Atonement (Widescreen Edition)

starring: Keira Knightley, James Mcavoy, Saoirse Ronan, Brenda Blethyn, Harriet Walter See Larger Image List Price: $29.98 You Pay Only: $16.99 You Save: $12.99 (43%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN. EAN: 0025193328526 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 18, 2008 Running Time: 130 minutes Sales Rank: 885 Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: January 04, 2008 Related Items: The Kite Runner Charlie Wilson's War (Widescreen) In the Valley of Elah There Will Be Blood The Savages see more Editorial Review: Product Description: From the award-winning director of Pride and Prejudice comes a stunning critically acclaimed epic story of love. When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will irrevocably change the course of all their lives forever. Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an all-star cast in the film critics are hailing 'the year's best picture' (Thelma Adams US Weekly).System Requirements:Running Time: 123 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE Rating: R UPC: 025193328526 Manufacturer No: 61033285 Amazon.com: Director Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) gives Ian McEwan’s bestselling novel a sumptuous treatment for the screen that should come to be regarded as one of the defining films of the epic romantic drama. Indeed, everything about this film stems from those three words: there is little here that is not epic, romantic, and dramatic, and Atonement is a film that masterfully expresses the overarching sense of adventure and emotion that such stories are meant to convey. In this instance, the story centers around the love story of highborn Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and housekeeper’s son Robbie Turner (James McAvoy, in a star-making turn), in England shortly before World War II. Despite their class differences, they are powerfully attracted to each other, and just as their relationship begins Robbie is tragically forced away due to false accusations from Cecilia’s younger sister Briony (Saoirse Ronan). She has a crush on Robbie, too, and after reading a private letter he sent to Cecilia, and then witnessing the first expression of their mutual love but mistaking it for mistreatment, her resentment grows until it leads to her telling the lie that will send Robbie away. Soon World War II breaks out; Robbie enlists and is posted to France, Cecilia is a nurse in London, and Briony, now age 18 and aware of what she has done, tries to atone for her actions--but none of them will be able to get back what they have lost. Knightley and McAvoy are perfectly cast as the young star crossed lovers, and the young Ronan is particularly impressive, but it’s clear that the real star of this film is the director. Wright allows Atonement to revel in every moment of its story and each scene is compelling in its own way, but that now famous extended shot with Robbie on the beach at Dunkirk--filmed in one take and sure to be considered one of the great long tracking shots in film history--is the most memorable moment in this remarkable film. Atonement is an excellent example of what can happen when a great book meets great filmmaking. This is one that is not to be missed. --Daniel Vancini Stills from Atonement (click for larger image). Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Atonement For My View of the Book Having put the novel down after almost 100 pages, I rented this DVD with trepidation. Either I missed the point of the book, was having a bad week, or this director magically took dry prose and breathed life into it. First rate story, acting, music, and even tears at the end made this a bravo performance and merited the Academy Award nomination. Highly recommended. (And, yes, I will try the book again). Rating: - One of the strongest movies of 07 James McAvoy gave the best performance in Atonement. I didn't think I would think that but he was terrific. I would give him an Oscar nomination for sure. Redgrave's eyes at the end tell all. Seriously you didn't even need her tremendous speech because it's all in her body language. Garai is great during and after her encounter with the french soldier as well as the apartment scene. The praise for Ronan doesn't capture how good and natural she is. Knightley was fine but doesn't rate with any of the Briony's or McAvoy. The cinematography in the movie is remarkable. Not only for the stunning tracking shot but for when Briony goes into the library. The way the light comes off that hair thing and then the lamp. The script was a very good adaptation of the book and the direction of Wright couldn't be better. Rating: - A BITTERSWEET ROMANCE, MAGNIFICENTLY MADE More than one of the great romantic films of all time, "Atonement" is a pure masterpiece utilizing a three-act structure spanning several decades that begins in an English manor house before World War II and proceeds through the war and after. The main character is a 13-year-old fledgling writer, Briony, whose imaginative sensibilities congeal with her infatuation with a man who loves her older sister to result in dire consequences she only later understands. From the dramatic and passionate momentum of its early sequences underscored by a music score utilizing a typewriter in its orchestration, it brilliantly employs both child and adult points of view to relate the story of a great romance that is disrupted from the events that occur. If the story and screenplay seem to have "Doctor Zhivago" characteristics, Joe Wright's magnificent and sensual direction brings out all the passion and tragedy with a beauty that is reminiscent of David Lean at his best. There are camera shots in this film that will continue to haunt my memory for years. Three soldiers trek through a fog-filled landscape past a running brook as planes of war hovering in the sky overhead are seen only as a reflection in its waters, an awesome image like a great painting. But perhaps its greatest shot is a long Orson Wellesian single take, one tracking shot following the Battle of Dunkirk that lasts maybe 8 minutes that, in its emotional context, could reduce you to weeping. Keira Knightly and ... Read More Rating: - Movie left me cold - great disappointment I was prepared to like this movie (I saw it in the theater) because I enjoy movies with an historical setting and a purported romantic purpose. I also enjoy films that use non-linear storytelling when necessary for plot development. However, the movie and acting left me absolutely cold, although it is hard to pinpoint exactly why. The pacing was glacial; in fact, at the performance I attended, a number of people walked out (not just men). Because of the glacial pace, I could not suspend disbelief enough to accept the gaping holes in the plot. The story line was confusing, and I am still unsure what actually happened versus what older Briony wished had happened. It was as though there was a wall between the audience and the movie so that it just did not connect. The atmosphere of the movie was cold and indistinct, although pretty to look at. The acting was flat - there was no true passion on the part of any of the major characters, and I felt there was simply no chemistry between the two leads. The only actor who showed any passion and commitment to character was the young Naval officer on the beach organizing the evacuation (I think the actor was Tobias Menzies of HBO's "Rome"). The way the evacuation of Dunkirk was filmed (as much as I admire the technical mastery of the tracking shot) was simply bizarre and did not match any historical description I had ever read. Was this supposed to be McAvoy's hallucinations of the beach from being wounded and dying, or was ... Read More Rating: - A very good movie A very good movie with a lot of "could be moments" and in which one can learn from. 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