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Onegin

starring: Ralph Fiennes, Toby Stephens, Liv Tyler, Lena Headey, Martin Donovan (II)
directed by: Martha Fiennes

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9786305906940
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305906947
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 04, 2000
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 8524
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: February 05, 2000



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Product Description:
In the opulent st. Petersburg of the empire period eugene onegin is a jaded but dashing aritocrat a man often lacking in empathy who suffers from restlessness melancholy and finally regret. Through his best friend lensky onegin is introduced to the young tatiana. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Ralph Fiennes Liv Tyler Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: Martha Fiennes

Amazon.com:
Given that for Russians, Pushkin's poem Eugene Onegin is sort of like Hamlet, Beowulf, and Lord Byron's Don Juan rolled into one melancholy tale of lost love and ennui among the gentry, it's surprising Russian filmmakers have balked at adapting the film. Having taken a stage production of Hamlet to Russia where it was rapturously received, self-confessed Slavophile actor Ralph Fiennes must have thought he was making reparation when he executive-produced and starred in this faithful adaptation of the film. With Martha Fiennes on board as director, it's something of a family affair with more than a little of the solemnity one often discovers in 'personal projects'. Pushkin's romanticism comes across amply, but little of his ferocious wit or, inevitably, the authorial voice that makes the poem so compelling, even in translation. Ralph Fiennes typecasts himself in the title role: his Onegin is yet another of the actor's wintry, haunted lovers in period dress (this time early 19th century). The character, a jaded roué from St. Petersburg, summers in the countryside where he inadvertently wins the heart of the impulsive Tatyana (Liv Tyler, the girl they book when Gwyneth Paltrow's busy). Onegin's casual attitude to her love leads to a tragic duel (magnificently tense and perfectly staged), and years later a chance meeting stirs up feelings of regret, triumph, and moral queasiness. Tears well in eyes, letters are sent and read, furs are ruffled in the snow. This is the highbrow end of costume drama: patrician in its literary purity, and rather admirable in its restraint and good taste, if a little dull. --Leslie Felperin



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Onegin, DVD Film
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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Onegin off Again
I love Finnes and the period, however, this movie is a mixed bag. I love the period pieces, and this ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Glad Onegin made it to film, but...
I was very fortunate to go to a high school that offered Russian language classes, and my teacher was ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Onegin - a superb movie
This movie was superb in it's setting, keeping to the dress and life and social activities of the period ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - beautiful cinematography
wish i was 17 and could study cinematography - inspiring - well cast - (is he really in love or just an esthete ... Read More

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