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Title: Orlando Publisher:   Artificial Eye Country: UK Format: DVD Date: 2003 Region Code: Region 2 Barcode: 5021866244303 Cat#: ART244DVD Genre: Fantasy, History, Biography Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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2 Disc Special Edition.

Based on the novel: Orlando, by Virginia Woolf.


Disc 1: Film

Disc 2: Special Features:

Documentaries:

Orlando Goes To Russia - Orlando In Uzbekistan - Jimmy Was An Angel

Selected Scene Commentary by Sally Potter.
Venice Film Festival Press Conference.
Theatrical Trailer.
Stills Galleries.
Filmographies.

Dolby Digital 2.0 / Enhanced For Widescreen Tvs / English Language.

Orlando
Released	1992
Director	Sally Potter
Selected Cast	Tilda Swinton as Orlando
	Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth I
	Jimmy Somerville as Falsetto / Angel
	John Bott as Orlando's Father
(Information from Cinema World)

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Magic Marmalade 17th Mar 2017		Jimmy Sommerville's song, Coming from the film.
Magic Marmalade 16th Mar 2017		Thanks for the change Graham. (Blackadder hadn't occurred to me... until you said that!:) Quinten Crisp does the most convincing Elizabeth I you'll ever see on film here too.
henry29 15th Mar 2017		Just watched this and It Is very good. I was thinking Blackadder then one of them said. "Isn't that right Dr Johnson" And I fell off the chair. I was expecting one of them to say "The Big Brown Paper thing Wrapped up In String" Wonderful. I spotted Jimmy Somerville, Toby James, and a few others now Big Stars. This truly Is a Must See Film. H,
Graham7 15th Mar 2017		I've changed the date from 1997 to 2003 (see packaging copyright date on back) as it's the year Artificial Eye submitted this for classification to the BBFC.
Magic Marmalade 14th Mar 2017		Review This is quite a rare DVD... (Not necessarily valuable though) ... and God knows it was hard enough to find when I originally bought it. And that's because it was a bit "niche", and arty. I first saw it on T.V (might have been channel 4) in the early nineties, not long after it came out, and the T.V listings write-up got my interest (and there was nothing else on at the time as I recall)... and I was absolutely blown away by it.... It is a magical film. Based on the book by Virginia Woolf, of a fictional biography of the titular Orlando, who moves through history, changing sex (gender, that is) as he (originally) goes, becoming a woman through some spontaneous supernatural means... this doesn't matter really how or why, as that's not the point... it's about gender politics at different points in history, from the unique perspective of one person who gets to see both perspectives. ...But then, at the same time, it's probably more accurate to say that it's not about gender specifically, but rather the simple pursuit of happiness and personal fulfilment, but set in the context of those issues, and how all that nonsense just complicates this humble aspiration. with both points of view having their own particular set of concerns, responsibilities, inhibitions, and against each set of bias and prejudices. But for all that, it's just a beautifully shot, fantastically realised film that asts some kind of a spell on you when you watch it, that never lets go after you have. It's also one of those rare instances where it's ten times better than the book it was adapted from too... this is concise, and poetic, whereas the book (at the risk of upsetting a pack of Virignia's Woolves :) is just dull, and boring... Of course, all the raw material is there in the book, the inventive and highly original idea, but it isn't an inspiring read I don't think. As for this particular DVD issue itself, it's an early-ish issue on this format, and T.Vs were probably only half the size they are now, and this means that while this gives you a great picture on anything up to say, a 30" screen, I have found it gets a little bit misty and unresolved on a 40" screen... and the tracking of the movement in one or two scenes is a little juddery.. It has since been re-issued on DVD, and Blu-ray, and this very edition was given away with a newspaper not that long ago... in which case, I'd advise anyone who just wants the film on a smaller screen (less than 30") to go for this, or the newspaper freebie, but over that, get one of the re-issues instead. 6 people found this review helpful.   ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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