Cassandra's Dream
by Woody Allen
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Actor: Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, John Benfield, Peter-Hugo DalyDirector: Woody Allen
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Writer: Woody Allen
Producer: Brahim Chioua
Producer: Charles H. Joffe
Producer: Daniel W?hrmann
Producer: Gareth Wiley
Producer: Helen Robin
Producer: Jack Rollins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-27
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Weinstein Company
Movie Reviews of Cassandra's Dream
Movie Review: DVD features
Summary: 5 Stars
Great DVD, but there are No special features! good if you're just buying it for the movie...
No behind the scenes or making of... or deleted scenes!!! especially deleted scenes!!! every movie has deleted scenes...
well...
either way mi piace questo film.... Match Point e' piu meglio... molto meglio... this film lacks the momentum and granduer of Match Point... same ingredients as Match Point but the Chef was drunk when he cooked this one...
Summary of Cassandra's Dream
Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell star as working class brothers whose dreams of better lives leads to desperation, greed and deadly betrayal. When gambling debt and an expensive courtship place them in a financial bind, a rich uncle (Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton) offers them an out in exchange for committing murder. Featuring gripping performances from an all-star cast; "this family tragedy puts us near the edge of our seats and pulls us right along on its downward spiral" (William Arnold, Seattle Post Intelligencer). Woody Allen returns in razor-sharp form with this "intense, intelligently-written and directed," (Jeffrey Lyons, Reel Talk) thriller that challenges how far a man should go in the name of family.Scottish Ewan McGregor and Irish Colin Farrell play two Cockney brothers who get in over their heads when a wealthy relative asks for a favor. Woody Allen's sleek thriller Cassandra's Dream begins in innocent times: Ian (McGregor) and Terry (Farrell) buy a sailboat and name it Cassandra's Dream. But soon Terry falls afoul of gambling debts and Ian falls head over heels for a sultry actress who doesn't take him seriously, leading them to ask their uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) for money, which he's happy to give them--if they'll get rid of a man who's going to testify against him. The first half of Cassandra's Dream zips along with short, concise scenes and charismatic performances by the lead lads. Newcomer Hayley Atwell (Brideshead Revisited) is alluring as the actress, while Sally Hawkins (Persuasion) brings warmth and sympathy to the underwritten role of Terry's girlfriend Kate. The second half--as with many of Allen's later films--seems to run out of steam, though there's still much to admire about Allen's clean, unfussy filmmaking. Regrettably, he seems to have lost the ability to sustain his imaginative spark. The weakness is in the writing; too many of the characters are barely sketched and clumsy lines of dialogue jar the ear in otherwise well-shaped scenes. But just when you're ready to throw up your hands, there's a moment of understated grace, in which Allen's simple visuals capture something with crystalline clarity. Cassandra's Dream is a frustrating movie, but it has its rewards. --Bret Fetzer
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