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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 23, 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: 20th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Javier Bardem & Laura Morante | |
Performer: | Oliver Cotton, Luís Miguel Cintra, Abel Folk, Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Mínguez, Alexandra Lencastre & Marie-Anne Berganza | |
Directed by | John Malkovich | |
Screenwriting by | Nicholas Shakespeare | |
Composition by | Alberto Iglesias | |
Cameo: | John Malkovich | |
Produced by | Andres Vincente Gomez & John Malkovich | |
Director of Photography: | José Luis Alcaine |
Entertainment Reviews:
'Shakespeare retooled his novel for the screen adaptation ... It is Malkovich who reinjects the mystery, along with a little magic.'
Full Review
Las Vegas CityLife
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Moving, melancholy, and, yes, political.
Denver Post
John Malkovich makes a thoughtful directorial debut with this intelligent political thriller...
Total Film
Rating: B+ --
It is not revolutionary, but it brims with promise and a love of film, and is a fine if worried dance indeed.
Detroit News
...[A] pleasurably nerve-jangling thriller....[Malkovich is] as much a natural behind the camera as in front of it...
Los Angeles Times
Malkovich's take on a world of corruption, intrigue and terrorism is elegantly mysterious, but...leaps in plot and missteps in character trip up The Dancer Upstairs.
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)
Rating: 3/4 --
It thrives on the hush before the explosion instead of its aftermath, and it's that eerie sense of expectation that gives the film its thick aura of suspense.
Miami Herald
Product Description:
The directorial debut of John Malkovich, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS is a riveting political drama set in an undetermined Latin American city. A revolution has started, and the local police have been assigned to figure out who is leading it and what exactly the revolutionaries want. Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is the detective leading the investigation. However, with the military involved and corrupt government officials making Rejas's job especially difficult, he faces constant frustrations. The leader of the revolution goes by the name Ezequiel, but the police cannot figure out his true identity. Even more beguiling are the increasingly violent terrorist incidents that appear to be carried out by children who swear their loyalty to Ezequiel with no explanation of why. Caught up in the middle of the revolution and Rejas's investigation are his wife, his young daughter, and his daughter's lovely ballet teacher, Yolanda (Laura Morante). One event after the next adds to the suspense and nagging anxiety felt by Rejas, until finally, with one shocking discovery, everything becomes frighteningly clear.
Combining a serious political drama with a tender and introspective look at a man in mid-life, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS has something for every viewer. Its scenes of violence and terror are offset with truly artistic and romantic moments, using excellent photography, striking sets, and graceful acting to bring cohesion to the duality of the plot.
Combining a serious political drama with a tender and introspective look at a man in mid-life, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS has something for every viewer. Its scenes of violence and terror are offset with truly artistic and romantic moments, using excellent photography, striking sets, and graceful acting to bring cohesion to the duality of the plot.
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