The Lost Language of Cranes
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Actor: Angus Macfayden, Brian Cox, Corey Parker, Eileen AtkinsBrand: WHV
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E2674
Studio: BBC Worldwide
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- The damage caused by long-kept secrets is at the heart of this moving drama adapted from David Leavitt's acclaimed novel. Confronted with his son's confession that he is gay, Owen (Brian Cox) realizes that he can no longer live a lie. Although he still loves his wife Rose (Eileen Atkins), he abandons the safe world of the heterosexual for the difficult but rewarding journey of "coming out." But as
Movie Reviews of The Lost Language of Cranes
Movie Review: This is the DVD I have been waiting all my life for (so far)...
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this movie back in high school when it aired on PBS one night. Young and closeted, I was flipping through the stations one night and caught a glimpse of what I thought was two men in bed. With my parents gone to bed, I turned the sound down and flipped back to the channel. This movie is what was playing. Imagine the effects it had on a boy of my age at that time. I was elated to learn that it was based on a novel by David Leavitt which has long been a favorite on my bookshelf now.
The novel and movie focus on a [...] son, Philip, who comes out to his parents Owen (Brian Cox) and Rose (Eileen Atkins). The parents surprisingly take Phillip's coming out very badly. And Owen, we learn, has more in common with his son than anyone would like to think about. It turns out that Owen, the father, is also [...]. Owen who lives in different, more conservative and maybe old fashioned living, lives in existential fear of being exposed. Rose thinks he is out for a walk, when he is actually visiting porn theaters. Rose knows all along, but practices the old time saying, "what we don't know, doesn't hurt us." The coming out of Philip turns out as a revealing of the life of lies and deceit that Rose and Owen had lived.
Of course there is a love interest for Phillip, and Owen's secret is exposed when he invites another young man to dinner with the intent of setting up his son on a date. Rose sees through Owen's own lust for the man and a chilling argument ensues in which Owen leaves the house and the viewer is left with a quiet scene of Rose just sitting at home, alone and knitting. Nothing more.
A sub plot follows young twin girls who have developed their own private language, outside of which they cannot communicate. It's a brilliant metaphor for how [...] people build understanding often through their own isolated experiences, and build language and knowledge that is often misunderstood, threatened and indeed fragile when it comes into contact with the wider world.
Years ago, this movie sent chills up my young spine, and the book proved to be life-long inspiring. I look forward to making it a permanent addition to my DVD collection.
Summary of The Lost Language of Cranes
Synopsis:Item Type: Unknown Type
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 05/29/07
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
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