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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0012236115922
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 14, 2001
Running Time: 180 minutes
Sales Rank: 9477
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: May 16, 1999
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The heroic story of a 19-year-old woman whose saintly visions lead her to unite france against its english invaders. Five hundred years later she is burned at the stake for heresy she is declared a saint and revered by the country she saved. Features: cast and crew production notes and more. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 03/08/2005 Starring: Leelee Sobieski Chad Willet Run time: 140 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Christian Duguay
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A strong cast, impressive production values, and astute direction distinguish this generally successful dramatization of the tumultuous life of the 15th-century French heroine whose military victories were eclipsed by her martyrdom. At the heart of the story is the conflict between the teenager's simple but fierce faith and the more complex political and theological issues that influence her downfall, a theme fleshed out through the portrayals of the young warrior's liege, the Dauphin (later King) Charles, and the Bishop Cauchon.
The 140-minute feature follows Joan D'Arc's odyssey from peasant obscurity to notoriety as the 'Maid of Orleans,' spiritual fulcrum for the beleaguered French forces struggling to halt English invaders. As played by Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut), her evolution from naive farm girl to seasoned soldier is convincing, as is her gradual awakening to the underlying agendas of church and state. Most critically, Sobieski radiates the young girl's fervent spiritual devotion.
Framing Sobieski's focal performance are two equally fine turns from Neil Patrick Harris, who erases his legacy as TV's Doogie Howser, M.D. with a neatly shaded, steely Charles, and Peter O'Toole, who balances his signature reserve and present physical frailty to make Cauchon a moral compass for the story. Having opposed Joan as a threat to orthodoxy, the Bishop recognizes her purity too late; O'Toole turns this moment into a dreadful epiphany that resonates through the story's inevitable, fiery denouement. Fine supporting performances from Peter Strauss, Shirley MacLaine, and Maximillian Schell, plus evocative medieval locations in the Czech Republic, further buttress the story. French-Canadian director Christian Duguay handles the large-scale battle sequences with fluid blocking and smart camera work. --Sam Sutherland
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Rating:  - The best Joan of Arc movie choice
If you are looking for a roller coaster ride with popcorn, watch the Messenger, which isn't a bad movie but a wildly innacurate one. If you want to see a film that blends history with action, "Joan of Arc" is your movie. Not perfect, but far more realistic, with Leelee looking and acting a lot more like the teen-age Joan than others have. This doesn't rush through the story as the Messenger does, and doesn't portray her as the gibbering fanatic the other movie does. Joan was always convinced God spoke to her (no matter what the reality was), but she was rational about it, keenly intelligent, and remarkably astute - not the behavior of a raving loon or someone affected by schizophrenia. She also hated violence, only seeing it as necessary to throw the English out of France, and wept openly during battles she participated in at both French and English casualties. She was described by nearly everyone who ever met her (including those in the court who condemned her) as good, virtuous, and openly concerned about the welfare of others.
Rating: - best joan-of-arc film
This film does much to encourage the Christian faith, and the way many must fight the unseen battles, by doing what God calls each of us uniquely to do to further His kingdom of righteousness in sacrificial love.
Rating: - Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc This movie was a made for TV movie..
This version of the Joan of Arc story was a really good one...It was
acted really well...The movie told the Joan of Arc myth in an extremely
realistic and accurate way...This version of the Joan of Arc story
explains the myth ...It is work of true genius...Outstanding!!!
Rating:  - Awful.
I had to stop watching this film after about 20 minutes because the acting was so horrible. It might be a great rendition of Joan's story, but I'll never know because I can't bring myself to try to sit through it again.
Rating: - great
this is a great movie i highly reccomend it to CATHOLICS protestents might not think much of the movien but it was very very good movie
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