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Possession

starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey
directed by: Neil LaBute

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783273358
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783273355
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 7598
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2002



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Product Description:
Two literary researches both discover a romantic relationship between two victorian poets at the same time. In an effort to beat the other one to press they find that they arecast under the same amorous spell. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/06/2004 Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow Jeremy Northam Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Neil Labute

Amazon.com:
Modern love and classic romantic passion meet in this lush adaptation of A.S. Byatt's brilliant novel. Academics Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) are experts on the work of two different Victorian poets. As they pursue a possible connection between their subjects, the two sleuths begin to stumble toward a romance of their own. Though it necessarily loses some of the depth of Byatt's original, Possession is a worthy adaptation, faithful to the book in both story and spirit. Director Neil LaBute uses clever and visually elegant methods of switching back and forth between time periods, subtly contrasting the prickly moderns and the swoony Victorians without making either pair seem unappealing. The movie also does an excellent job of capturing the exhilaration (and the politics) of intellectual discovery, and feels truly romantic without ever getting icky. Though Paltrow and Eckhart both succeed as the modern leads, the real standouts are Jeremy Northam as Randolph Henry Ash and Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte. Their passion gives the movie its romantic core and makes the whole search worthwhile. --Ali Davis



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - AN ELEGANTLY STYLISH ROMANCE
POSSESSION is a wonderful blending of the joy of discovery, sweeping romance, and subtle mystery. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Captivating movie
I just want to say that I agree with most of the reviewers here that it is a brilliant movie with ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Captivating Movie
I stumbled upon this movie while I was looking up Jennifer Ehle acting career. I do love her in Pride ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - POSSESSION
POSSESSION (1999), set in England and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, and Jennifer ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Undiscovered gem
A Film I first saw in a little independent cinema in the Somerset city of Bath, expecting nothing, but finding ... Read More

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