Dangerous Beauty
by Marshall Herskovitz
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Actor: Catherine McCormack, Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, Rufus SewellDirector: Marshall Herskovitz
Brand: SEWELL,RUFUS
Producer: Marshall Herskovitz
Producer: Arnon Milchan
Producer: Debra Lovatelli
Producer: Edward Zwick
Producer: Inigo Lezzi
Writer: Jeannine Dominy
Writer: Margaret Rosenthal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-10-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Summary of Dangerous Beauty
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 6-NOV-2001
Media Type: DVD
Although it was unfortunately ignored during its brief theatrical release, this sumptuously seductive production is that rarest of cinematic breeds, the (barely) respectable guilty pleasure. Combining historical fact with hysterical anachronisms of language and mannerism, it's been tailored for maximum contemporary appeal but maintains a lush, romantic feel for its factual 16th-century tale of Venetian love, lust, and political repression. Catherine McCormack (Mel Gibson's ill-fated bride in Braveheart) delivers a star-making performance as the "dangerous beauty" who becomes a skillful courtesan to pursue her forbidden love for a dashing Venetian senator (Rufus Sewell). It's all rather silly in a high-toned fashion, and the film turns dour when the church intervenes with a Scarlet Letter-like papal inquest. But the movie's joyously ribald vitality is utterly irresistible, and the casting of McCormack with Jaqueline Bisset (as her mother and courtesan mentor) is a stroke of pure genius. Merchant-Ivory would've made a smarter film from this material, but it probably wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. --Jeff Shannon
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