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Genre | Drama |
Format | Widescreen, Anamorphic, Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC |
Contributor | Joseph Tobin, Moishe Rosenfeld, Meryl Streep, Melanie Pianka, Eugene Lipinski, Joseph Leon, Alan J. Pakula, Eugeniusz Priwieziencew, David Wohl, Ulli Fessl, Greta Turken, Peter MacNicol, Martin Starger, Kevin Kline, Vida Jerman, Günther Maria Halmer, Stephen D. Newman, Rita Karin, Josef Sommer, Armand Dahan, Katharina Thalbach, Marcell Rosenblatt, Jennifer Lawn, Alixe Gordin, John Rothman, Josh Mostel, Karlheinz Hackl, Adrian Kalitka, Robin Bartlett, Keith Barish See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 30 minutes |
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Screen favorite Meryl Streep received an Academy Award for her portrayal of Sophie Zawistowska in this penetrating drama set in post-World War II Brooklyn. Kevin Kline plays her all-consuming lover, Nathan. The story revolves around Sophie's struggle as a Polish-Catholic immigrant in the United States who had survived a Nazi concentration camp. The lovers' drama unfolds through the observations of a friend and would-be writer, Stingo (Peter MacNicol). As the trio grows closer, Stingo uncovers the hidden truths that they each harbor.
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- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.93 ounces
- Item model number : SFY14488BR
- Director : Alan J. Pakula
- Media Format : Widescreen, Anamorphic, Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Release date : April 29, 2014
- Actors : Peter MacNicol, Meryl Streep, Stephen D. Newman, Kevin Kline, Rita Karin
- Subtitles: : English
- Producers : Martin Starger, Keith Barish, Alan J. Pakula
- Studio : SHOUT! FACTORY
- ASIN : B00EALTWZ4
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #48,712 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #4,042 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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And that honor goes to Meryl Streep who was pregnant with her first child when she made this film. The now famous "Choice" scene was done in one take. Streeps flawless German (delivered with a slight Polish accent) slowed nothing. Streep herself said that it was not a scene that one had to read more than once and it was very expensive to do; just as it is not a scene that is easily watched more than once,no matter how it compells you. Imagine acting it with a baby growing inside of you.
That is the scene that is shown so often in classrooms, talk shows and is, without doubt, the scene that replaces Orpon Wells lips whisper "Rosebud." Still, Streeps performance (that won her an Oscar just two years after wining an Oscar for "Kramer vs Kramer")is honest, liquid, cryptic and brilliant from the moment we first see her, sobbing on the steps at the Pink Palace, to the last moment we see her-the image forever capttured on the cover of the DVD Box and the paerback novel;Kevin Kline's lips gently on her cheek.
Streep fought for this role, as it was a certainty to the producers that only an Eastern European unknown could make this happen. Not many of Styron's novels have made it to film because of the complexity of his characters and all of the internal struggle and conflict. How can an actor reproduce the emotions of one who is completely drowning in memory?
No one knows, because Streep- the ultimate soccer Mom- is very modest about it. She tends to let her work speak for itself; she doesn't have one or three different techniques that she clings to, despite her Masdters Degree from the Yale School of Drama (Where she poerformed in the premier production of Sondheim's "The Frogs".) She speaks only of honesty.
This DVD costs a little more than it would to rent it. As a result, every home in America should own a copy. Every acting student should study the performances; every directing and editing student whould look at the ways in which camera angles manipulate the strange to make it beautiful and how the horror is captured with taste rather than with violence. Like Demme did with "Silence Of The Lambs" our own imagination makes this film far more powerful than Carpenter does by showing us every detail in "Halloween"' Or speilberg with "Childler's List."
Streep's command of languages (She speaks three or four fluently in this film, the sloppiest being English)and dialect is rare. Many many actors have played roles in which they had to utilize a dialect, but the acting always suffers. Not in the case of Meryl Streep.
In fact, when she won the Oscar and gave her brief thank you, her cheeks flushed pink with humility, her belly bulging in her 36th week of pregnancy, I was shocked to hear a Connecticut non-accent come out of her mouth.
So you see, the film is one thing, but you must see this because Meryl streep has given us the most remarkable performance ever before. Her name is now synonomous with the best. She surpassed Katherine Hepburn and holds the record for the most Oscar nominagtions in history. (18)("I always lose," she says. And she does, despite the spectacular graveside scene in "Out Of Africa" or her feet hanging over the end of the bed as Julia Child- not copying the real Child, no, but rter-creating a believable and loveable one who was far more empotahtetic than the actual woman.)
You must see Sophie's Cpoice.
See it for Streep.
See it for youurself. You will never be the same.
The actors were tremendous!
Love this movie!
Sophie is a person who is naive, jaded, innocent, guilt stricken, soft and gentle, hard as nails, loving and giving, and both practical and poetic to a fault. She is a classic tragic figure, a lesson in how to deal with the horrors of life and how not to deal with how those horrors haunt you. She is funny, soft and sweet, and you want to put your arms around her. Then you realize that underneath that childlike woman is a woman who has given up on childhood. She is a study in contradictions, speaking English, German, and Polish to survive at all costs. Then along comes Nathan, expertly portrayed by Kevin Kline (possibly one of his most challenging and multi-layered roles), and her life takes another turn.
But we see all this through the wondering, innocent eyes of Stingo (Peter MacNicol), and the terror, love, laughs, friendship and alienation he experiences, that we experience.
Aside from Streep's breathtaking pivotal performance, there are so many other reasons to own, collect and cherish this film -- Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol in their once in a lifetime role (I bet you cannot imagine anybody other than MacNicol who could portray Stingo like he does!), the beautiful cinematography, the haunting score which I realized was never overly touching or pretentiously dramatic....and yes, the key scene -- The Choice of Choices -- is possibly the most poignant scene ever on film, and how Meryl interprets Sophie during this scene is, by itself, worth an award! I loved this movie.
All I can say to sum up is: required viewing! An intelligent and profoundly moving film that will (I promise you) live on in your memory long after the closing credits.
But the transfer for streaming is mediocre at best, on a par with VHS tape. It's definitely worth buying the DVD or Blu-Ray instead, or the combo set. The film and the story deserve the extra effort. Plus the bonus discussion among principals is also worth it.
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Belle interprétation de tous les acteurs.
Mention spéciale à M.Streep sublime et déchirante.