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Ryan's Daughter (Two-Disc Special Edition) DVD

R (Restricted) :: Warner Home Video :: Released: 2006-02-07

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Rank: #4589	Rating:
	4.5/5 (80 Reviews)

4/5 best of david lean
  by W. Lees (granada, spain)
Ryan's Daughter one of the best cinematographic delights of the 20th century. An outstanding international cast provides truly the most marvellous of characters and depth of storyline. A truly emotional rollercoaster for the viewer with seductive influences. Great.

5/5 Amazon Purchased Review
  by Erika L. White (Minnesota)
Item arrived quickly and packaged well, appeared to be in good shape. I purchased it as a gift for someone else and they haven't had time to watch it yet, so not sure if it works ok or not at this point.

5/5 Ryan's daughter movie
  by Ann Rynd (Magna, Utah)
I loved the movie when it came out and was really glad to find it and see again

4/5 Good
  by E. F. Hutton (BC)
I originally saw this movie on TV back in the late 1970s. I like the cinematography and of course the acting is superb. However I think the beginning and intermission could have cut out where all you get is about 10-15 minutes of orchestra music with a still picture of Ireland's countryside. Especially at the end of disc 1 where the music goes non-stop and then you realized that the movie continues on disc 2.

2/5 Ryan's Revenge
  by LV (FRANKLIN, MA USA)
A surprisingly bad film, painfully slow paced and convoluted. It really is one hell of a mess. The exploitation of a pitiful malformed character (played by John Mills) is so over the top, insensitive, and with a tasteless comic bent, and so frequently employed, that it demands mention. The story feels minor to begin with, but is so disjointed and inane, that it is best described as no story at all. The music is hard to describe, I'll be kind, it's not helpful. The only reason to see this film is for the absolutely gorgeous, almost hypnotic cinematography. That and perhaps a young and radiant Sarah Miles. That should have been enough to save this film with some tough and aggressive editing, and just a little devotion to good taste. But instead we are forced to endure some kind of a personal or career psychosis by a great director, David Lean.

Ryan's Daughter (Two-Disc Special Edition) Summary Lovely, Headstrong Rosy (sarah Miles) Cannot Forsake Her Passionate Romance With The Handsome British Officer (christopher Jones). Yet There Is A Greater Love ? The Devotion Of Her Reserved Schoolteacher Husband Charles (robert Mitchum), Who Stands By Rosy When Her Illicit Affair Leads To A Charge Of Treason. Two Honored Alumni Of Lawrence Of Arabia And Doctor Zhivago Director David Lean And Screenwriter Robert Bolt Frame This Brooding Tale Within The Expansive Beaches, Craggy Cliffs And Heathered Hills Of Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. Freddie Young's Lush Cinematography And John Mills' Memorable Portrayal Of A Town Simpleton Won Academy Awards.* The Remarkable Movie Containing Them Casts A Haunting Spell.

dvd Features:
audio Commentary:commentary By: Lady Sandra Lean, Sarah Miles, Trine Mitchum (robert Mitchum?s Daughter), Assistant Director Michael Stevenson, Second Unit Director Roy Stevens, Art Director Roy Walker, Assistant Editor Tony Lawson, Location Manager Eddie Fowlie, Stuntman Vic Armstrong, Biographer Stephen M. Silverman, Directors John Boorman, Hugh Hudson And Richard Schickel
theatrical Trailer
documentaries:vintage Documentaries: Ryan?s Daughter: A Story Of Love; Film Night: We?re The Last Of The Traveling Circuses
documentary:the Making Of Ryan?s Daughter (a 4-part 35th-anniversary Documentary): Storm Rising, Storm Chaser, Storm Catcher, The Eye Of The Storm

In 1970, Ryan's Daughter had the distinction of being the first David Lean film to be included in Playboy magazine's annual "Sex in the Cinema" round-up, thanks to a back-to-nature sex scene that earned the film its R rating. This old-school epic went on to win two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for a grotesquely made-up John Mills as the cruelly put-upon village simpleton. But the years have not been quite kind to Ryan's Daughter. This brooding and storm-tossed epic is lovely to look at, but hard to hold with its miscast principles and unsympathetic characters. The film is set in 1916 in a British-occupied Irish village on the seacoast of Western Ireland. Lean's Ireland is a world apart from the colorful characters and close-knit community of John Ford's The Quiet Man. The village is populated by hooligans, slatterns, and traitors. No wonder the local priest (Trevor Howard) is compelled to haul off and slap several of his parishioners, including Rosy Ryan, the dreamy-eyed romantic daughter of the local "publican." The "graceless gal," as the priest calls her, is married to "a good man," a middle-aged local schoolteacher (a cast-against-type Robert Mitchum). She has enough money, and she has her health. But it's not enough, she declares. Enter--at the film's hour mark--a shell-shocked British officer (Christopher Jones) with whom she enjoys an illicit and scandalous affair that offers the promise of the "satisfaction of the flesh" for which she yearns. Ryan's Daughter reunited Lean with Robert Bolt, the screenwriter of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. Alas, the third time was not quite the charm. Miles and Jones generate little heat and Rosy's heedless behavior rouses even less audience empathy. Little in Maurice Jarre's sweeping score equals the high notes of his Oscar-winnings scores for Lawrence or Zhivago. But the landscapes, magnificent and foreboding, cast a ravishing spell of their own. Ryan's Daughter, too, will be embraced by those who have a soft spot in their hearts for love stories set against the backdrop of historical events and this Hollywood epic that in the year of M*A*S*H and Five Easy Pieces, was stubbornly out of style. --Donald Liebenson

On the DVD
This two-disc special edition would seem to be everything for which champions of Ryan's Daughter would wish. It presents the film in its original 206-minute running time, and preserves the original aspect ratio of the theatrical 70mm presentation. The audio commentary views the film from a variety of perspectives, including Miles, Lean's widow, Lean's biographer, Robert Mitchum's daughter, and directors John Boorman and Hugh Hudson. These and others are also featured in an illuminating new three-part documentary, "The Making of Ryan's Daughter," which also features archival interviews with Lean, and is candid enough to address the film's less-than-welcome reception with critics and audiences. Rounding out this set are two period documentaries that went behind the scenes of the production. --Donald Liebenson

Ryan's Daughter [2 Discs] DVD Techincal Details Cast: Robert Mitchum, John Mills, Christopher Jones, Leo McKern
Director: David Lean
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 206 mins
UPC: 012569517028
Binding: DVD
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2006-02-07
Region Code: 1
Specs: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 5.1),