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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019810647
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Running Time: 109 minutes
Sales Rank: 3097
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description:
Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell star as working class brothers whose dreams of better lives leads to desperation greed and deadly betrayal. When gambling debt and an expensive courtship place them in a financial bind a rich uncle (Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton) offers them an out in exchange for committing murder. Featuring gripping performances from an all-star cast; 'this family tragedy puts us near the edge of our seats and pulls us right along on its downward spiral' (William Arnold Seattle Post Intelligencer). Woody Allen returns in razor-sharp form with this 'intense intelligently-written and directed' (Jeffrey Lyons Reel Talk) thriller that challenges how far a man should go in the name of family.System Requirements:Running Time: 109 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 796019810647 Manufacturer No: 81064
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Scottish Ewan McGregor and Irish Colin Farrell play two Cockney brothers who get in over their heads when a wealthy relative asks for a favor. Woody Allen's sleek thriller Cassandra's Dream begins in innocent times: Ian (McGregor) and Terry (Farrell) buy a sailboat and name it Cassandra's Dream. But soon Terry falls afoul of gambling debts and Ian falls head over heels for a sultry actress who doesn't take him seriously, leading them to ask their uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) for money, which he's happy to give them--if they'll get rid of a man who's going to testify against him. The first half of Cassandra's Dream zips along with short, concise scenes and charismatic performances by the lead lads. Newcomer Hayley Atwell (Brideshead Revisited) is alluring as the actress, while Sally Hawkins (Persuasion) brings warmth and sympathy to the underwritten role of Terry's girlfriend Kate. The second half--as with many of Allen's later films--seems to run out of steam, though there's still much to admire about Allen's clean, unfussy filmmaking. Regrettably, he seems to have lost the ability to sustain his imaginative spark. The weakness is in the writing; too many of the characters are barely sketched and clumsy lines of dialogue jar the ear in otherwise well-shaped scenes. But just when you're ready to throw up your hands, there's a moment of understated grace, in which Allen's simple visuals capture something with crystalline clarity. Cassandra's Dream is a frustrating movie, but it has its rewards. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating:  - Cassandra's Nightmare
Colin Farrell and Ewan MacGregor turn in stellar performances as brothers in "Cassandra's Dream," a stark tragedy which demands that its protagonists choose between loyalty to family and the right thing to do; and because of their respective failings, they become enmeshed in a net from which there is no escape.
It is clear that Woody Allen is not out to please the average movie-goer (nor should he necessarily), because throughout the film he alludes to Greek tragedy in general. By beginning ... Read More
Rating: - Woody gives us a dark tale of crime and greed
Very well acted and beautifully shot, "Cassandra's Dream" is certainly worth the time of anyone who enjoys a good drama. I particularly enjoyed Philip Glass' moody score and Colin Farrell's skillful turn as the guilt-ridden brother who can't live with the crime he and his sibling commit for monetary gain. Colin, by the way, is clearly the "good" brother here (or, at least, the less bad one), and only considers the crime because he needs to pay off loan sharks, not because he wants to make some easy money, ... Read More
Rating:  - Woody~~Please Retire!
How Woody Allen ever got 2 of HollyWood's finest actors Ewan M & Colin F to be in another one of his boooorring movies Cassandra's Dream is beyond one's imagination. Since Ewan and Colin are originally from overseas no one told them that Allen's directing days died decades ago. It was actually once meant a big deal if Allen picked you for one of his films. Now all his films are known as "BOX OFFICE POISON HITS" made for his ever dwindling followers. Bad Movie Woody, please retire and do not try to destroy ... Read More
Rating:  - CASSANDRA'S DREAM OFFERS SNORES
I love Woody Allen movies. I am perhaps one of the few that does with the exception of the main stream world of critics who fawn all over any and everything he does. Such is the case with this film that many have found wonderful.
The story takes place in Britain and revolves around two brothers. Ian (Ewan McGregor) is a young man who wants better for himself. At present he is stuck running his father's restaurant while his father recovers. His sights are set higher than this though, planning with ... Read More
Rating: - Love Woody, Colin and Ewan, however...
I would never miss a Woody Allen film. Or one with Colin Farrell or Ewan McGregor for that matter. Perhaps even more than Colin or Ewan, I'm a Tom Wilkinson fan (he's fabulous here, as a Fagan-uncle). I thoroughly enjoyed everyone - even the "minor" characters (especially the father and Ewan's self-centered actress-girlfriend). However, the film ended too abruptly, without finesse. It was so beautifully, artfully arranged (an Allen gift) with exquisite interiors, gardens, great clothes and cars, not to mention ... Read More
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