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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: FARROW/CASSAVETES
EAN: 0097360683172
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 03, 2000
Running Time: 136 minutes
Sales Rank: 3050
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1968
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A loving New York couple is expecting their first baby, however Rosemary's husband makes a pact with the devil to send his career skyward.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: FARROW/CASSAVETES
Title: ROSEMARY'S BABY
Street Release Date: 10/03/2000
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Genre: HORROR
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Psychological terrorism and supernatural horror have rarely been dramatized as effectively as in this classic 1968 thriller, masterfully adapted and directed by Roman Polanski from the chilling novel by Ira Levin. Rosemary (Mia Farrow) is a young, trusting housewife in New York whose actor husband (John Cassavetes), unbeknownst to her, has literally made a deal with the devil. In the thrall of a witches' coven headquartered in their apartment building, the young husband arranges to have his wife impregnated by Satan in exchange for success in a Broadway play. To Rosemary, the pregnancy seems like a normal and happy one--that is, until she grows increasingly suspicious of her neighbors' evil influence. Polanski establishes this seemingly benevolent situation and then introduces each fiendish little detail with such unsettling subtlety that the film escalates to a palpable level of dread and paranoia. By the time Rosemary discovers that her infant son 'has his father's eyes' ... well, let's just say the urge to scream along with her is unbearably intense! One of the few modern horror films that can claim to be genuinely terrifying, Rosemary's Baby is an unforgettable movie experience, guaranteed to send chills up your spine. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - This film has haunted me my whole life.
I caught glimpses of this on cable as a kid, and those parts interspersed with ominous warnings from adults about this movie, have driven it to legendary status within my brain.
I imagine scenes in my head now that aren't actually in the movie because Polanski is so masterful at suggesting more than is actually on the screen. This movie, along with Chinatown, shows Polanski is at his most suggestive and subtle.
He absolutely reaches the ideal that Hemingway talked about with "90% of the story submerged beneath the surface"--only Polanski does it on film in a way that no one else has done before or since.
Hail Satan!
Err..Hail Polanski!
Rating: - Psychology? Perhaps
This film does for horror what "Gone With The Wind" did for drama. The blocking and filming is perfect. Farrow's acting is perfect and the direction is perfect. I think the true haunting nature of this film is wrapped deep within the celluloid. This is a film that was pre-produced, cast, directed and filmed, like hundreds of others of this genre: Yet this film turned out to be a true horror film. Perhaps this was just happenstance, the world may never know.
The terrorism of the scenes in this film will have you questioning your own sanity. Yet, after the final scene and the end credit, you'll be back to earth. This film does what a good film should: Keep you in it's grip til' the very end, yet let go so you can 'then' enjoy what just happened.
Rating:  - Classic psychological thriller
Rosemary's Baby is Roman Polanski's adaptation of a great Ira Levin novel. Polanski wrote the screenplay as well as directed the movie. I had been wanting to see this film for many years and never did until recently. I'm glad that I was finally able to see it and discover how good it is.
At the start of the movie, a young couple, Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse, move into a creepy Manhattan apartment. These two characters are played brilliantly by John Cassavetes and Mia Farrow. Guy is a struggling actor, and Rosemary is a housewife. They soon befriend an elderly couple who lives next door, Roman and Minnie Castevet. Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer play those roles, and they give two really good performances. In fact, Ruth Gordon won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and deservedly so.
Guy starts spending a lot of time with the Cassavetes, and suddenly his career starts to take off. Rosemary then becomes pregnant, and later it becomes apparent that the baby may not be a regular one, and that the neighbors have special plans for it.
This movie is a great psychological thriller. There is no gore like in most of today's horror films, and yet it provides just as much suspense, if not more so, without it. It is a classic that set a standard for the genre. For anyone who enjoys a good, suspenseful thriller, this movie is highly recommended.
Rating: - A Mother's Dread
WARNING: This film contains adult subject matter including occultism, sexuality/nudity, frightening images and some language.
In 1968, a controversial director named Roman Polanski (The Fearless Vampire Killers and The Ninth Gate) created a genuinely terrifying horror film. Rosemary's Baby was based on the novel by Ira Levin and proved to be a classic of modern horror films. The film is propelled by an astonishing cast who seem so natural in their respective roles that you forgot how implausible the plot is. But what makes the film so frightening is the story that it tells and the way it exploits our primal fears (like the endangerment of our children).
A sweet young couple, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, move into an old New York apartment building. As they meet their charming new neighbors they are repeatedly asked the same question: "Do you have any children?" But they think nothing of this friendly curiosity. After a young woman, who befriended Rosemary, apparently commits suicide they meet the old couple that she was staying with. At first appearance Roman and Minnie Castevet seem like a nosey, sweet geriatric couple but Rosemary's instincts tell her otherwise. On the night that she and Guy plan to conceive a child, Minnie unexpectedly sends over a dessert. After eating Rosemary feels dizzy, nauseous and finally she collapses. In her sleep she has a hallucinogenic dream, in which she's on a boat heading into a storm, surrounded by naked people chanting a strange mantra, ... Read More
Rating: - Just plain creepy
Rosemary's Baby is a classic horror film that is a far cry from the gorefests of today. Not that I don't love the gore, but Rosemary's Baby scares on a psychological level. The creeps will stay with you long after the movie is over. A must see for any horror fan.
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