Possession
by Neil LaBute
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Actor: Aaron Eckhart, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Northam, Lena HeadeyDirector: Neil LaBute
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-11
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
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Movie Review: POSSESSION
Summary: 4 Stars
POSSESSION (1999), set in England and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, and Jennifer Ehle, is an interwoven tale connecting the past with the present. Director Neil LaBute does a terrific job of mixing a period piece with contemporary times, weaving it into a seamless work of art. Based on the novel by A.S. Byatt, the film delineates the tale of two academic poets in contemporary London who set out to discover secrets of the past that are intricately tied to the present. In their search for the truth, the couple in the present piece together a love story from the past. In doing so, they find that they also serve a vital piece of history in the making.
Summary of Possession
Modern love and classic romantic passion meet in this lush adaptation of A.S. Byatt's brilliant novel. Academics Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) are experts on the work of two different Victorian poets. As they pursue a possible connection between their subjects, the two sleuths begin to stumble toward a romance of their own. Though it necessarily loses some of the depth of Byatt's original, Possession is a worthy adaptation, faithful to the book in both story and spirit. Director Neil LaBute uses clever and visually elegant methods of switching back and forth between time periods, subtly contrasting the prickly moderns and the swoony Victorians without making either pair seem unappealing. The movie also does an excellent job of capturing the exhilaration (and the politics) of intellectual discovery, and feels truly romantic without ever getting icky. Though Paltrow and Eckhart both succeed as the modern leads, the real standouts are Jeremy Northam as Randolph Henry Ash and Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte. Their passion gives the movie its romantic core and makes the whole search worthwhile. --Ali DavisDrama DVD Video
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