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Charlotte Gray [DVD] [2002]

DVD ~ Cate Blanchett

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Actors: Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden, Charlotte McDougall, Rupert Penry-Jones
Directors: Gillian Armstrong
Writers: Jeremy Brock, Sebastian Faulks
Producers: Catherine Kerr, Cathy Lord, Douglas Rae, Elinor Day, Hanno Huth
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: Cinema Club
DVD Release Date: 5 Jan 2004
Run Time: 116 minutes

Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005U8PC
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,044 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
1943. The World is at war. Charlotte Gray, a young Scottish woman is parachuted behind enemy lines in southern France. Officially, she has been recruited by the British government to liase with the local Resistance group. Unofficially, she is searching for her lover, missing in action. As Charlotte becomes more deeply involved with the Resistance fighters, she realises that her love for France and its people will change her life forever.

Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
Directors Commentary
Featurettes A Village Revisits History And Living Through Wartime
Interview With Gillian Armstrong
Interview With Cate Blanchett
Cast And Crew Interviews
TV Spots
Trailer
Deleted Scenes
Behind Enemy Lines The Real Charlotte Grays

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fabulous Piece, 4 Sep 2005

By	S. Hacking (Watford, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Looking at the higher proportion of reviews which pull this film to pieces in every aspect, I thought I would put a review through in the films defense.
I watched this film by accident, I can't remember how long ago, and loved it. I wasn't phased because they spoke english or any of the other criticisms levelled at this production, I loved it for what it was - a kind of, dare I say it, romanticised version of what actually happened to a lot of women who were dropped into France, and lost loved ones left right and centre. Packed with beautiful photography and contrasting disturbing images,
the most powerful part of the film being the portrayal of how the French betrayed their own country and colaberated with the Nazis - truly a stomach churning thought, plus Charlotte's realisation of "what have I gotten myself in to", panics and decides to leave - only to be stopped in her tracks at the railway station because the nazi troops all descended from the carriages - another powerful image.
The main story once Charlotte gets dropped into all the mistakes, the deceit and suspicion, is her determination to care for two little jewish boys, whose parents were taken away unbeknown to them, the heart breaking job she has to do of convincing the boys that there is nothing wrong, even down to their eventual capture by the nazis believing their parents were away "doing war work".
In all, I thought the film dealt with a lot of issues very well, and gave the viewer a sense of what these poor people had to go through, the tough decisions they were usually forced to make very quickly, and is summed up with a line from Peter; "War makes us into people we did not know we were".

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Entertainement, 10 Feb 2005

By	S. Lisa (France) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having not read Sebastian Faulks' book, I cannot compare the film with it. It seems it must have been a rather long novel, with lots of characters in it, and plenty going on. It seems the film attempts to stay faithful to the book, and so the impression one gets is that the director tried to compress a complex and multi-layered story into a couple of hours.
The story is good but very predictable bordering sometimes on caricature. But nonetheless it is all very entertaining and the actors are good. It reminded of the older 1950's and 1960's war movies, very far removed from the new and very realistic wartime dramas ("Band of brothers,...).
Certainly worth watching.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic film.....but I never read the book beforehand!, 5 Mar 2004

By	Mr. Neil R. J. Saint "FrenchSpurs" (France) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Although the film was rich in suspense, love, death and heroism in simple terms it told the story of the blossoming of the central character - from impetuous and unworldly to experienced and fully rounded.

Whilst the acting of Cate Blanchett was an undoubted highlight the film was a great ensemble piece too - Billy Crudup the American actor being a very credible "troubled" young Frenchman,Michael Gambon a solid patriach, Ron Cook a weasley British spy and the production team should be commended for creating such a believably rustic French WW2 atmosphere.

The DVD extras complimented the film well most especially the documentary about the real life British women spys active in France (SOE's)and the interview with Sebastian Faulks,who guardedly supported the production whilst insisting Blanchett played Charlotte.Though a little overegged, the featurettes/interviews with those directly involved in the making of the film were revealing: Billy Crudup is extremely choosy about his films,Cate Blanchett is a perfectionist (well there's a surprise!), Gillian Armstrong, who directs, is a really ballsy Aussie, Michael Gambon is something of a raconteur and Sebastian Faulks has a presence that would surely make him a fine actor too!

To all those who have read the book I suggest you follow Cate Blanchett's advice if you want to fully enjoy this DVD by treating the film as an entirely seperate entity.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Block buster
I watched the movie, and it went to the top of my all time greatest favourites. Cate and Billy I thought were exceptional performers, and the scenery and involvement with France... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Ms. H. R. Hooton

3.0 out of 5 stars Middle of the road but what's there is well done.
Basically anything that has Cate Blanchett,Michael Gambon and Anton Lesser in it will be a reasonable film to watch and the DVD cover gave the details which in this case were... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Inmi Opinion

1.0 out of 5 stars Read the book.
This is a clumsy, predictable and unconvincing melodrama "based" on a subtle, moving and involving book. Read more

Published on 17 April 2006 by DaveG

1.0 out of 5 stars Laughable
The first half is boring, the second half totally divorced from historical reality. Save your money. This is a turkey.

Published on 21 Jun 2005

1.0 out of 5 stars Read the book instead!
Having just finished reading the book, I found the film to be a very poor adaptation indeed. Granted, Cate Blanchett was good and believable in her role as Charlotte Gray, but why... Read more

Published on 23 Jan 2004 by lisa_26

4.0 out of 5 stars ignore all other reviews
I really enjoyed charlotte gray, I found the two leads performances brilliant as was support from the likes of michael gambon. A must see!

Published on 24 Nov 2003 by jimodean

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing adaptation of a wonderful novel
Readers of Sebastian Faulks' excellent novel Charlotte Gray expecting a loyal adaptation of the story will be sorely disappointed by this film. Read more

Published on 8 May 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Makes the best of a bad book!
The book was terrible, really dire. Birdsong was brilliant and so Charlotte Gray was predictable a complete anti-climax to finish the trilogy. Read more

Published on 12 Jan 2003 by electricveil

1.0 out of 5 stars I shall say this only once...
Charlotte Gray, to put it mildly, is a severe disappointment. I've not read the book- though if it's anything like this film I'm unlikely to. Read more

Published on 4 Jan 2003 by Jason Parkes

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