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The Dreamers
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 13, 2004
  • Originally Released: 2003
  • Label: 20th Century Fox

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 46,990
Some of the moments are inspired...
Box Office
Apr 1, 2004
The soundtrack is fabulous....The film clips are equally great.
USA Today
Feb 6, 2004
A real pleasure. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 26, 2006
Despite the movie's well-earned NC-17, Bertolucci's own ménage à trois favors cinephilia over the related pleasures of politics and sex. Full Review
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Aug 21, 2009
THE DREAMERS does have its pleasures.
Los Angeles Times
Feb 6, 2004
Bertolucci provokes audiences instead of pacifying them. Boy, do we need him now.
Rolling Stone
Feb 19, 2004
Exhilarating.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Aug 7, 2004

Product Description:

Set in the Spring of 1968; Produced and Released in 2003/2004.

Bernardo Bertolucci's THE DREAMERS centers on three university students who adore the Cinematheque Francaise, and are fascinated by '60s culture--the music of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, the films of Jean-Luc Godard, and the writings of Susan Sontag and Chairman Mao. Their philosophical conversations about sexuality, love, politics, activism, and the Vietnam War; and their daily activities--going to the cinema, protesting in support of Henri Langlois, lounging around naked, and smoking dope--are a realistic reflection of the mood and energy of that era.

The plot involves Parisians Theo (Louis Garrel) and Isa (Eva Green), a brother-sister team with a strangely intimate connection. They befriend their American classmate Matthew (Michael Pitt), and invite him to stay at their apartment for a month while their parents are on vacation. The trio is so engrossed by their film studies that they act out scenes in an ongoing game of trivia, referencing classics like Sam Fuller's SHOCK CORRIDOR, Godard's BANDE A PART, and Frank Tashlin's THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT. They challenge each other through mind games, deeply personal discussions, and sexual dares. Outside their sheltered apartment, the streets are teaming with violence leading up to the May 1968 Paris uprising. Nouvelle Vague icon Bertolucci weaves clips from classic films into this artful and entertaining movie, while a hard-rock '60s soundtrack adds a palpable edginess.

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  • UPC: 024543127871
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