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Waterland [DVD]

Jeremy Irons (Actor), Sinéad Cusack (Actor), Stephen Gyllenhaal (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Jeremy Irons, Sinéad Cusack, Lena Headey, David Morrissey, John Heard
  • Directors: Stephen Gyllenhaal
  • Writers: Graham Swift, Peter Prince
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 31 July 2006
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000ENUWGA
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,053 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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In America in the 1970s, history teacher Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) abandons his planned lessons and recounts his personal history to his students. He tells them of his childhood in the Fens of East Anglia, of his sexual awakening and of the family secrets concerning his mentally handicapped brother. With Sinead Cusack (Irons' real-life wife) and Ethan Hawke.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my Favourite Films of All Time... 1 Nov 2009
By Tim Danaher
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...and one of the few films that is better than the book. Normally, I hate it when producers switch the action from wherever to The U.S., but here it actually works to the story's advantage, making the distance and the disconnect between the lives of Tom the teacher, growing up on the Norfolk broads, and the working-class Pittsburgh students all the more pronounced.

There are some dazzlingly inventive scenes from director Steven Gyllenhaal (the charabanc trip, for instance) in this dark, twisted tale of love, loss and identity.

Oh. And one of the best shag scenes ever on film.
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2.0 out of 5 stars if you lked the book, don't bother with the dvd 5 Jan 2012
By rdcuthbert
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Loved the book. It fell me in love with the fens. It is a long book, four fifths of it deals with the back-history leading to present day events. The film focusses on the present day stuff with only a crude disneyesque nod to the historical back story. None of the romance, atmosphere, mystery of the book. I will pass it on to Oxfam.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Read The Book Instead 24 Nov 2012
By M. Cunliffe
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If you've read the book don't bother with the film. If you haven't read the book, what are you waiting for?

This is a film that may have its moments but the beauty of the novel constantly eludes it.

Relocating the 'modern day' storyline to America adds nothing and the conceit of having the hero 'time travel' his class to key periods in his life and the lives of his ancestors is ludicrous.

Please read the book, it's 5 star material. This film is 2 star at best...and I think most of that is for Lena Headey.
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