Gosford Park
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Actor: Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Stephen FryCinematographer: Andrew Dunn
Composer: Patrick Doyle
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Gosford Park
Movie Review: Fantastic Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie. I can honestly say it is one of my favorites. Robert Altman made it for intelligent, patient viewers who enjoy character development. It is a murder mystery and a study of English class distinctions. One of the most enjoyable things about it is how un-intrusive the camera is. It simply floats about from room to room catching snatches of conversation and revealing bits of character without one feeling its presence. The overall effect is so natural one almost feels one is looking in the window on these people and their lives.
Another thing I love is that it is told from the servant's perspective. If one watches carefully one will notice that there is never a scene without a servant in it somewhere. Their viewpoint is ultimately the most sympathetic and one realizes just how appallingly dependent the gentry was on their domestics. The entire cast is good but Maggie Smith, Kelly MacDonald, and Michael Gambon are especially eye-catching. I find class system to be a fascinating subject, particularly since the American middle-class is so rapidly deteriorating. People who like action flicks and dumb comedies likely will not enjoy this movie at all, nor will children. But for those who simply like to soak in an insightful, character driven period piece, this is the movie for you.
Summary of Gosford Park
Gosford Park finds director Robert Altman in sumptuously fine form indeed. From the opening shots, as the camera peers through the trees at an opulent English country estate, Altman exploits the 1930s period setting and whodunit formula of the film expertly. Aristocrats gather together for a weekend shooting party with their dutiful servants in tow, and the upstairs/downstairs division of the classes is perfectly tailored to Altman's method (as employed in Nashville and Short Cuts) of overlapping bits of dialogue and numerous subplots in order to betray underlying motives and the sins that propel them. Greed, vengeance, snobbery, and lust stir comic unrest as the near dizzying effect of brisk script turns is allayed by perhaps Altman's strongest ensemble to date. First and foremost, Maggie Smith is marvelous as Constance, a dependent countess with a quip for every occasion; Michael Gambon, as the ill-fated host, Sir William McCordle, is one of the most palpably salacious characters ever on screen; Kristin Scott Thomas is perfectly cold yet sexy as Lady Sylvia, Sir William's wife; and Helen Mirren, Emily Watson, and Clive Owen are equally memorable as key characters from the bustling servants' quarters below. Gosford Park manages to be fabulously entertaining while exposing human shortcomings, compromises, and our endless need for confession. --Fionn MeadeThe Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay, Gosford Park is a whodunit as only director Robert Altman could do it. As a hunting party gathers at the country estate, no one is aware that before the weekend is over, someone will be murdered - twice! The police are baffled but the all-seeing, all-hearing servants know that almost everyone had a motive. This critically-acclaimed murder mystery features a who's who of celebrated actors. With a diverse cast of characters - all with something to hide - it'll keep you guessing right to the surprising end. Gosford Park proves that murder can be such an inconvenience.
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