Carrington

UPC: 027616869470

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children]

Summary: Carrington is the true story of the peculiar love affair between two nonconformists in Victorian England: painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) and author Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce). Dora is a young English artist who is part of the Bloomsbury Group, an assemblage of British writers, painters, and eccentrics that includes the likes of Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster, when she meets Strachey. A confirmed homosexual before meeting Carrington, Strachey inquires who the "ravishing boy" is and discovers that it's a woman. Shocked to discover this, he finds himself captivated by her, and they begin an unusual 17-year love affair/friendship. Strachey (most famous for the groundbreaking book Eminent Victorians) and Dora eventually move in together and have a series of offbeat sexual experiences with other members of the group and sometimes even with the same man; at one juncture, Dora even marries another man. Yet their relationship endures until Strachey's death years later. Pryce was honored as Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

Category: Romance

Awards: Best Actor – Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize – Cannes Film Festival Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Actress – National Board of Review Film Presented – Telluride Film Festival

Features: Behind-the-scenes featurette
Original theatrical trailer
English: stereo Surround
English, French & Spanish language subtitles

Carrington

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 12/26/2001

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, 2 PCM stereo

Runtime: 122 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Main Title/1915 Meeting [10:58]
2. Conscientious Objector [10:06]
3. Educating a Virgin [12:07]
4. Frustrated Passion [11:10]
5. A Handsome Partridge [8:49]
6. Communing With Nature [3:27]
7. The Ultimatum [3:16]
8. "My Dearest & Best" [2:38]
9. A Friendly Affair [4:29]
10. Driving Jealousy Away [8:24]
11. A New Arrangement [7:07]
12. Sailing Into the Remote [4:19]
13. Sharing Their Sorrows [9:26]
14. Till Death Do Them Part [4:23]
15. Alone in Her Grief [7:55]
16. Joining Lytton/Credits [2:15]

Laura Abraham

The directorial debut of writer Christopher Hampton, Carrington attempts to explain the all-consuming question of love and its many forms. Previously known for such spectacular screenplays as Dangerous Liasons, Hampton chooses to divide the film into six chapters, each named after the superfluous men that drift into and out of Carrington's life; the technique is an engaging way to show the one unflinching source of love in Carrington's life, Strachey. Hampton's engaging camerawork and lush sets bring to life the artistic and emotional union of his two eccentric leads. He takes care to linger long enough on images that reveal his characters' emotions in full, and never cuts a scene too short. Carrington is a film about the importance and joy of love, in whatever form it may take. ~ Laura Abraham, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Alex Kingston  Actor 
Peter Blythe  Actor 
Neville Phillips  Actor 
Jeremy Northam  Actor 
David Ryall  Actor 
Richard Clifford  Actor 
Janet McTeer  Actor 
Christopher Birch  Actor 
Francis Boespflug  Executive Producer 
Philippe Carcassonne  Executive Producer 
Christopher Hampton  Director 
Christopher Hampton  Screenwriter 
John McGrath  Producer 
Michael Nyman  Composer (Music Score) 
Ronald Shedlo  Producer 
Fabienne Vonier  Executive Producer 
Emma Thompson  Actor 
Jonathan Pryce  Actor 
Steven Waddington  Actor 
Samuel West  Actor 
Rufus Sewell  Actor 
Penelope Wilton  Actor 

Country: France,UK