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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783123899
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783123892
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 11860
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 2003
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Description:
Based on the acclaimed novel by William Trevor, My House in Umbria is a charming, evocative drama about a group of travelers in Italy who find solace and friendship after being thrown together by tragedy.
Amazon.com:
Falling neatly into the Enchanted April and Under the Tuscan Sun category, the made-for-HBO My House in Umbria boasts lovely Italian vistas and comforting Englishness. But it begins with a note of violence: on a train rolling through the sunny countryside, a terrorist bomb detonates, killing a handful of passengers. The strangers that survive recuperate at the villa of an eccentric but kindly romance novelist, also a survivor of the blast. She's played by Maggie Smith, who bustles through the role with a pleasing mix of gin and daffodils. Chris Cooper is an uptight American who comes to the villa to pick up his orphaned niece and bristles at the bohemian atmosphere. Director Richard Loncraine maintains the melancholy mood amidst the sun-dappled gardens of Umbria, but Smith really holds the film together with her authority and slightly tipsy humor. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - My House In Umbria
This is a quintessential Maggie Smith movie which takes place in the beautiful Umbrian countryside. The story is tender and the movie is artful. A great way to spend a relaxing Saturday afternoon.
Rating: - 5 Stars for Maggie Smith one of the best actresses of our times
This is a movie of hope and healing.
Maggie Smith plays Mrs. Emily Delahunty, a English woman living out in the beautiful countryside of Umbria, Italy. She goes to do her monthly shopping, taking a train and there's a bomb on the train. Most of the people in the train car Mrs. D is with end up injured and once released from the hospital there is a ongoing investigation and they have nowhere to go, so they all go to recoup at the BEAUTIFUL Italian mansion of Mrs. D. (Note to myself, if I ever win the lotto that house is my very next purchase!)
The intricate playoff between the characters is interesting. The scenery is gorgeous and restful. All the actors are top notch. The little girl (Aimee, played by Emily Clarke) is adorable and I absolutely love this movie. I watch it when I need some comfort and beauty in my life.
In my own humble opinion, I believe that Maggie Smith is one of the best actresses alive on our planet today. She is a most complicated, graceful and fasinating person to watch and lends credibility to any performance that is lucky enough to be graced with her presence.
This is not an exciting shoot them up, blood and guts movie. It's a soft spoken, intricate thinking man's journey of things lost and found, injury and the process of healing.
The underlying message I got from this movie was: Maggie Smith's charactor, Mrs. D comes from a very sad and unstable background. She, like many people has her share of ... Read More
Rating: - Delivery and opinion of DVD
Product delivered quickly and in good order. DVD one of my favourite. This one a gift for a friend.
Rating: - I need a ticket to Italy
I am a fan of Maggie Smith and this movie really showed her talent. Her clothes in this movie were fabulous! The story of the train explosion and how she took in the survivors and the family that developed out of it was just lovely. Her care for the orphaned girl was so delicate and so sad at the same time. The scenery in the movie is wonderful, as well, and makes you want to get your passport out. I liked the happy ending the best, when all are reunited.
Rating: - A 5-Star Gem!
What a wonderful picture!
Telling an intriguing, nuances story isn't easy; it takes genuine talent and artistic commitment on both sides of the camera.
That commitment to quality comes through loud and clear in listening to the voiceove commentary by the film's director and producer. For them the project was obviously a labor of love.
Some voiceover commentaries are rather flat and self-indulgent; but this one is, in its own way, as good as the movie itself!
The movie includes some of the finest ensemble actors around. The script is economical, lyrical and tightly-written; the casting is spot-on; and the overall mood and ambience of the film speaks movingly to the human condition.
This is the kind of movie that when you're watching it you think of it as "a-movie-that-can-just-as-easily-be-a-play." However, often the pitfall with those kinds of movies, is that what often happens is the movie then becomes too "staged," too presentational. But that's not the case here. Filmed, for the most part, on location in Italy, the movie takes full advantage of its naturalistic setting. It also, historically, "free-floats" the movie, indicating no specific historical setting. Indeed, the movie springs as much from "inside the head" of the Maggie Smith character as from the objective reality of the dialogue.
All this requires a clutch performance by Maggie Smith. But, then again, Maggie Smith is *always* superb. ... Read More
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