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Sweet Revenge - DVD

SKU: 7142763 | Release Date: 2/13/2001

Rating: PG-13 for Adult Situations, Adult Humor

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Rating: PG-13 for Adult Situations, Adult Humor
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1998
Length: 90 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Comedies
Studio: Miramax
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

Telecast on American cable television as Sweet Revenge, this wickedly black comedy was produced for British TV under the title The Revengers' Comedies, which was also the name of the Alan Ayckbourn play collection upon which it was based. Late one night on London Bridge, two potential suicides meet. Henry Bell (Sam Neill) is a midlevel executive who has been unfairly fired by his office rival; Karen Knightly (Helena Bonham Carter) is a nutty heiress whose boyfriend has jilted her in favor of a bitchy American beauty. Forsaking their plans to kill themselves, Henry and Karen go the Strangers on a Train route by agreeing to "swap" revenges: Karen will dispose of Henry's enemy, Bruce Tick (Steve Coogan), while Henry will destroy Karen's b�te noire, Imogen Saxton-Billing (Kristin Scott Thomas). A U.S./U.K./French co-production, Sweet Revenge made its official debut over America's Showtime network on September 24, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Eng

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng

Additional Features

Dolby Digital Surround Sound 1.85:1 aspect ratio-enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Chapters

Chapter Selection
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening/ A Chance Meeting [8:40]
2. Imogen And Mr. Tick [4:09]
3. The Painful Plan [1:59]
4. Housesguest [5:38]
5. Plan In Motion [2:12]
6. Revenge! [4:43]
7. The New Help [2:52]
8. Not So Simple [2:18]
9. Second Thoughts [5:06]
10. A Sinister Idea [2:41]
11. The Summerhouse [2:18]
12. Hilary Tick [1:15]
13. Hopeless Romantics [3:53]
14. "Up To Something" [2:24]
15. Caught! [3:59]
16. The Apology [1:13]
17. The Other Woman [1:13]
18. Dueling Conversation [8:38]
19. Peace Offering [1:27]
20. Deadly Reaction [4:00]
21. Accidental Face-Off [5:12]
22. Game Is Over [5:22]
23. A Fiery Mess [3:31]
24. Sweet Revenge [1:00]
25. End Credits [4:03]

Cast

Jamie O'Brien - Damien Tick
Sandra Reinton - Hilary Tick
Zoe Hilson - Lydia
Dicken Ashworth - Lorry Driver
Helena Bonham Carter - Karen Knightly
Sam Neill - Henry Bell
Kristin Scott Thomas - Imogen Saxton-Billing
John Wood - Col. Marcus
Martin Clunes - Anthony Saxton-Billing
Francois Domange - Wine Waiter
Liz Smith - Winnie
Charlotte Coleman - Norma
Steve Coogan - Bruce Tick
Anita Dobson - Daphne Teal
Adrian Scarborough - Percy Cutting
Rupert Graves - Oliver Knightly

Crew

Costume Designer: Anushia Nieradzik
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Screenwriter: Malcolm Mowbray
Production Designer: Stuart Walker
Executive Producer: Michael Ryan ,Julia Palau ,Mark Shivas
Cinematographer: Romain Winding
Editor: Barrie Vince
Sound/Sound Designer: Peter Glossop
Casting: Michelle Guish
Producer: Simon Bosanquet
First Assistant Director: Konrad Jay
Executive Producer: Marina Gefter
Composer (Music Score): Alexandre Desplat
Co-producer: Georges Benayoun
Play Author: Alan Ayckbourn
Executive Producer: Michael S. Ryan

Sweet Revenge: AMG Review
Buzz McClain , AMG

This dark fantasy of manners refuses to conceal its origins as a play called The Revengers' Comedy by the well-regarded playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The acting is suitably arch and the dialogue has the off-kilter zing of lines that don't acknowledge reality, a trait more indigenous to the theater and rarely seen these days in cinema. It works, at least on a superficial level, but it leaves the black comedy more a shade of gray. The plot is a zany twist on Strangers on a Train -- though not as nutty as Billy Crystal's take, Throw Momma from the Train -- and it alternates from comedy to tragedy a bit too fluidly to make much of an impression as either. The quartet that forms the core of the cast -- Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Steve Coogan -- is supplemented by two scene-stealing performances that make the film negligibly worthwhile: Rupert Graves as an adrenaline-fueled brother and Liz Smith as a cagey, know-it-all servant. Don't expect too much and Revenge is yours. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

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