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Elegy | Umierajúce zviera | trailer | USA 2008 |
Elegy (Trailer) |
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| Release Date
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8 August 2008 |
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USA |
| MPAA
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Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language. |
| Certification
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Ireland:16 | USA:R | Canada:14A (British Columbia) |
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Dolby Digital | DTS |
| Runtime
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Germany:108 min (Berlin International Film Festival) | Canada:113 min |
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English |
| Aspect Ratio
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1.85 : 1 |
| Filming Locations
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Color (35 mm version) |
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Lakeshore Entertainment |
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Overwiew :Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. | |
Starring :
Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper, Deborah Harry, Sonja Bennett, Chelah Horsdal, Shaker Paleja, Charlie Rose
Directors :
Isabel Coixet
Producers :
Richard Wright, Eric Reid, Terry A. McKay, Judd Malkin, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Domenico Procacci, Andre Lamal
Writers :
Nicholas Meyer, Philip Roth |
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USA Today - Claudia Puig
: ...a deeply affecting and profoundly observed saga about love, art, beauty and, especially, mortality.
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B+
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold
: His character's a jerk, but Ben Kingsley still gets us to root for him.
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B
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San Francisco Chronicle - Ruthe Stein
: Deeply affecting.
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ReelViews - James Berardinelli
: Ben Kingsley gives a masterful performance.
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New York Times - Manohla Dargis
: The film is an overly polite take on a spiky, claustrophobic, insistently impolite novel.
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C
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New York Post - Linda Stasi
: ...skip Elegy, a windbaggy film of Phillip Roth's novella The Dying Animal.
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D+
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Los Angeles Times - Mark Olsen
: ...Elegy eems determined to make real every ageist dig that could be thrown its way .
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Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman
: There's a poetic irony to the idea that it took a female filmmaker to finally do justice to Philip Roth on screen.
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