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The End Of The Affair [DVD] [2000]

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  • Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea, Heather-Jay Jones, James Bolam
  • Directors: Neil Jordan
  • Writers: Neil Jordan, Graham Greene
  • Producers: Neil Jordan, Kathy Sykes, Stephen Woolley
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Letterboxed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, German, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Arabic, Dutch, Finnish, Czech, Greek
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 12 April 2004
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004U0LN
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 46,614 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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It's entirely fitting that The End of the Affair plays out in a 1940s London that's either blacked-out during the Blitz or wreathed in a pea-souper during the post-war period. After all, Neil Jordan's movie is a mystery play in the guise of a love-story, and its interior is a fog of conjecture and misunderstanding. Only at the end does the mist clear away and we see things in stark clarity.

Based on Graham Greene's most autobiographical novel, The End of the Affair offers an autopsy of the adulterous love affair between glacial Sarah Miles (Oscar-nominated Julianne Moore) and intense writer Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes). Out on the sidelines, Ian Hart proves convincingly twitchy as a working-class private eye, while Jordan regular Stephen Rea (as the cuckolded husband) mooches about with a face like November. In the mean-time, the movie circles deliberately around its central bone of contention: the bomb blast that spared Maurice's life but brought his relationship with Sarah to its sudden, inexplicable end.

Unfortunately, The End of the Affair winds up something of a mixed bag. If anything, Jordan is almost too respectful of Greene's source material: toiling lovingly on the intricacies of his story (its shabby London settings, its clash of profane love with redemptive Catholicism) while leaving the drama idling. The result is a film you'll probably admire rather than love. Its chill ambience dampens down the passion. --Xan Brooks

Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
German
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English German
Dolby Digital 5.1
Original Theatrical Trailer
Filmographies
Commentary
Music Highlights
Making Of Featurette
Arabic\Bulgarian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Swedish\Turkish


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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars VERY ROMANTIC, 18 Oct 2001
By dawn.sloan@northlindsey.ac.uk (Scunthorpe, England, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: End of the Affair [VHS] (VHS Tape)
As soon as I heard about this film I wanted to see it, firstly because I like Ralhph Fiennes so much, he is a brilliant actor and good looking to boot, and secondly because wartime dramas are always so romantic (eg Hanover Street). Everything seems so much more passionate and urgent in a wartime setting because you don't know if you will be here this time next week. I loved this film and even though the ending is not a happy one (I love happy endings) I totally agree with the character's attitude at the end of the film. I sympathised so much with his character, but also with hers (Julianne Moore's). You could feel the agony that they were both going through. All the actors were superb - highly recommended. I think I will buy the DVD version because my video version is getting worn out!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Profoundly Moving, 20 Feb 2004
A superbly written and acted, moving account of love, passion and ultimate sacrifice and heartache. I was captivated by this accomplished cinematic interpretation of Graham Greene's novel so beautifully portrayed and characterised..............one of the few films for which i shall never tire.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Shame this Affair Had To End!, 31 Jul 2002
By E. A. Redfearn "eredfearn2" (Middlesbrough) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: End of the Affair [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The lovely Julianne Moore plays Sarah, a middle class housewife who is trapped in a dull marriage and drifts into an affair with a writer (Ralph Fiennes.) The affair has profound implications on both their lives. Overall, its a moving film to watch, although a little slow at times. Nevertheless, the charismatic personalities of the lead actors and the skillful direction of Neil Jordan keep the story moving, and the emotions surfacing throughout to its sad conclusions which are; well I wont divulge those. Picture and sound are rather good for the video version. Not having seen the DVD version, I cannot comment, but I would imagine it would be better. If you like romance films, then you wont go far wrong with this.
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