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Epicurus.com - Paradise Road
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle
Directed By: Bruce Beresford
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543012184
Format: Anamorphic
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-03-13
Running Time: 120
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1997-04-11
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Editorial Reviews:
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In a time of war, an extraordinary group of women turned a song of hope into a symphony of triumph. From the director of "Driving Miss Daisy" comes a true story of courage, triumph, friendship and strength starring Glenn Close ("Dangerous Liaisons"), OscarĀ®-Winner Frances McDormand (1996 Best Actress, "Fargo") and Emmy Award Winner Julianna Margulies (TV's "ER"). This compelling drama reveals the heroic actions of a group of women held prisoner by the Japanese during World War ll. These diverse women from different countries, speaking different languages, unite to form a vocal orchestra-creating a life affirming symphony of human voices.
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Summary: Paradise Road,
Comment: This is a movie I saw and loved so much that I bought a copy, after telling friends about it, and loaning it the inevitable happend........I never got it back. So I bought another copy and yes, it's that good. When I first started to watch the movie, I thought about a Town Called Alice, and the forced marches the Japenese made POW's do so many times. But this is a story of survival, hope, determation and a lot of joy and sadness along the way. YET, it is not a sad movie and no it's not a "chick flick"will it brings tears? I hope so, you should cry when you see man's inhumanity to man in any way shape or form. But it's not depressing. This is a movie that somehow slipped through the cracks when it should have blazened across the airways. The acting- phenominal from everyone, the story- a true one- Inspriartional- made me want to make my life better. I could only rate this five stars, it deserves at least 100 stars.
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Summary: Paradise Road
Comment: I purchased this for my daughter. She watched it in school and she liked it.
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Summary: Best War Movie Ever
Comment: I don't usually like any war movies but this is a great movie to watch if you love drama.
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Summary: Women's Power in War-torn world
Comment: The whole story is set in war-torn South-East-Asia during the attacking of the Japanese army.
The well-selected cast of actresses are giving this story a very sensitive nuance to understand the situation in the past and how women really show the way how to handle them. Men usually take weapons and try to attack the enemy with force, blood and terrorism.
But the women's way are far more better and their power to form a vocal choir in the prison camps shows their way to survive and even to attract the invaders.
The most touching point is the one when a Japanese soldier who accused a prison woman (played by fabulous Glen Close) tried to say Sorry to her when he sung a popular Japanese folk song far away from his subordinates.
This shows that soldiers are human too and they are also impressed about the women's power to survive by any means while the men prisoners from another camp tried to escape and returned dead.
The vocal songs are based on the original written papers which survived this time. And "Paradise Road" is still very actual in our today's time.
Highly recommendated.
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Summary: Great ensemble piece
Comment: I enjoyed this movie as a great ensemble cast. However, I distinctly remember at least one scene in the original movie that is missing from this version - when the women are returning from burying one of their dead, the Japanese forbid them to sing, so they pick up rocks and tap the rhythm of "Bolero". Why would this scene be cut out? It was a pivotal scene. In any case, still a good movie, and I enjoyed seeing so many of my favorite actresses together.
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