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One From The Heart Reviews

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After completing Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola initially planned for his next picture to be an intimate romantic musical shot on a low budget in Las Vegas. Three years later, One from the Heart had mushroomed into a big-budget spectacular, shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened Zoetrope Studio and costing a .. Read more

Starring	Nastassja Kinski, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Lainie Kazan
Director	Francis Ford Coppola
Genres	Drama, Music/Musical

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- Extraordinarily slim (for its cost) romantic fantasy which makes one wonder why, of all the stories in the world, its creator chose this one. It does however boast attractive visuals.
- 33909
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 5
  - 0
  A huge nostalgia trip
  
  I saw this film shortly after it came out in 1983 - I was only 12 - and loved it. I had a huge crush on Nastassia Kinski afterwards and you can see why. I ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 18 Jul 2005 at 12:47
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- - 0
  - 0
  There are a lot worse ways to spend a few hours
  
  My initial reason for wanting to see this film was the soundtrack. Tom Waits with .... Crystal Gayle! Probably I shouldn't like it but I have to confess to ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - justlikethat
  - 18 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 05 Mar 2012 at 23:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Film Experimentation at its Finest
  
  This is a love story on an epic stage. The budget was huge, but it is a simple tale told with breathtaking imagery and a mesmerising sountrack. Worth every ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - sheffield
  - 27 May 2010 at 00:18
- - 0
  - 1
  What was I thinking in my tewnties?
  
  I remember watching this film in the eighties and wiping away a small tear at the end. I loved it then and hated it now. I'm not sure whether that says ... read more »
  
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- - Antypants
  - 1 review
  - Cilycwm
  - 15 Feb 2009 at 09:30
- - 0
  - 0
  so disappointing
  
  Hard to believe that one of the world's greatest ever directors could come up with something so lame. The music is wonderful. The story is bilge.
  
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- - aden
  - 10 reviews
  - Isleworth
  - 20 May 2008 at 12:09
- - 1
  - 0
  True Romance
  
  There's love, and there's sex. There's what we want, there's what we have, and there's what we need. The reality of home, the simplicity and... read more »
  
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- - makgrey
  - 40 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 06 Oct 2007 at 00:13
- - 4
  - 0
  Curious Coppola Vanity Project
  
  Originally scheduled to be shot on a budget of $2 million, Coppolas neon-drenched 80's labour of love eventually spiralled to a cost of over $25 million due... read more »
  
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- - T.M.E. Branney
  - Planet Earth
  - 19 May 2007 at 22:16
- - 1
  - 0
  Curious Coppola Vanity Project
  
  Originally sceduled to be shot on a budget of $2 million, Coppolas neon-drenched 80's labour of love eventually spiralled to a cost of over $25 million due ... read more »
  
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  - Planet Earth
  - 19 May 2007 at 22:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Glorious failure
  
  One of the great failures in Hollywood history, this is still worth a look. Coppola's reach exceeded his grasp, but any movie set in Vegas about doomed love... read more »
  
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  - East Anglia
  - 25 Oct 2006 at 18:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Got to see it at last!
  
  Strange that this was released to DVD so long after the film came out (and unfortunately bombed), but I'd been keen to see it after discovering the Tom ... read more »
  
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- - TerraeFilius
  - Darkest Oxfordshire
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 16:37
- - 5
  - 0
  A huge nostalgia trip
  
  I saw this film shortly after it came out in 1983 - I was only 12 - and loved it. I had a huge crush on Nastassia Kinski afterwards and you can see why. I ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 124692
- - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 18 Jul 2005 at 12:47
View all members' reviews (11)

- - 5
  - 0
  A huge nostalgia trip
  
  I saw this film shortly after it came out in 1983 - I was only 12 - and loved it. I had a huge crush on Nastassia Kinski afterwards and you can see why. I ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 124692
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 18 Jul 2005 at 12:47
- - 4
  - 0
  Curious Coppola Vanity Project
  
  Originally scheduled to be shot on a budget of $2 million, Coppolas neon-drenched 80's labour of love eventually spiralled to a cost of over $25 million due... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 441689
- - T.M.E. Branney
  - Planet Earth
  - 19 May 2007 at 22:16
- - 3
  - 1
  It's Still One From The Heart
  
  It must be 20 years since I last saw this film and I'd even started to persuade myself that maybe it wasn't as great as I remembered – after all it... read more »
  
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- 339065
- - theblueman
  - West Sussex
  - 27 Jun 2005 at 09:56
- - 1
  - 0
  Curious Coppola Vanity Project
  
  Originally sceduled to be shot on a budget of $2 million, Coppolas neon-drenched 80's labour of love eventually spiralled to a cost of over $25 million due ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 441688
- - a customer
  - Planet Earth
  - 19 May 2007 at 22:12
- - 1
  - 0
  True Romance
  
  There's love, and there's sex. There's what we want, there's what we have, and there's what we need. The reality of home, the simplicity and... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 483022
- - makgrey
  - 40 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 06 Oct 2007 at 00:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Got to see it at last!
  
  Strange that this was released to DVD so long after the film came out (and unfortunately bombed), but I'd been keen to see it after discovering the Tom ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 168242
- - TerraeFilius
  - Darkest Oxfordshire
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 16:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Glorious failure
  
  One of the great failures in Hollywood history, this is still worth a look. Coppola's reach exceeded his grasp, but any movie set in Vegas about doomed love... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 377909
- - a customer
  - East Anglia
  - 25 Oct 2006 at 18:00
- - 0
  - 0
  so disappointing
  
  Hard to believe that one of the world's greatest ever directors could come up with something so lame. The music is wonderful. The story is bilge.
  
  Report this review
- 566615
- - aden
  - 10 reviews
  - Isleworth
  - 20 May 2008 at 12:09
- - 0
  - 0
  Film Experimentation at its Finest
  
  This is a love story on an epic stage. The budget was huge, but it is a simple tale told with breathtaking imagery and a mesmerising sountrack. Worth every ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 894205
- - a customer
  - sheffield
  - 27 May 2010 at 00:18
- - 0
  - 0
  There are a lot worse ways to spend a few hours
  
  My initial reason for wanting to see this film was the soundtrack. Tom Waits with .... Crystal Gayle! Probably I shouldn't like it but I have to confess to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1099673
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - justlikethat
  - 18 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 05 Mar 2012 at 23:37

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Critics' reviews
- Extraordinarily slim (for its cost) romantic fantasy which makes one wonder why, of all the stories in the world, its creator chose this one. It does however boast attractive visuals.
- 33909
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- Making this underappreciated 1982 musical, Francis Ford Coppola developed prototypes for many of the state-of-the-art filmmaking devices used today
- 190494
- - Rolling Stone
  - 19 May 2011 at 04:39
- Apparently Coppola got his inspiration while wandering the back streets of Tokyo with a copy of Goethe's Elective... read more on Time Out
- 47184
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
- ...A hybrid musical romantic fantasy....[With] giddy heights of visual imagination and technical brilliance...
- 190497
- - Variety
  - 19 May 2011 at 04:39
- ONE FROM THE HEART belongs on the top shelf with Coppola's triumphs rather than in his back drawer of oddities
- 190492
- - Film Comment
  - 19 May 2011 at 04:39
- This hyper-real Vegas is dizzying to behold, its colour wheel spun by the music's bitter-sweetness...
- 190495
- - Uncut
  - 19 May 2011 at 04:39

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- One From The Heart
  
  After completing Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola initially planned for his next picture to be an intimate romantic musical shot on a low budget in Las Vegas. Three years later, One from the Heart had mushroomed into a big-budget spectacular, shot on strikingly stylized sets at his newly opened ...