- Actors: Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence, Amina Annabi, Nicol Williamson
- Directors: Leslie Megahey
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Curzon
- VHS Release Date: 6 Feb 1995
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004COZX
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 35 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
A well crafted piece of Medieval French history in which a sophisticated Paris based lawyer decides to leave the capital and work in the heart of rural France and a simpler way of life. His first case is something of a puzzle, as he set to defend a pig which is being tried for murder. The Lawyer played by Colin Firth Quickly finds that life in the country is not as he expected His triumphs are balanced by his sheer delightful wrongful assumptions which inevitably he resigns himself to. The movie has a dark humanistic vein running all the way through it of superstition and manipulation, the conclusion of the film is not too be missed. with superb supporting acting, and a great story line.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
There are three cuts of "The Hour of the Pig" - the original 117 minutes, the 114 minute US theatrical release (cut for content by puritanical censors) - and this butchered version, at a mere 102 minutes. Plot development has been sacrificed for pace, making it difficult to follow; it's not quite in the league of what was done to "The Wicker Man", but it's still philistinism.
That said, a very fine film still shines through - brilliantly written, designed and acted by all concerned. Why this is not better known, I can't understand. If possible, see the long version: but certainly, see it.
That said, a very fine film still shines through - brilliantly written, designed and acted by all concerned. Why this is not better known, I can't understand. If possible, see the long version: but certainly, see it.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
A film great that is high on humour as well as the darker sides of life. The plot is good and the end has a grim twist. That this film is not better know when others with half its charm get wider exposure is odd. The plot is based on some real legal problems that were encountered in French law at that age and the results are comic and cruel
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