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Joan Of Arc
1999
A star-studded epic drama based on the tragic true story of Joan Of Arc - the fifteenth-century French peasant girl who's life was changed dramatically when she started hearing the voices of Saints Catherine, Michael and Margaret. Inspired by these voices Joan led her troops to unite against their English Invaders. She was .. Read more
| Starring | Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Peter Strauss |
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| Director | Christian Duguay |
| Genres | Drama |
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Joan Of Arc
A star-studded epic drama based on the tragic true story of Joan Of Arc - the fifteenth-century French peasant girl who's life was changed dramatically when she started hearing the voices of Saints Catherine, Michael and Margaret. Inspired by these voices Joan led her troops to unite against their English Invaders. She was betrayed and stood trial for heresy. At the age of nineteen she was burned at the stake.
| Starring | Leelee Sobieski, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Peter Strauss, Olympia Dukakis, Neil Patrick Harris, Robert Loggia, Maximilian Schell, Chad Willett, Peter O'Toole |
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| Director | Christian Duguay |
| Studio | ODYSSEY VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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Director Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz) had a serious crush on Ingrid Bergman, and, despite the fact that their affair was, shall we say, intercepted by Spencer Tracy on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Fleming went ahead with this costly farrago, effectively a Technicolored love letter to Bergman, who had played the role on stage. The result brought Fleming to an early grave. It's a comic-strip history lesson so dull and lengthy that it was trimmed down at each screening, its original 145-minute length mercifully eventually cut to around 100 minutes. Only Jose Ferrer as the Dauphin emerges with credit among the over-talky, multi-accented supporting players, but, to be fair, Bergman looks radiant against the cardboard sets. A real endurance test, this one.
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This take on the angelic upstart again proves that Besson is incapable of melting substance into style. His Joan... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
A great sense of history
I loved the film; my wife fell asleep after an hour. OK, it's slow going to start with but as it deals with the life Joan d' Arc that's to be expected; especially as the film makers gave themselves 3 hours to tell the tale. It gives a great sense of history (without overdoing the anti-English sentiment). There is action but it's not excessive as the film relies on plot to progress it. It's credible without exploiting the religious aspect and feels authentic. If it was 2 hours long it would rate higher but at 3 hours it's still worth watching.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
A great sense of history
I loved the film; my wife fell asleep after an hour. OK, it's slow going to start with but as it deals with the life Joan d' Arc that's to be expected; especially as the film makers gave themselves 3 hours to tell the tale. It gives a great sense of history (without overdoing the anti-English sentiment). There is action but it's not excessive as the film relies on plot to progress it. It's credible without exploiting the religious aspect and feels authentic. If it was 2 hours long it would rate higher but at 3 hours it's still worth watching.
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Joan Of Arc
A star-studded epic drama based on the tragic true story of Joan Of Arc - the fifteenth-century French peasant girl who's life was changed dramatically when she started hearing the voices of Saints Catherine, Michael and Margaret. Inspired by these voices Joan led her troops to unite against their ...
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