The Constant Gardener R
Love. At any cost.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 10, 2006
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Focus Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ralph Fiennes & Rachel Weisz | |
Performer: | Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Daniele Harford, Hubert Kounde, Pete Postlethwaite, Nick Reding, Anneke Kim Sarnau & Donald Apiyo | |
Directed by | Fernando Meirelles | |
Edited by | Claire Simpson | |
Screenwriting by | Jeffrey Caine | |
Original story by | John le Carré | |
Composition by | Alberto Iglesias | |
Produced by | Simon Channing Williams | |
Director of Photography: | César Charlone | |
Executive Production by | Gail Egan, Robert Jones, Donald K. Ranvaud, Jeff Abberley, Julia Blackman & Tracey Seaward |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 2005 -
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A political conspiracy thriller of the highest order.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Fiennes and Weisz, who have worked together before in Istvan Szabo's Sunshine, make a glamorous pair. And while this may not have been the effect le Carre was after, it does no lasting damage to his theme.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Movies that try to juggle a message of political or social significance with a love story often can't manage either, so the makers of this thriller deserve extra plaudits for their tender and intelligent handling of both.
Premiere
Fiennes carries Le Carré's spirit with a slow-burning performance that operates on two fronts: As a powerful indictment of third-world abuses by pharmaceutical companies, and as a widower's moving investigation into his shattered relationship.
AV Club
Rating: 4/5 --
There is a terrific pulse of energy in this film, a voltage which drives it over two hours.
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Guardian
[Meirelles] brightens the author's wide, dark field with rich color....The movie is smart, serious, and adult about something that matters...
Entertainment Weekly
Meirelles emerges with one of the year's best and most provocative movies. Long after it's over, you still feel its sting.
Rolling Stone
Product Description:
Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, CITY OF GOD, won awards all over the world--and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars--has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, based on a bestselling novel by John Le Carré, is an exciting mix of romance and spy thriller. Ralph Fiennes stars as Justin Quayle, a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), is killed, he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy. Jeffrey Caine's powerful screenplay alternates between flashbacks of Justin and Tessa's relationship and Justin's hunt for the truth, which makes him a target--although he doesn't know who is after him. Fine support is offered by Danny Huston as his close friend and confidant, Sandy; Bill Nighy as shady British official Sir Bernard Pellegrin; and Hubert Koundé as Arnold Bluhm, an African doctor who might have been a little too friendly with Tessa. Meirelles's pacing is outstanding, switching effortlessly between political intrigue, action adventure, and love story. And Fiennes and Weisz give strong performances playing complex characters that will continually surprise the audience. THE CONSTANT GARDENER is a thrilling tale from start to finish.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 114,420
- UPC: 025192629228
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