The Name of the Rose
by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Actor: Christian Slater, Elya Baskin, Helmut Qualtinger, Michael Lonsdale, Sean ConneryDirector: Jean-Jacques Annaud
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Name of the Rose
Movie Review: Overlooked Gem
Summary: 5 Stars
In my opinion, this was a great adaptation of Eco's masterpiece. I am one of those quirky Eco fans out there, that loved the ending of this film much better than the ending of the book. The atmosphere, the photography, the brilliant dialogue of the characters, and the beautifully constructed soundtrack by James Horner made this a very surreal view of the Middle Ages, like no other film has ever been able to demonstrate to me. Sean Connery is brilliant in his role as William of Baskerville and Christian Slater, as his young novice, form a picture perfect duo in a world of the Inquisition and it's suppresion of knowledge. This film is a must for anyone that is interested in the Middle Ages. The dialogue has several lines that will leave you pondering on them long after you have seen the film. Great movie, one of the overlooked gems of the time.
Summary of The Name of the Rose
Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose is a flawed attempt to adapt Umberto Eco's highly convoluted medieval bestseller for the screen, necessarily excising much of the esoterica that made the book so compelling. Still, what's left is a riveting whodunit set in a grimly and grimily realistic 14th-century Benedictine monastery populated by a parade of grotesque characters, all of whom spend their time lurking in dark places or scuttling, half-unseen, in the omnipresent gloom. A series of mysterious and gruesome deaths are somehow tied up with the unwelcome attention of the Inquisition, sent to root out suspected heretical behavior among the monastic scribes whose lives are dedicated to transcribing ancient manuscripts for their famous library, access to which is prevented by an ingenious maze-like layout.Enter Sean Connery as investigator-monk William of Baskerville (the Sherlock Holmes connection made explicit in his name) and his naive young assistant Adso (a youthful Christian Slater). The Grand Inquisitor Bernado Gui (F. Murray Abraham) suspects devilry; but William and Adso, using Holmesian forensic techniques, uncover a much more human cause: the secrets of the library are being protected at a terrible cost. A fine international cast and the splendidly evocative location compensate for a screenplay that struggles to present Eco's multifaceted story even partially intact; Annaud's idiosyncratic direction complements the sinister, unsettling aura of the tale ideally. --Mark Walker
"The Name of the Rose" is a gothic medieval mystery thriller set in a 14th-century Italian monastery. Franciscan monk William of Baskerville (Sean Connery) and a young novice (Christian Slater) arrive for a conference to find that several monks have been murdered in mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his wit and intelligence.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by Director Jean-Jaques Annaud
Documentary:Vintage making-of documentary - The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose"
Featurette:All-new Photo Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud
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