Out of Africa (Blu-ray, Includes Digital Copy, UltraViolet) PG
Based on a true story.
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Out of Africa
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 41 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 4, 2013
- Originally Released: 1985
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert Redford & Meryl Streep | |
Performer: | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Gough & Iman | |
Directed by | Sydney Pollack | |
Edited by | Pembroke Herring, Sheldon Kahn, Fredric Steinkamp & William Steinkamp | |
Screenwriting by | Kurt Luedtke | |
Composition by | John Barry | |
Produced by | Sydney Pollack | |
Director of Photography: | David Watkin |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1985 -
Best Adapted Screenplay: Kurt Luedtke
Academy Awards 1985 -
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1985 -
Best Cinematography: David Watkin
Academy Awards 1985 -
Best Director: Sydney Pollack
Academy Awards 1985 -
Best Original Score: John Barry
Academy Awards 1985 -
Best Picture: Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1985 -
Best Sound: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Luedtke and Pollack bought these high-priced literary sources only to chuck them for a conventional, largely fictionalized movie romance.
People Magazine
Out of Africa is a melodrama, but in any case, it is an excellent one. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
The scale of its protagonist's obsessiveness is what gives Out of Africa its splendor.
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Boston Globe
Out of Africa is a splendid example of that persistent genre, the coffeetable movie. It's big, beautiful, and imposing. But there isn't much to it, and pretty pictures -- replacing ideas, not supporting them -- are its only real attraction.
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Christian Science Monitor
The relationship between Karen Blixen and her British lover, Denys Finch Hatton, may fail to catch fire. But the production itself is so exquisitely served that you can't help but be grateful for this extraordinary visual treat.
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New York Daily News
Meryl Streep is back in top form. This means that her performance in Out of Africa is at the highest level of acting in film today. Since she is Streep, it means that a return to form is not a return: she has realized a character utterly different.
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The New Republic
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]his is perfectly played all round.
Empire
Product Description:
Adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) is a gallant British hunter, lonely, but unable to commit. As they two meet and begin a torrid affair, they set out on an epic adventure in the badlands of Africa--an adventure that real-life Karen Blixen-Flecke would later novelize under the pen name Isak Dinesen.
Sydney Pollack's opus, OUT OF AFRICA, is a full, visually compelling film. Its storyline evokes a plethora of emotions, ranging from fear and loathing to hope and the elation of love. Robert Redford and Meryl Streep are electric as the two damaged infidels in love. A key American film, OUT OF AFRICA is not to be missed.
Sydney Pollack's opus, OUT OF AFRICA, is a full, visually compelling film. Its storyline evokes a plethora of emotions, ranging from fear and loathing to hope and the elation of love. Robert Redford and Meryl Streep are electric as the two damaged infidels in love. A key American film, OUT OF AFRICA is not to be missed.
Keywords:
Adventure
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Romance
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True Story
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Wilderness
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Love Story
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Recommended
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Character Study
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Period Piece
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Africa
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Theatrical Release
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Romances
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Essential Cinema