- Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Griffiths, Andy Serkis, James Thornton, Lennie James
- Directors: Sam Miller
- Writers: Simon Beaufoy
- Format: Import, PAL, Full Screen
- Language English
- Subtitles: Polish
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Run Time: 89 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00361HAWG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 119,370 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Among Giants (1998) - IMPORT FROM POLAND
Starring:
Andy Serkis James Thornton Pete Postlethwaite Rachel Griffiths
Directed by - Sam Miller
Region: 2 (Europe)
Picture Format: PAL
Edition: Polish
Soundtrack: original English
Subtitles: Polish (on/off - removable)
Playing time-89 minutes
Starring:
Andy Serkis James Thornton Pete Postlethwaite Rachel Griffiths
Directed by - Sam Miller
Region: 2 (Europe)
Picture Format: PAL
Edition: Polish
Soundtrack: original English
Subtitles: Polish (on/off - removable)
Playing time-89 minutes
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I saw "Among Giants" on the TV this week and thought it was a great film and I was very disappointed and surprised to see that the DVD of this fine work is only available as a foreign import. Why on earth is such a good film not available as a home grown product?
The film comprises several weeks in the lives of a group of assorted Yorkshire lads, including two amateur rock climbers, lead by Pete Postlethwaite (who very sadly died this week.) They are given the job of painting a long row of tall pylons on the bleak Yorkshire moors but they have a very tight deadline before the power is switched on and during this time their relationships are affected when an attractive Australian back packer and amateur climber (played by Rachel Griffiths) joins their ranks. As two of the group take an instant fancy to her this leads to problems between them and they soon fall out with each other with traumatic consequences.
It is a sensitive, thoughtful and intelligent film and alternately funny and moving in places and Postlethwaite, as usual, is excellent as the elder statesman and leader of the pack who falls for the Aussie lass which leads to heartbreak for him just when he is beginning to get his life together. The scenes of the painters dangling from ropes high above the ground in this bleak windswept landscape gave me vertigo and I wondered how people can do jobs like this. There is too much unecessary swearing for my liking but it doesn't take away the fact that it is a tremendous film and one that I hope will be seen much more widely and appreciated when it is more easily available.
The film comprises several weeks in the lives of a group of assorted Yorkshire lads, including two amateur rock climbers, lead by Pete Postlethwaite (who very sadly died this week.) They are given the job of painting a long row of tall pylons on the bleak Yorkshire moors but they have a very tight deadline before the power is switched on and during this time their relationships are affected when an attractive Australian back packer and amateur climber (played by Rachel Griffiths) joins their ranks. As two of the group take an instant fancy to her this leads to problems between them and they soon fall out with each other with traumatic consequences.
It is a sensitive, thoughtful and intelligent film and alternately funny and moving in places and Postlethwaite, as usual, is excellent as the elder statesman and leader of the pack who falls for the Aussie lass which leads to heartbreak for him just when he is beginning to get his life together. The scenes of the painters dangling from ropes high above the ground in this bleak windswept landscape gave me vertigo and I wondered how people can do jobs like this. There is too much unecessary swearing for my liking but it doesn't take away the fact that it is a tremendous film and one that I hope will be seen much more widely and appreciated when it is more easily available.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Among Giants - not released in the UK on DVD - that is CRAZY! This is a brilliant film and only available as an import (just purchased from Amazon). We saw this film many years ago and have been searching for it ever since! Perhaps now that Pete Postlethwaite has sadly passed away, this film WILL be easily available to his British fans.
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