|
|
Whistle Stopper - Odyssey
|
List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $14.88
Your Save: $ ( % )
Availability:
Manufacturer: Hallmark Entertainment
Starring: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts
Directed By: Andrei Konchalovsky
|
Average Customer Rating:   
|
|
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781574924497
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 1574924494
Label: Hallmark Entertainment
Manufacturer: Hallmark Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hallmark Entertainment
Release Date: 1998-01-27
Running Time: 165
Studio: Hallmark Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1997-05-18
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good movie - Unavailable
Comment: This was an EXCELLENT movie, enjoyed it tremendously. But now that I try to find the DVD, nobody has it for less than some rediculous Marketplace price of $50 or more (one seller has it for $175!). Amazon had it for $12.99 but that was before I realized it was going to be so hard to find, should've bought it when I had the chance...
Is this movie out of print? If so, WHY??? -kd5-
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not bad, not great
Comment: This movie is not the best, but it is fun to see so many familiar faces. I showed it to my English class as it has a fairly good representation of the story. Be aware that there are a lot of differences, nevertheless. [...]. Can anyone tell me if the scenes filmed on Calypso's island were on a set or a real place? And if it's real, where is it? It was beautiful.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent movie Armond at one of his B-E-S-T
Comment: ARMOND IN JUST ONE OF HIS B-E-S-T PREFORMANCES IN THE MOVIES G-R-E-A-T ACTOR AND THIS IS A G-R-E-A-T MOVIE
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Service
Comment: My son needed this video to watch for a suppliment to reading the book in his English class. I paid a little extra on shipping. I ordered it on Thursday afternoon and had it in had Friday for him to watch over the weekend. Great service!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Kill the Flutesman!
Comment: The most baffling thing about movie interpretations of literary classics is the bizarre mishandling of dialogue. Lines of dialogue are spoken out of their proper context, and therefore have no meaning. The "Nohbdy" joke is completely ruined by the way the Cyclops scene is played. The second most baffling thing is the alteration of plot points for no good reason. Why, in this version, do they have Poseidon cursing Odysseus for his pride, rather than for harming Polyphemus. That makes the entire Cyclops scene meaningless.
Other bizarre things:
1. Hector (not unlike Darth Vader) apparently has a personal PA system with a microphone inside his helmet.
2. Odysseus was Italian.
3. Aeolus was an effiminate New Yorker fashion critic.
4. Somebody needed to throw the flute player overboard.
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
Andrei Konchalovsky's expansive television mini-series production of Homer's epic poem gets off to clumsy start as he tries to squeeze the Trojan War into a mere half hour, but once the arrogant but honorable Odysseus (strikingly played by Armand Assante) and his loyal crew begin their doomed voyage home, this film turns into a fantastical adventure. Integrating often-stunning special effects with inventive art design, Konchalovsky achieves a beautiful look on a limited budget as he follows the 10-year ordeal of Odysseus from his battles with the Cyclops and the magical Circe (Bernadette Peters) to his secret homecoming and his confrontation with the treacherous Eurymachus (Eric Roberts). Isabella Rossellini appears as his spiritual guide, the goddess Athena, with Greta Scacchi as Odysseus's faithful wife and Vanessa Williams as the seductive Calypso. The rest of the cast includes Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbé, Christopher Lee, and Irene Papas. The production was shot on location in and around the Mediterranean, making for a lush, lovely visual experience. --Sean Axmaker
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
