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The Escort [DVD] [2000]
 
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The Escort [DVD] [2000]

Daniel Auteuil , Stuart Townsend , Michel Blanc    Suitable for 18 years and over   DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Liza Walker, Noah Taylor, Frances Barber
  • Directors: Michel Blanc
  • Writers: Michel Blanc, Hanif Kureishi, Nick Love
  • Producers: Annabel Karouby, Claude Berri, Pierre Grunstein, Romain Brémond
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Feb 2002
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UWP5
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 29,566 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Special Features

1.85 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
Region 2

Product Description

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Writer-director Michel Blanc, whose previous works include the acclaimed Marche a l'ombre (1984) and Dead Tired (1994), creates this gritty drama about a middle-aged impoverished French writer in London who becomes a gigolo. The film opens with Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) getting worked over by an irate pimp because he didn't pay for a hooker's drink. Rakish Irishman Tom (Stuart Townsend) offers to drive bloodied Pierre back to his seedy hotel. The following day, he stumbles upon Tom's sandwich bar and begs for a job. Though he describes himself as a dead-broke author working on a novel, Pierre is concealing secrets from his dark past. Later, during a party populated with well-turned out lesbians, Tom reveals that he moonlights as a gigolo and suggests that Pierre might try the same. Soon Pierre is making easy money at the same agency where Tom works. Things get complicated for our Gallic protagonist when he falls for a golden-hearted streetwalker with a psychotic ex-boyfriend and one of his married regulars falls for him. Told with wry wit and gritty honesty, this film explores London's dark sexual netherworld.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
NOT Pornography 14 July 2003
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I first saw part of this movie on television. I bought the DVD to see the rest of the movie and it's great! I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a film with a serious, yet quirky plot that at the same time is somewhat amusing.

While the cover of this DVD may suggest otherwise, this movie is not pornographic! So if you're looking for pornography, please look elsewhere. I'm really disappointed that they chose such a cover for this DVD because it doesn't reflect the content of the movie at all. Don't be mislead and please don't judge a DVD by its cover!

The story is about a struggling French writer/lecturer, Pierre (Auteuil), who abruptly leaves his family one day and travels to London because he feels that he has lived a boring life; "a life without any risks". Pierre, who is clearly suffering through a mid-life crisis, hopes to find some inspiration for his novel in a bustling new city. Whilst in London, he accidentally befriends Tom (Townsend), the charming owner of a cafe who also happens to be a part-time male escort. From this chance encounter with Tom, Pierre eventually scores a menial job working for Tom at his cafe. It is also from Tom that Pierre accidentally stumbles upon male escorting as a means to make his ends meet. But instead of spending time on his novel, Pierre eventually becomes fully entrenched in his risky new lifestyle, thereby leaving no time for his writing. As a result, the relationship between Pierre and Tom gradually becomes strained as the lines between employer, colleague and friendship are blurred. Not only does Pierre lose his only friend, Tom, he also loses his family and ultimately, himself.

Contrary to what you may have heard, there is not a lot of French dialogue in this movie. There are about 3 short scenes, with French in them: the scene where Pierre speaks with his wife on the phone, the scene where he speaks with his son on the streets of London and the scene where he speaks with his wife on a bus. Plus, these are all subtitled on this UK edition DVD anyway.

This is an excellent movie and I hope you enjoy it.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Strongly Recommend 10 Mar 2005
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Format:DVD
I strongly recommend you to watch this film, because the story unlike most movies these days tell you something new that you can never imagine in your normal life. If you are going to London for the 1st time the film gives you some clues about London society in a different point of view from usual tourist guides for example when the film starts with a very old trick in SOHO area I admired the director and players that it seemed to me like a true documentary film. The film also shows you the reality of an unemployed man and his new life after he is separated from his wife, which can be so bitter.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I am not sure that a psychological crisis of an over-forty French writer, a husband and father, and his strange dependance on a young and cynical man in London who provides male escorts, is really a topic which I would like to investigate and analyse.

It is well filmed. The actors perform very professionally. As a fan of Daniel Auteuil, I would say that this is not his best role, although the moral degradation of a hero is shown very carefully.

I would recommend this film as a good example of modern cinematograph, and another example of professional abilities of Daniel Auteuil. But NOT as a pleasant evening entertainment after a day of hard work...
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