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Marie Antoinette [DVD] [2006] [2007]

Kirsten Dunst , Jason Schwartzmann    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzmann, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne
  • Format: Subtitled, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Hindi, Finnish, Italian, Danish, Swedish, English
  • Dubbed: Italian
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Audio Description: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Feb 2007
  • Run Time: 123 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000JU9OKI
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,595 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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While much was made of the fact that Marie Antoinette elicited boos at Cannes, the many favorable reviews attracted less attention. Inspired by Antonia Fraser's biography, Sofia Coppola fashions a portrait that's just as dreamy as The Virgin Suicides, her first literary adaptation, and the Oscar-winning Lost in Translation. Set to a soundtrack of post-punk (a conceit that adds more interest than resonance), the teenaged Marie (Kirsten Dunst, quite good) may be shallow, but she's rarely unsympathetic. The story begins in the late-18th century as the Austrian Archduchess agrees to marry Louis-Auguste (Jason Schwartzman). After bidding adieu to her mother, Maria Theresa (Marianne Faithfull), she travels to France, where King Louis XV (Rip Torn) sets the rules--and the list is endless (Judy Davis' Comtesse de Noailles is the primary enforcer). As for the Dauphin, he's just a boy, really, with more interest in his key collection than their marriage bed. Should Marie produce an heir, it might be enough to sustain her--since life is nothing but an endless shopping spree--but clouds gather on the horizon as an impoverished populace rises up against their extravagant leaders. Coppola merely suggests what happens next, although history paints a darker picture. Filmed in and around the Chateau of Versailles, Marie Antoinette is a riot of rustling gowns, sparkling jewels, and Manolo Blahnik-designed shoes. To say that style trumps substance does its maker a disservice, but the look of the thing does leave the deepest impression. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Lavish historical drama from writer/director Sofia Coppola. Born to Austrian nobility, Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) is only 14 years old when she's pledged to marry Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the 15-year-old king of France, in an alliance that has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with love. Sent to France and stripped of her former life, Marie weds Louis but, to the consternation of the royal court, he seems either unwilling or unable to consummate the marriage, while his advisors clamour for an heir to the throne. Young, and more than a bit out of step with the new life that's been thrust upon her, Marie gives herself over to the pleasures of life in Versailles, knowing and caring little of the political intrigue that surrounds her.

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48 of 53 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. Stephen Kennedy TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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It's not perfect, but it's a much better piece of cinema than its critics would have you believe. In fact, what is created here is a deliciously personal movie about a historical figure - made not as an epic, but as an intimate and `in-the-moment' portrayal of a teenager in over her head.
It's the first key to liking this movie - it is a teen-movie. Not for them but about one. As such, all we are seeing is how Marie Antoinette must have seen her life. A young teenager put into a political arranged marriage as the Dauphine of France, she has to leave all behind and finds herself in an intolerable situation (an unconsummated marriage - for 7 years!) with no frame of reference. That's the second key to liking it - it is about her removal from a sense of reality - Versaille is geographically, politically, socially and economically isolated from the reality of France, until the tragic end. (a tragic end which the movie stops just before, incidentally).
This lack of a reality touchstone sends the teenager into spirals of excess - and yet Kirsten Dunst finds new depths in portraying her as indulgent, and yet sincere. Petulant yet patient and revelling in luxury, yet loyal regardless of cost. The movie itself has been criticised for having discordant elements - modern (and 80's) music, hand held camera movements, brighter than bright colours - and yet this is highly effective at making this story real, and not a historical document - exactly what Sofia Coppola was trying to achieve. One scene which exemplifies this, is the masked ball - an occasion which should in most period movies would be starchy and elegant - but here is almost like a night club or a rave with pounding soundtrack - and this is precisely the excitement and impression this occasion would have engendered in a spoilt and privileged teenager.
Finally, the other ingredients (an apt turn of phrase since everything looks like candy) that complete the feel of the movie - the set design and the music. The film was given complete access to Versaille, which makes the location vivid and real - and yet in set design the filmmakers have made these places not a museum, but a real vibrant place home to many. And of course all the wonderful bright and pastel shades made so that `everything looks like cake' are terrific to watch. And then the music - apart from the occasional pop song as mentioned before, the music actually evokes various moods - from the lyrical simplicity of rural France, to melancholy similar in tone to the soundtrack of Lost in Translation, through to modern beats - it's a brilliant and imaginative score.
Top marks to Coppola - I preferred this even to Lost in Translation. It certainly won't be to everyones taste and best rented than bought - but it is a uniquely personal movie deserving a viewing so you can make up your own mind.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun & Beautiful but not a great movie 6 Dec 2009
By Elizabeth Taylor VINE™ VOICE
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This movie although it has some excellent ideas and looks a treat is not the complete package. Be prepared for Marie Antoinette rather strangely speaking American English along with everyone else at the court of Versailles, stunning costumes, stunning settings, shots and views that look like 18th century paintings, lots of moving images to the sound of some great 1980's forgotten sounds; Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow and Siouxsie and the Banshees to name but three. Now do I make it sound like a very expensive music video? Well in some ways it is and those scenes with the juxtaposition of new and old are unusual and memorable. The photography and attention to detail of the Versailles court is simply stunning, the superbly shot scenes must have taken much research and time, and it purveys the claustrophobic atmosphere, the pointless rituals, the luxury, the lack of reality of the rich as well as the total lack of privacy that our heroine encountered every day. But by mid way through that's not enough, you need more of a plot, more of a script, more use of the decor. So my advise is don't think too deeply just enjoy the view.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoy Sofia Copolla's films and the aesthetic she evokes. Everything that you would expect from Lost in Translation and the Virgin Suicides is present here; closely observed character, 'total environmental immersion' film-making, an effortlessly tranquil and subversive soundtrack and refined performances from the cast. Unlike some reviewers, I felt Copolla's mixture of modernity and period sensibility is both respectful to the material and engaging. As with her other films, there remains an emotional distance between character and viewer - in part this provides greater intimacy between the two as we observe characters undertaking the mundane without needless exposition. It always struck me in Copolla's earlier films, however, that the remoteness was balanced against the vulnerability of characters when they do engage in meaningful discourse and it was this flowering of the characters that made the films so charming. This was far less evident to me in Marie Antoinette and therefore, I can only give it four stars; a refreshing and touching movie but one that never quite lets you in.
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5.0 out of 5 stars All time favorite movie!
I swear to God this movie was made for me! So amazing! So beautiful! I wish the movie was longer and told the whole story - but you get a pretty big picture of her life. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ann Shuttleworth
5.0 out of 5 stars i really love this movie
everything about this movie i love, costume design, set desighn, cast and espetially the soundtrack. Read more
Published 2 months ago by cassandra
1.0 out of 5 stars purlease
Marie Antoinette had a pair if Converse hightops on her closet, need I say more. Rubbish.If I wanted to watch pop videos I'd tune in to MTV.
Published 3 months ago by C. Hawkeswood
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning
suuuch a beautiful film the costume and use of colour is amazing! the soundtrack is fantastic, this film is incredibly girly and pretty, it is a really easy watch and just doesnt... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alice
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Great value .... quick postage..... enjoyed the movie .... ... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Published 3 months ago by paula lawlor
1.0 out of 5 stars Second time - still, not best
This is the second time I watch this film, and was left with the same feeling of flatness from it. It isn't greatly accurate and I find the Queen somehow doesn't shine like I would... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Pechabadens
1.0 out of 5 stars Too long.
very beautiful movie.
Big castles stylish uniforms
Finish too earlier. It miss the French revolution were Marie gets killed
Could be shorter
Published 5 months ago by Claus F
5.0 out of 5 stars Great delivery time
Ordered this film for my sister who had started watching on tv and missed the end of the film. She loves it
Published 5 months ago by D. M. Benson
2.0 out of 5 stars It helps to have connections in the movie bizz.
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Published 6 months ago by .fgd
4.0 out of 5 stars Poor Musical Judgement?
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