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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
 
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
DVD ~ Richard Bohringer
4.5 out of 5 stars  (17 customer reviews)

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Product details
  • Actors: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth
  • Directors: Peter Greenaway
  • Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Anchor Bay
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Mar 2001
  • Run Time: 124 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (17 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
  • ASIN: B000059LGL
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 107,937 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is both adored and detested for its combination of sumptuous beauty and revolting decadence. Few directors polarise audiences in the same way as Peter Greenaway, a filmmaker as influenced by Jacobean revenge tragedy and 17th-century painting as by the French New Wave. A vile, gluttonous thief (Michael Gambon) spews hate and abuse at a restaurant run by a stoic French cook (Richard Bohringer), but under the thief's nose his wife (the ever-sensuous Helen Mirren) conducts an affair with a bookish lover (Alan Howard). Clothing (by avant-garde designer Jean-Paul Gaultier) changes colour as the characters move from room to room. Nudity, torture, rotting meat, and Tim Roth at his sleaziest all contribute the atmosphere of decay and excess. Not for everyone, but for some, essential. --Bret Fetzer

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