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Cassandra's Dream
2007
Woody Allen wrote and directed this London-set feature, a modern noir with black comic trimmings. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play working class brothers who dream of better things than their respective mechanic and restaurant jobs. Hard-drinking Terry (Farrell) has a weakness for gambling, while brother Ian (McGregor) .. Read more
| Starring | Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, Hayley Atwell |
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| Director | Woody Allen |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Cassandra's Dream
Woody Allen wrote and directed this London-set feature, a modern noir with black comic trimmings. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play working class brothers who dream of better things than their respective mechanic and restaurant jobs. Hard-drinking Terry (Farrell) has a weakness for gambling, while brother Ian (McGregor) hankers for the finer things when he starts dating a very ambitious actress (Hayley Atwell). Fate deals a hand when their rich American uncle (Tom Wilkinson) slinks into London with a murderous proposition.
Named for the boat the lads buy during a rare flush moment--a symbol of the morally compromising power of money and the inevitability, perhaps, of fate--CASSANDRA'S DREAM is another of Allen's loving looks at moneyed urbanites and their penchant for living out Greek tragedy, a la MATCH POINT and CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS. This time around, it's a bit darker, but with Farrell and McGregor in the leads, there's plenty of star power. The lads are clearly having a ball acting under Allen's direction, and they're allowed to develop a charming, rapid-fire fraternal rapport that carries the film--along with Wilkinson's old-school gravitas and Atwell's luminous charisma. Phillip Glass composed the score.
| Starring | Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, Hayley Atwell, Sally Hawkins, Mark Umbers, Tamzin Outhwaite, Andrew Howard, Clare Higgins, Phil Davis, Jim Carter, John Benfield |
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| Director | Woody Allen |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2007 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 19 May 2011 To Rent: DVD: 29 Sep 2008 |
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Youve got to admire the energy of Woody Allen whos made a film a year since the mid-1960s. But his... read more on Time Out
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Poor Woody
Woody Allen's third London murder story in a row but without the style or suspense of 'Match Point' or the humour (or Allen himself) of 'Scoop&#... read more »
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This one's a real stinker. It's a poor story, badly written script, with the actors turning in some of the worst performances I've seen in a Woody ... read more »
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Woody indeed
How can you fail to make a good movie with such a good plot line and such good actors? I agree with most of the other reviews, giving this no more than 2 stars... read more »
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Ridiculous and unrealistic
Preposterous, ridiculous and unrealistic. The storyline is slow and boring, all the acting (apart from Sally Hawkins) is stage-like and wooden, and it just ... read more »
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Allen returns to London
- 12 Feb 2009
Filmmaker Woody Allen is embarking on a new bid to conquer London - with the help of Hollywood stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin. Allen abandoned his native New York in 2005 to make three movies in the capital; Match Point, Scoop and Cassandra's Dream. The big screen trio failed to live up to expectation, prompting to Allen to turn his attentions to Spain, where he scored a hit in 2008 with Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Now Allen is returning to the U.K. and has lined up the two... Read more
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Cassandra's Dream
Woody Allen wrote and directed this London-set feature, a modern noir with black comic trimmings. Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play working class brothers who dream of better things than their respective mechanic and restaurant jobs. Hard-drinking Terry (Farrell) has a weakness for gambling, ...
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