Possession
by Neil LaBute
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Actor: Aaron Eckhart, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Northam, Lena HeadeyDirector: Neil LaBute
Brand: Universal
Writer: Neil LaBute
Producer: Barry Levinson
Producer: David Barron
Producer: Guy Tannahill
Writer: A.S. Byatt
Writer: David Henry Hwang
Writer: Laura Jones
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-11
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Possession
Movie Review: More gripping than I thoght it would be
Summary: 5 Stars
This tale about a pair of scholars researching the possible love affair of a beloved poet was much more interesting than I thought it could possibly be. Characterization was great: Paltrow and her hero had great chemistry even though both were supposedly disfunctional at love. Very beautifully lensed.
Summary of Possession
Two literary researches both discover a romantic relationship between two victorian poets at the same time. In an effort to beat the other one to press they find that they arecast under the same amorous spell. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/06/2004 Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow Jeremy Northam Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Neil LabuteModern 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 Davis
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