Name of the Rose

Theatrical Release Date: 1986 09 24 (USA)

UPC: 883929180080

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Scary Moments]

Summary: Adapted from Umberto Eco's best-selling novel, director Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose is a 14th century murder-mystery thriller starring Sean Connery as a Sherlock Holmes-esque Franciscan monk called William of Baskerville. When a murder occurs at a secluded Benedictine Abbey, William is called in to investigate. As he and his apprentice, Adson von Melk (Christian Slater), delve deeper and deeper into the case, more dead bodies begin to turn up. Eventually, Bernardo Gui, an inquisitor played by F. Murray Abraham gets involved, but he may not have the best intentions. Sean Connery's performance earned him the award for Best Actor at the 1988 British Academy Awards. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Category: Mystery

Awards: Best Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Foreign Film – French Academy of Cinema Best Supporting Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: Vintage making-of documentary The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose
Commentary by director Jean-Jacques Annaud in both English and French with subtitles
Photo video journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud
Theatrical trailer

Name of the Rose

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 08/02/2011

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 131 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Dan Friedman

Many forget that in-between his years as James Bond and his reclamation by Hollywood in The Untouchables, Sean Connery made several fine films which are just as entertaining today as they were upon release. The mainstay of these films is The Name of the Rose, based on Umberto Eco's novel of violent murders in a 14th century Italian abbey. As the English monk William of Baskerville, Connery struggles to solve the murders against a backdrop of medieval religious fervor, playing it as if Sherlock Holmes had found religion. Obviously, religion is a big theme in this film, thrown up as it is against the notions of truth and justice and the philosophical differences these concepts sometimes find with each other. Connery is utterly believable and his characterization appears effortless. Fine support is provided by F. Murray Abraham, and Christian Slater in one of his first roles. The film can be exhausting at times, just as it can also be extremely dark, but it's definitely a thought-provoker and worth it for both the acting and the period setting. ~ Dan Friedman, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Kim Rossi Stuart  Actor 
Donal O'Brien  Actor 
Emil Feist  Actor 
Gina Poli  Actor 
Franco Adducci  Actor 
Vernon Dobtcheff  Actor 
Gianni Rizzo  Actor 
Francesco Maselli  Actor 
Pietro Ceccarelli  Actor 
Franco Marino  Actor 
Carlo Bianchino  Actor 
Maurizio Merli  Actor 
Lucien Bodard  Actor 
Valerio Isidori  Actor 
Hans Schoedel  Actor 
Vittorio Zarfati  Actor 
Eugenio Bonardi  Actor 
Pete Lancaster  Actor 
Peter Welz  Actor 
Urs Althaus  Actor 
Peter Berling  Actor 
Leopoldo Trieste  Actor 
Mark Bellinghaus  Actor 
David Furtwaengler  Actor 
Francesco Scali  Actor 
Dwight Weist  Actor 
Lars Bodin-Jorgensen  Actor 
Patrick Kreuzer  Actor 
Franco Valobra  Actor 
Andrew Birkin  Actor 
Alberto Capone  Actor 
Ennio Lollainni  Actor 
Ludger Pistor  Actor 
Franco Diogene  Actor 
Michael Habeck  Actor 
Armando Marra  Actor 
Mario Diano  Actor 
Renato Nebolini  Actor 
Jean-Jacques Annaud  Director 
Andrew Birkin  Screenwriter 
Gérard Brach  Screenwriter 
Jake Eberts  Executive Producer 
Bernd Eichinger  Producer 
Howard Franklin  Screenwriter 
Alain Godard  Screenwriter 
James Horner  Composer (Music Score) 
Thomas Schühly  Executive Producer 
Sean Connery  Actor 
F. Murray Abraham  Actor 
Christian Slater  Actor 
Elya Baskin  Actor 
Michel Lonsdale  Actor 
William Hickey  Actor 
Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.  Actor 
Ron Perlman  Actor 
Valentina Vargas  Actor 
Volker Prechtel  Actor 
Helmut Qualtinger  Actor 

Country: France,Italy,West Germany