Regeneration details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Stuart Bunce, Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Tanya Allen, Jonny Lee Miller |
| Director: | Gillies Mackinnon |
| Genre: | Drama - War |
| Studio: | FUSION MEDIA |
| Name | Discs | |
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Regeneration |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 49 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Not currently released |
| Main languages: | English |
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An impressive film, it...
By a customer from RINGWOOD , 31 Aug 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
An impressive film, it captures the essence (albeit not the detail) of the Pat Barker Regeneration trilogy. Partly true story (in that several characters were real people), it portrays authentically the feel of a Great War home for shell shock victims, and features the poets Wilfred Owen and the naively idealistic Siegfried Sassoon. Doctor Rivers is superbly played, torn between his military duty to return men to the front and his humane desire to cure and help his patients as best he can. The electrocution scene is cringingly unpleasant. Possibly one of the best films about the First War, but don't expect too much "war action" as most of the film is set in the Scottish Hospital of Craiglockhart, now, I believe, part of Edinburgh University.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(17)Brilliant film
By a customer , 27 Oct 2011Excellent performances by a superb cast. Beautifully shot film with a great music score. An amazing piece of work that tackles a horrific subject matter, with respect and clarity.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Enjoyed it
By Casualcritic (42 reviews) from Boston Spa , 22 Jan 2010The film captured the mood of the book and the challenges facing those fighting at the front in the first world war and those treating them afterwards. Some moving performances, a difficult subject well presented.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A slow burn but quality film making
By Clive Long from London, England , 20 Nov 2006A film of words and ideas.
Yet the scenes of the warfare in the First World War trenches seem sickeningly authentic. The broken men are brilliantly portrayed.
I winced at the scene of the London doctor who had his own method to restore speech to mute soldiers.
No 'sides' are taken.
Jonathan Pryce gives a great performance where most of his emotion and intention is shown by the small flicker of an eyebrow.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Horrific Reality
By Colin Emms from Essex , 15 Jun 2006The strong performances mixed with the words of the war poets backed up by the hard-hitting novel and weaving of real and fictional characters make the First World War a horrific reality. You have to see this one!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Beautiful Representation
By a customer from Birmingham, England , 21 Apr 2006Beautiful is an unusual word to describe this film as we as an audience are presented very grafic images. but what is beautiful the the emotional that surrounds the characters and Craiglockhart itself.
It's a stunning adaptation of the 1995 award winning novel by Pat Barker.- Was this review helpful to you?
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