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Total Eclipse

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780780627819
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780627814
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 21, 1999
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 19724
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 03, 1995

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The true story of one mans search for the ultimate poem another mans search for the ultimate soulmate and the brilliant soulmate and the brilliant madness they find together. Special features: theatrical trailer cast and crew filmographies subtitles in english and much more. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Starring: Leonardo Dicaorio David Thewlis Run time: 110 minutes Rating: R

Amazon.com:
This biographical account of the tempestuous, taboo-shattering love affair between two 19th century French poets--Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis) and Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio)--didn't do much at the box office when it was released in 1995. But after the success of Titanic, it became somewhat infamous when Playgirl magazine announced its intention to publish nude pictures of DiCaprio taken from the film. (Nobody much seemed to care that Thewlis, who also starred in Mike Leigh's Naked, also appears nude in Total Eclipse.) The truth is, the nudity in question only lasts for a few frames, but it's certainly in character for the young wild-man Rimbaud.

Directed by Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa, The Secret Garden), Total Eclipse begins in 1870 when the newly married Verlaine is 24 and Rimbaud is 17. The volatile combination of their reckless passions, idiosyncratic talents, and obnoxious egos is a recipe for disaster--and l'amour fou--culminating in a two-year prison term for Verlaine who was convicted of sodomy. DiCaprio's work in this film (as well as This Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, and The Basketball Diaries) proves he is a serious actor who's interested in risky, challenging work--not just the matinee idol he became in the wake of Titanic. --Jim Emerson




Rating: - Promises so much, but delivers so little
Holland is noted director who had a stream of medium-budget Hollywood arthouse films after the success ... Read More

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Rating: - TOTAL ABYSS ?
Having recently viewed this picture and having read some of the customer reviews, ... Read More

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Rating: - A Masterpiece!

When I saw this movie, like many of the movies I've reviewed so far, it was by sheer accident.

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Rating: - pleased
I was very happy when I recieved my CD........ It came very fast and it was in great condition.... very pleased. ... Read More

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Rating: - Total Eclipse
One of the best works by DiCaprio and of course Thewlis who seems to get less attention for some reason. Inspired ... Read More

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