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Enchanted April[Widescreen] - DVD

SKU: 9270905 | Release Date: 5/5/2009
Rating: PG for Adult Situations, OK For Children, Suitable for Children

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Rating
PG for Adult Situations, OK For Children, Suitable for Children
Format
DVD
Theatrical Release
1992
Length
93 minutes
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre
General Comedies
Studio
UNKNOWN
Aspect Ratio
1.85:1

Synopsis

Previously filmed in 1935 with Ann Harding, Enchanted April, a romantic novel by Elizabeth, was remade in 1992. The first film skips along superficially at 66 minutes: the second, directed by the always intriguing Mike Newell, runs 101 minutes, allowing for richer characterizations and a bottomless reserve of brilliant dialogue. Two cloistered, married English women (Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson) impulsively rent an Italian villa and embark upon a vacation without their spouses. They are joined by two other ladies: the high-flown aging widow Joan Plowright, and elegant upper-crust beauty Polly Walker) whom they've never met. Under the spell of an exotic new location, the foursome are in for quite a few life-altering experiences, many of them amusing, and not a few very surprising. Impeccably accurate in its recreation of European manners and mores in the 1920s, Enchanted April is sheer bliss from fade-in to fade-out. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound
Eng
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Additional Features
Feature commentary by director Mike Newell and producer Ann Scott
Chapters
Disc #1 -- Enchanted April
1. Wisteria and Sunshine
2. Blatant Extravagances
3. Keys To the Castle
4. Two More Tenants
5. Getting Away
6. A Bumpy Start
7. Smoothing Feathers
8. Sharing Love
9. Catching "Cold"
10. Awkward Introductions
11. Reaching An Understanding
12. Clever and Attractive
13. A Visitor
14. Feeling Young
15. Frederick Arbuthnot
16. Wonderful Inside
17. Pairs
18. End Credits

Cast

  • Stephen Beckett - Jonathan
  • Jim Broadbent - Frederick Arbuthnot
  • Michael Kitchen - George Briggs
  • Josie Lawrence - Lottie Wilkins
  • Anna Longhi - Costanza
  • Davide Manuli - Beppo
  • Alfred Molina - Mellersh Wilkins
  • Matthew Radford - Patrick
  • Joan Plowright - Mrs. Fisher
  • Neville Phillips - Vicar
  • Miranda Richardson - Rose Arbuthnot
  • Vittorio Duse - Domenico
  • Polly Walker - Lady Caroline Dester
  • Adriana Facchetti - Francesca

Crew

  • Cinematographer: Rex Maidment
  • Director: Mike Newell
  • Costume Designer: Sheena Napier
  • Associate Producer: Matthew Hamilton
  • Producer: Simon Relph ,Mark Shivas ,Ann Scott
  • Production Designer: Malcolm Thornton
  • Screenwriter: Elizabeth Von Arnim
  • Composer (Music Score): Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Screenwriter: Peter Barnes
  • Editor: Dick Allen
  • Book Author: Elizabeth Von Arnim
  • Executive Producer: Mark Shivas

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Enchanted April: AMG Review
Craig Butler , AMG

Essentially a Merchant-Ivory production made without the participation of either Ismail Merchant or James Ivory, Enchanted April is a charming period piece that delivers on the enchantment implied in its title. Mike Newell has directed in a delicate, almost fragile style that imbues the film with an ethereal, magical atmosphere that is hard to resist. This is the kind of balancing act that is much harder to pull off than it looks -- one false utterance, inappropriate gesture, or anachronistic attitude can destroy the spell, and too much adherence to maintaining the tone can induce ennui in the viewer. Newell and his excellent cast make it work, aided greatly by Peter Barnes' sensitive screenplay and some quietly stunning visuals of the castle and its environs. Josie Lawrence is a giddy delight, and her performance is nicely balanced by Miranda Richardson's subtle and serene portrayal. Joan Plowright plays the crusty old lady to the hilt, Alfred Molina and Jim Broadbent hit just the right notes as husbands not sufficiently aware of their wives' virtues, and Michael Kitchen conveys a boyish excitement underneath his mature reserve. Perhaps too much a grown-up fairy tale for some, Enchanted April's unreality has an undeniable appeal. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide

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