The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover [Region 2]
by Peter Greenaway
![The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover [Region 2]](/images/The-Cook-the-Thief-His-Wife-Her-Lover-Region-2-B0000UM0NU-L.jpg)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Alan Howard, Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Richard Bohringer, Tim RothDirector: Peter Greenaway
Cinematographer: Sacha Vierny
Writer: Peter Greenaway
Editor: John Wilson
Producer: Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Producer: Denis Wigman
Producer: Kees Kasander
Producer: Pascale Dauman
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); French (Unknown); Spanish (Unknown); Dutch (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled)
Format: Director's Cut, Import, PAL, Widescreen
Running Time: 158 minutes
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal
Movie Reviews of The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover [Region 2]
Movie Review: Foreign film
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have a weak stomach, this movie is NOT for you. If you know how to look beyond the abnormal, you will see the beauty and artistry of the film. I totally enjoyed this film years ago when it first showed and it was one of the films I had to have in my film library. Be sure to check the REGION in which the film was made in order for the DVD to be played on your computer of DVD player.
Summary of The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover [Region 2]
Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o Arabic (subtitles) o Danish (subtitles) o Dutch (subtitles) o English (subtitles) o Finnish (subtitles) o French (subtitles) o German (subtitles) o Hebrew (subtitles) o Italian (subtitles) o Norwegian (subtitles) o Portugese (subtitles) o Russian (subtitles) o Spanish (subtitles) o Swedish (subtitles) o Turkish (subtitles) o English (Dolby Digital 2.0) o German (Dolby Digital 2.0) o Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0) o Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0) Synopsis: This is probably Peter Greenaway's most famous (or infamous) film, which first shocked audiences at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and then on both sides of the Atlantic. A gang leader (Michael Gambon), accompanied by his wife (Helen Mirren) and his associates, entertains himself every night in a fancy French restaurant that he has recently bought. Having tired of her sadistic, boorish husband, the wife finds herself a lover (Alan Howard) and makes love to him in the restaurant's coziest places with the silent permission of the cook (Richard Bohringer). Though less cerebral than Greenaway's other films, featuring deadly passions reminiscent of Jacobean revenge tragedies of the early 17th century, the picture still offers the director's usual ironic and paradoxical comments on the relations between eating and sex, love and death. The film is at once funny and horrific, and those who are not used to Greenaway's peculiar style might be even disgusted or shocked; however, one might mention Sacha Vierny's brilliant camerawork, Jean-Paul Gaultier's gaudily stylized costumes, and Michael Nyman's somber, pulsating music, which will haunt the viewer long after the film's end. Special Features: o Interactive Menu o Scene Access o Trailer(s) o UncutFew directors polarize audiences like Peter Greenaway, a filmmaker as influenced by Jacobean revenge tragedy and 17th century painting as by the French New Wave. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is both adored and detested for its combination of sumptuous beauty and revolting decadence. A vile, gluttonous thief (Michael Gambon, The Singing Detective) spews hate and abuse at a restaurant run by a stoic French cook (Richard Bohringer, Diva), but under the thief's nose his wife (the ever-sensuous Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect) conducts an affair with a bookish lover (Alan Howard, Strapless). Clothing (by avant-garde designer Jean-Paul Gaultier) changes color as the characters move from room to room. Nudity, torture, rotting meat, and Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs) at his sleaziest all contribute the atmosphere of decay and excess. Not for everyone, but for some, essential. --Bret Fetzer
Comedy DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Some of the greatest movies of all time
Frank Miller's Sin City (With Collectors Slip: Hartigan & Nancy Cover Edition - C)Published: 2005; DVD
Best price: $19.89
Ken Park (Uncut Uncensored Director's Version - Import)Published: 2003; DVD
Best price: $15.13
Christopher Williams - Lost Highway (1997 Film)Release date: 1997-02-18; Music CD
Best price: $5.13
Price in other shops:
Pulp FictionRelease date: 1998-05-20; DVD
Best price: $19.45
Price in other shops:
Dead ManRelease date: 2000-12-19; DVD
Best price: $4.80
Price in other shops:
![Lars Von Trier Europe Trilogy Boxset [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ] Image](/images/Lars-Von-Trier-Europe-Trilogy-Boxset-NON-USA-FORMAT-PAL-Reg-2-Import-Netherlands-B000CR1DJS-X.jpg){kind=small}
Lars Von Trier Europe Trilogy Boxset [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ]DVD
Requiem For A Dream/ PI (Two Pack)Release date: 2002-02-26; DVD
Best price: $8.41
Price in other shops:
The Big Lebowski (HD DVD) / Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (HD DVD) (2 Pack)Published: 2008; DVD
Best price: $12.99
Anti Social Studies 101 (Escape from New York / The Usual Suspects / Leaving Las Vegas)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-08-14; DVD
Best price: $12.35
Price in other shops:
Ed Wood (Special Edition)Release date: 2004-10-19; DVD
Best price: $9.76
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
Lust, Caution (Widescreen Edition)Universal; Release date: 2008-02-19; DVD
Best price: $9.83
Price in other shops:
The Passion of Ayn RandParamount; Release date: 2001-02-20; DVD
Best price: $4.55
Price in other shops:
The Draughtsman's ContractRelease date: 2008-02-12; DVD
Best price: $16.55
Price in other shops:
A Zed & Two NoughtsRelease date: 2008-02-12; DVD
Best price: $16.62
Price in other shops:
Prospero's BooksAllied Artists Classics; Published: 2007; DVD
Best price: $49.99
HussyRelease date: 2006-07-25; DVD
Best price: $11.65
Price in other shops:
The Pillow BookSony; Release date: 1998-12-15; DVD
Best price: $17.00
Price in other shops:
The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneRelease date: 2004-03-23; DVD
Best price: $7.87
Price in other shops:
The Belly of an ArchitectTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2004-06-15; DVD
Best price: $6.47
Price in other shops:
Caligula (The Unrated Edition)MCDOWELL,MALCOLM; Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $10.48
Price in other shops: