A Passage To India (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
by David Lean
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Actor: Alec Guinness, James Fox, Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, Victor BanerjeeDirector: David Lean
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Hindi (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 164 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of A Passage To India (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: The last film from the great David Lean - a must-have!
Summary: 5 Stars
David Lean's first film in 14 years was to be his final - and was nominated for 11 Oscars, winning 2, (Supporting Actress Peggy Ashcroft and Music Score Maurice Jarre. An excellent adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel, purists may quibble with some changes Lean made in his screenplay. However, the recreation of 1920s India under British control is breathtakingly beautiful and it's an intriguing story. Along the way, the appalling British attitude towards the locals underlines the plot. The DVD has been remastered in high definition and seems to look better than its original theatrical release. Excellent bonus features include interviews with some of the first-rate cast and a contemporary interview with Lean. There is also a detailed audio-commentary from producer Richard Goodwin. Lean is the master director who has inspired others like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. While leisurely paced, A PASSAGE TO INDIA remains a major achievement in cinema.
Summary of A Passage To India (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Set in 1928 this film portrays an indelibly sardonic picture of British life in territorial India.The story concerns Adela Quested who is a free-spirited British woman played by (Judy Davis) whohas settled in India and is to marry Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers) a town magistrate. She is befriended by the charming Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee) but it's a friendship that ultimately leads to tragedy.System Requirements:Running Time: 164 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA/COMING OF AGE Rating:?PG UPC:?043396209817 Manufacturer No:?20981This adaptation of E.M. Forster's mysterious tale of British racism in colonial India turned out to be master director David Lean's final film. Subtle and grand at the same time, Lean's adaptation is faithful to the book, rendering its blend of the mystical and the all-too human with exquisite precision. Judy Davis plays a young British woman traveling in India with her fianc?'s mother. While visiting a tourist attraction, she has a frightening moment in a cave--one that she eventually spins from an instant of mental meltdown into a tale of a physical attack that ruins several lives. Lean captures Forster's sense of awe at the kind of ageless wisdom and inexplicable phenomena to be encountered in India, as well as the British tendency to dismiss it all as savage, rather than simply different. --Marshall Fine
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