Casanova's Big Night - DVD

CASONOVA is loosely based on the memoirs of the writer, adventurer, and infamous lover Giacomo Casanova-themselves notably unreliable-and fortunately has no pretensions to historical realism. Instead, it's a witty, lighthearted romantic comedy, which uses it's 18th century setting and renowned ro as a jumping-off point for sexy banter and ruminations on love, lust, and freedom. Director Lasse Hallstrom Star Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Charlie Cox, Philip Davis, Stephen Greif, Helen McCrory Special Features Widescreen - 2.35 . Audio Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish Additional Material Audio Commentary - Lasse Hallstrom - Director Extended Sequence Featurette - 1. CREATING AN ADVENTURE - THE MAKING OF CASANOVA 2. DRESSING IN STYLE 3. VISIONS OF VENICE - The Making of the Movie in Present-Day Venice Runtime 111 minutes Year of 2005

It's bedlam in the boudoir when Bob Hope sets his comedic sights on 18th-century Italy. Hope plays Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor who is suddenly drafted to temporarily impersonate the great and passionate lover, Casanova (an unbilled Vincent Price). Pippo thinks he has the masquerade all sewn up - totally unaware that, due to the real Casanova's shaky financial situation, he is now locked into the role by the romancer's scheming, greed

An aging comedian tours the California desert, lost in a cycle of third-rate venues, novelty tourist attractions, and vain attempts to reach his estranged daughter. By day, he slogs through the barren landscape, inadvertently alienating every acquaintance. At night, he seeks solace in the animation of his onstage persona. Fueled by the promise of a lucrative Hollywood engagement and the possibility of rekindling a relationship with his daughter, he trudges through a series of increasingly surreal and volatile encounters.