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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9786305906940
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305906947
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 04, 2000
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 4906
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: February 05, 2000
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
In the opulent st. Petersburg of the empire period eugene onegin is a jaded but dashing aritocrat a man often lacking in empathy who suffers from restlessness melancholy and finally regret. Through his best friend lensky onegin is introduced to the young tatiana. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Ralph Fiennes Liv Tyler Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: Martha Fiennes
Amazon.com:
Given that for Russians, Pushkin's poem Eugene Onegin is sort of like Hamlet, Beowulf, and Lord Byron's Don Juan rolled into one melancholy tale of lost love and ennui among the gentry, it's surprising Russian filmmakers have balked at adapting the film. Having taken a stage production of Hamlet to Russia where it was rapturously received, self-confessed Slavophile actor Ralph Fiennes must have thought he was making reparation when he executive-produced and starred in this faithful adaptation of the film. With Martha Fiennes on board as director, it's something of a family affair with more than a little of the solemnity one often discovers in 'personal projects'. Pushkin's romanticism comes across amply, but little of his ferocious wit or, inevitably, the authorial voice that makes the poem so compelling, even in translation. Ralph Fiennes typecasts himself in the title role: his Onegin is yet another of the actor's wintry, haunted lovers in period dress (this time early 19th century). The character, a jaded roué from St. Petersburg, summers in the countryside where he inadvertently wins the heart of the impulsive Tatyana (Liv Tyler, the girl they book when Gwyneth Paltrow's busy). Onegin's casual attitude to her love leads to a tragic duel (magnificently tense and perfectly staged), and years later a chance meeting stirs up feelings of regret, triumph, and moral queasiness. Tears well in eyes, letters are sent and read, furs are ruffled in the snow. This is the highbrow end of costume drama: patrician in its literary purity, and rather admirable in its restraint and good taste, if a little dull. --Leslie Felperin
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Onegin review
Based on the other reviews I read, I ordered this DVD. Yes, the scenery was great and the costumes were wonderful, but I was bored stiff and couldn't quite understand why the movie had to be so slow. There is a lot of scenes that could have been left out and still been an okay movie. I was very disappointed and would not recommend this to anyone. To me, this wasn't a love story in the truest sense. Tatyana fell in love with falling in love and was a bored country girl, Onegin gave her no reason to ... Read More
Rating: - Loved the movie but Liv Tyler's performance ruined my pleasure.
I was drawn to this movie after seeing Marthe Fiennes latest work: Chromophobia.
Liv Tyler is absolutely gorgeous to watch but she is wooden and bland. No doubt this would not have become apparent should she have been paired with less seasoned and brilliant actors, but in the company of Ralf Fiennes, Toby Stevens, and the like, she is clearly out of her depth. She did the best she could and clearly gave a performance that stretched her prior abilities, but the director might be the one ... Read More
Rating:  - Onegin, DVD Film
I ordered "Onegin" a film placed on DVD. This movie was beautifully photographed in St. Petersburg, Russia and its surrounding countryside. Starring Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler, this film was a romance quite unlike any love story anyone has viewed. Originally, the novel was written by Alexander Pushkin and then transferred into an Opera composed by Pyotr llych Tchaikovsky. It's now in beautiful color on DVD; and for all of you who love a good period romance, this is the movie for you to view. It was ... Read More
Rating: - Onegin off Again
I love Finnes and the period, however, this movie is a mixed bag. I love the period pieces, and this movie certainly has beautiful scenery. I think the characters are a bit stilted, probably the direction, and yet, I liked it. It won't be my fav, but it's part of my collection.
Rating:  - Glad Onegin made it to film, but...
I was very fortunate to go to a high school that offered Russian language classes, and my teacher was a Russian aristocrat who escaped the country during the Bolshevik Revolution. She introduced me to Pushkin, and to this story. I thought it would have made a great film (Tchaikovsky made it an opera), and had high hopes for this. Unfortunately, it appears that the nepotism in this film brought about its downfall, particularly in that Martha focused on Ralph's face to distraction. And although I thought ... Read More
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