agent of her suppression. As she has done with other period films from the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN series to KING ARTHUR, Knightley brings spirit to the role, as well as a regal carriage that perfectly fits the detailed costumes by Michael O'Connor. Fans of history-based drama--Georgiana was real-life royalty who is found in the genealogy of Princess Diana--will find much to like in this film, which boasts impressive locations, lush costumes, and forbidden love.
Duchess Reviews: "[Fiennes] develops a beautiful, wordless vocabulary of hurt, frustration, sadism, lust...and unanalyzed pain for his Duke....The actor creates particulars of time, space, class, and personality with one crook of a finger, one twist of a wrist." -- Grade: B-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "THE DUCHESS is a handsome historical film, impeccably mounted....It is about hard realists, constrained in a stifling system and using whatever weapons they can command. It is rather fascinating on that level..."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "Knightley, who's in virtually every scene...rises to the challenge with more skill and emotional range than she's hitherto been given credit for."-- Philip Kemp, Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he film belongs to Knightley. There's a fire in her eyes that won't be extinguished, and it keeps us in her corner....It's Knightley who makes THE DUCHESS a royal treat."-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "The cast and period are immaculately turned out, and events roll at an assured, stately pace..."-- Simon Crook, Empire "[T]he film, impeccably shot by cinematographer Gyula Pados on location in a variety of British stately homes, is as handsomely mounted and beautifully costumes as anything you could as for."-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "[E]ntertainingly and sumptuously told....The cinematography is stunning, with gorgeous costumes and a sweeping score. All of this is capped by compelling key performances."-- Claudia Puig, USA Today Duchess | List Price | $29.99 (You save $6.84) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  69112  | | CD Universe Part number | 7602417 | | Catalog number | 140074 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Dec 27, 2008 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material. | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled; Sensormatic |
Duchess Movie Review  TOTAL EXCELLENCE!!!
From start to finish, I was totally drawn in by "The Duchess". First rate cast with an excellent screenplay. If you love period drama/romance, as I do, you'll love this one!
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