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Chris & Don. A Love Story DVD

Unrated :: Zeitgeist Films :: Released: 2009-02-24

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Chris & Don. A Love Story Summary chris & Don: A Love Story Is The True-life Story Of The Passionate Three-decade Relationship Between British Writer Christopher Isherwood (whose berlin Stories Was The Basis For The Beloved cabaret) And American Portrait Painter Don Bachardy, Thirty Years His Junior. From Isherwood's Kit-kat-club Years In Weimar-era Germany To The Couple's First Meeting On The Sun-kissed Beaches Of 1950s Malibu, Their Against-all-odds Saga Is Brought To Dazzling Life Through Beautiful, Rare Home Movies And Reminiscences From Don And Many Of Their Friends, Including Leslie Caron And Liza Minnelli. With Isherwood's Exemplary Status As An Out-and-proud Gay Hero, And Bachardy's Eventual Artistic Triumph Away From The Considerable Shadow Of His Life Partner, chris & Don: A Love Story Is Above All A Joyful Celebration Of A Most Extraordinary Couple.

special Features:
- 16:9 Anamorphic Transfer, Formatted For Widescreen Televisions
- More Of Chris And Don's Home Movies, Including Footage From The Sets Of the Rose Tattoo (1955) And King Vidor's war And Peace (1956)
- Deleted Sequences With Don Bachardy, Including An Interview On Gay Marriage
- Deleted Interviews With Actress Gloria Stuart (titanic), Filmmaker John Boorman (point Blank), And Actress Leslie Caron (gigi)
- "don On Chris": An 8-page Printed Monograph Of Bachardy's Paintings Of Isherwood
- U.s. Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English Subtitles For The Deaf And Hearing Impaired
- Stereo And Dolby Digital 5.1 Soundtracks

Chris & Don is a documentary that takes the viewer on a nostalgic journey through artist Don Bachardy’s past, as he recounts his 35-year romance with author Christopher Isherwood. Ample interview footage starring Bachardy, now in his 70s, recalls his trials with Isherwood’s older, more famous friends, and his struggle to discover his own identity through portrait painting. Descriptions of how the couple endured ridicule to maintain not only a homosexual relationship but also a bond despite their 30-year age difference during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s in Hollywood, is what makes this documentary more than a wistful romp through the past. Directors Guido Santi and Tina Mascara (Mandala) tastefully edited in vintage footage of the couple on beaches and on film sets in what will seem to most like a charmed lifestyle. For those seeking straight biography about Isherwood’s career, however, Chris & Don is not the film. Though there are book excerpts read by Michael York (who starred in Cabaret based on Isherwood’s “Berlin Stories”) to reflect Isherwood’s feelings about the relationship, the focus of this film is on Bachardy and his memories of his father figure. It is uncanny how Isherwood’s influence on his lover becomes apparent, as Bachardy has the same British accent and mannerisms as Isherwood. Conversely, Chris & Don does not feel preachy in the activist sense. It merely portrays, like Bachardy’s colorful paintings, sincere visions of an author and man, who nurtured Bachardy in what was obviously an extraordinary relationship. --Trinie Dalton

Chris and Don: A Love Story DVD Techincal Details Cast: Leslie Caron, Michael York, Don Bachardy, Liza Minnelli
Director: Guido Santi Array
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 90 mins
UPC: 795975111133
Binding: DVD
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Release Date: 2009-02-24
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Original Language),