| Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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surround rdacpc |
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DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. |
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Rated R ; for moments of extremely graphic sexuality. |
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Title from container. |
| Audience |
Rated R ; for moments of extremely graphic sexuality. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English and Maori dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Cliff Curtis. |
| Summary |
With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through the silence in her Academy Award-winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her ineffectual husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and a sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman's inner awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion. |
| Subject |
Mute persons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Pianists -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Campion, Jane, 1954- film director.
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Hunter, Holly, 1958- actor.
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Keitel, Harvey, actor.
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Neill, Sam, actor.
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Paquin, Anna, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681439082 |
| Standard No. |
715515267717 |
| Music No. |
CC3326BD The Criterion Collection |
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