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  • Actors: Ethan Hawke, Max von Sydow, Youki Kudoh, Reeve Carney, Anne Suzuki
  • Directors: Scott Hicks
  • Writers: Scott Hicks, David Guterson, Ronald Bass
  • Producers: Carol Baum, David Guterson, Frank Marshall, Harry J. Ufland
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL
  • Language English, German, Japanese
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Jul 2003
  • Run Time: 128 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004YA9X
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 50,094 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Australian director Scott Hicks's Snow Falling on Cedars is far removed from the character-driven, pure storytelling of his previous movie, Shine, and a comparative plunge into moody atmospherics. Action insinuates itself through the director's determined eye for watercolour composition and free-floating perspective, like random shoots of new growth in an overwhelming rain forest. It's impossible to be complacent as a viewer because Hicks's meditative style paradoxically forces one to locate and make the story happen internally. The approach makes good aesthetic sense in that the story, based on David Guterson's bestselling novel, couches courtroom drama in dreamy textures, and Hicks is determined to reflect that even if it means turning an audience's idea of narrative on its head.

The director gets a lot of help from the weather in the Pacific Northwest: the setting is one of Washington State's San Juan Islands, where rain embraces earth and sky in a singular, introverted personality. There, a Japanese American war hero (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) stands accused of murdering a white fisherman in the years following World War II. His wife (Youki Kudoh) is the former childhood sweetheart and lover of a local newspaperman (Ethan Hawke) whose bitterness over the loss--as well as his helplessness during the internment of Japanese Americans, and the crusading legacy of his journalist father (Sam Shepard)--prevents him from coming to the defence of the accused man. Layered emotions, layered sensations, layered clouds. This is historical fiction of a sort that works best as an experience of time's relativity: flowing, stopping, trickling. Ironically, the film's most commercial element, the trial, is the least interesting aspect, though old pro Max Von Sydow makes those scenes great fun as a wily defence counsel. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Special Features
2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
German
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English German
Dolby Digital 5.1
Spotlight On Location
Deleted Scenes
Directors Commentary
Menu Music
Theatrical Trailer
Weblinks
Production Notes
Cast And Filmmakers Notes
Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\German\Greek\Hebrew\Norwegian\Polish\Swedish


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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful film to match a beautiful book, 19 Feb 2001
This review is from: Snow Falling on Cedars [2000] ~ Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Reeve Carney, and Anne Suzuki (VHS Tape)
I loved this book and was apprehensive about the film. Most films don't live up to their books but this one does. The scenery captures the mood and the filming is just right. The casting was superb and each actor adds to the love and sadness of the film. I don't buy many pre-recorded videos but I've ordered this one. Read the book and watch the film in any order.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of a film, 17 Jun 2007
This review is from: Snow Falling on Cedars [DVD] [2000] (DVD)
I bought this film some months ago solely on the grounds that it had a picture of a Japanese girl on the cover - and it was cheap. (I have an interest in Chinese & Japanese culture) For the want of anything better to do, I got around to watching it last night, and I was engrossed from beginning to end. It is not full of star actors yet the cast is excellent. The cinematography is outstanding and the crew was blessed with spectacular weather and location shots - it still needs expert direction and camera work to exploit these factors - and this film has them both. The plot is a slowly unravelling drama centred on a small coastal community of American and Japanese at the time of Pearl Harbour; it show just a glimpse of the appalling treatment of Japanese Americans at the hands of the US Government and `ordinary' American citizens. Two central roles are played by Ethan Hawke and Yuoki Kudoh - their young selves being played by Reeve Carney and the excellent Anne Suzuki - you can easily see why he was so utterly captivated by her. Much of the film takes place in a courtroom as the drama unfolds. It reminded me of To Kill a Mockingbird - there the `victim' is of a different colour; in this film, the innocent on trial, largely because of prejudice, is of a different race. It is all impeccably handled. I'm not going to give anything away about the plot which is actually quite ordinary; what brings this film to life are the locations, cinematography and first-class acting. I just don't know why it isn't better known. Do yourself a favour and buy this film; this is how story-telling should be done.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant spectacle, but fragmented, 5 Jun 2003
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This review is from: Snow Falling on Cedars [2000] ~ Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Reeve Carney, and Anne Suzuki (VHS Tape)
I watched this video with some friends, some of whom had read the novel. We all agreed that the film was highly fragmented and difficult to follow. However the photography, music and whole atmosphere was excellent. I would recommend that you read the book first, or be prepared to watch the video several times to get the most from it. Because of my previous remark, this should be no hardship.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection
I know this is subjective but for me Snow falling on Cedars is movie perfection.

The first few opening scenes set the mood for more or less the whole film... Read more
Published 7 months ago by chinamae

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring
This is a film supposedly exploring prejudice although its a lame attempt and just drags for over two hours. In actual fact its sooo bad that I watched Eastenders! Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Ross

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good!
I bought this DVD as I had already read the book and wanted to see what the film was like. Normally when novels are made into films the outcome isn't that great but with this one... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Jennifer x

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of a film
I bought this film some months ago solely on the grounds that it had a picture of a Japanese girl on the cover - and it was cheap. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2007 by Mr. K. J. Mckenna

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and enthralling
I read the book for my a levels and decided to watch the dvd. Although the book is better, the film still gives the feeling of close community as it does in the book. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2000

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