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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing - DVD

SKU: 6095824 | Release Date: 1/13/2004
Rating: R for Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Not For Children

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Rating
R for Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Not For Children
Format
DVD
Theatrical Release
1987
Length
83 minutes
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
 
Studio
Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1

Synopsis

Lensed on a smile and a shoeshine on 16 millimeter, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing effectively shifts from black and white to color and back again to make its artistic statement. Sheila McCarthy stars as a self-effacing amateur photographer who goes to work for yuppie art-curator Paule Baillargeon. Ms. McCarthy expresses her admiration for Ms. Baillargeon by secretly submitting the latter's paintings to some appreciative critics. Baillargeon responds by behaving atrociously towards McCarthy. This shakes up McCarthy to the point that she realizes she'll never succeed as an artist on her own terms long as she hides behind the accomplishments of others. This apparently autobiographical first film by director Patricia Rozema (we say "apparently" because Sheila McCarthy's character name is rhythmically and ethnically close to Rozema's) won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Additional Features
cc Theatrical trailer Biographies Photo gallery Director's commentary
Chapters
Side #1 --
1. How It All Started [4:24]
2. Photo Session [3:24]
3. Darkroom Fantasy [3:21]
4. Office Job [3:58]
5. Japanese Restaurant [5:56]
6. Home Gallery [3:52]
7. Mystery Guest [4:07]
8. Love Is a Big Word [4:02]
9. Flabby Euphemisms [2:28]
10. Polymorphous Perversity [3:02]
11. Nighttime Delivery [8:13]
12. Caregiver [4:28]
13. Old-World Charm [3:50]
14. Speechless [6:21]
15. Sick Day [2:53]
16. Like a Lover [4:07]
17. Counting Paperclips [6:34]
18. Musical Vision [2:30]
19. Furnished Bachelorette [3:23]
20. End Credits [1:35]

Cast

  • Sheila McCarthy - Poly Vandersma
  • John Evans - Warren
  • Paule Baillargeon - Gabrielle St. Peres
  • Richard Monette - Clive
  • Brenda Kamino - Japanese Waitress
  • Anne-Marie MacDonald - Mary Joseph
  • Ann-Marie MacDonald - Mary Joseph

Crew

  • Director: Patricia Rozema
  • Producer: Patricia Rozema
  • Screenwriter: Patricia Rozema
  • Editor: Patricia Rozema
  • Composer (Music Score): Mark Korven
  • Sound Editor: Steve Munro
  • Cinematographer: Douglas Koch
  • Costume Designer: Martine Matthews ,Alexandra Z
  • Sound/Sound Designer: Egidio Coccimiglio ,Michelle Moses
  • Producer: Don Haig
  • Executive Producer: Don Haig
  • Production Designer: Valanne Ridgeway
  • Set Designer: Valanne Ridgeway
  • Producer: Alexandra Raffe
  • Sound/Sound Designer: Gordon Thompson

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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing: AMG Review
Robert Firsching , AMG

The title of this thoughtful character piece refers to a line in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" which ends "I do not think they will sing to me." It's a clever bit of deception, for the viewer is first led to believe that the title refers to Polly (Sheila McCarthy), a thirtyish photographer who is both lonely and unfulfilled. Her career takes off when she is hired by Gabrielle (Paule Baillargeon), the chic curator of a Toronto art gallery. Polly is very grateful for Gabrielle's faith in her, and she begins to idolize the seemingly perfect curator. Slowly, however, the real and sad Gabrielle emerges, and she is a woman whom the mermaids not only don't sing to, but who probably couldn't hear them if they did. The film is a bit awkward at times, but it seems to be saying that true character and talent will win out in the end. Polly's journey is a rocky one, but she finally hears the song. A worthwhile debut from director Patricia Rozema, this is a small film with some very special moments. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

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