Description
Jane Campion's literary biopic tells the true story of Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), a 23-year-old Londoner in 1818 whose independent streak manifests itself through an intense interest and love for fashion and dressmaking. Her neighbor, the struggling but gifted young poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw), underestimates her intelligence because he believes she's frivolous, and she, having no interest in literature, seems thoroughly disinterested in him. However, Fanny attempts to help the Keats family when John's brother becomes gravely ill, and in order to express his gratitude John agrees to teach her poetry — leading Fanny and John to quickly fall deeply and profoundly in love with each other. Although they wish to wed, his lack of finances and his writing partner (Paul Schneider) — who believes she is nothing more than an unwelcome distraction — keep the two from marrying.
Film Comment:
09/01/2009
"[Campion] shows us here the beautiful sanctuaries that word and image create together, and the reasons why life requires us — like Fanny — to abandon them."Box Office:
09/18/2009
4 stars out of 5 — "Campion's innate sense of storytelling technique meshes the strands together, all adding up to a study in passion and tragedy that vigorously holds fast to period sensibilities and so keeps an audience firmly in its embrace."New York Times:
09/18/2009
"The movie really belongs to Brawne, played with mesmerizing vitality and heart-stopping grace by Abbie Cornish."Rolling Stone:
10/01/2009
3 stars out of 4 — The film, shot by the gifted Greig Fraser, is a thing of beauty to match the snippets of Keats we hear on the soundtrack.Entertainment Weekly:
09/25/2009
[A] quiet, luscious, stately meditation....[Cornish delivers a] lovely, openhearted performance... — Grade: A-Los Angeles Times:
09/18/2009
"[A]n exquisitely done, emotional love story that marries heartbreaking passion to formidable filmmaking restraint....Campion demonstrates her gift for making the dailiness of distant lives vivid and convincing."Chicago Sun-Times:
09/23/2009
"[A] beautiful, wistful film....What Campion does is seek visual beauty to match Keats' verbal beauty."Wall Street Journal:
09/18/2009
The production is modest in physical scale, mostly reserved in tone and touchingly simple in design. Yet the effect is exhilarating, and deeply pleasurable.Washington Post:
09/25/2009
"BRIGHT STAR, Jane Campion's rapturous ode to tragic love, radiates beauty that's at once extravagant and spare, which is altogether fitting for its subjects."Total Film:
10/30/2009
4 stars out of 5 — "Campion sticks close to the facts and relies on the power and emotional poignancy of the situation — and some superbly sensitive acting — for the impact of her film."12/20/2009:
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05/01/2010
3 star out of 5 — "Campion pulls off a challenge that's thwarted generations of filmmakers before her. Pretty and sincere..."
CAST
| Ben Whishaw | Star, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (2006) |
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| Abbie Cornish | Actress, MONKEY'S MASK (2001) |
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| Paul Schneider | Actor "George Washington" |
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| Kerry Fox | Australian Actress |
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| Thomas Sangster | Actor, BOBBIE'S GIRL (2002) |
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CREW
| Screenwriter | Jane Campion (Nz Director/In Australia) |
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| Producer | Jan Chapman (Producer) |
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| Producer | Caroline Hewitt (Producer) |
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| Executive Producer | Francois Ivernel (producer, BOESMAN & LENA) |
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| Executive Producer | Cameron McCracken (Executive producer) |
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| Executive Producer | Christine Langan (Producer, DIRTY FILTHY LOVE (2004)) |
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| Executive Producer | David M. Thompson (BRITISH PRODUCER/BBC) |
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| Director of Photography | Greig Fraser (D.P., OUT OF THE BLUE) |
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| Composer | Mark Bradshaw |
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Video: Color
Original release:
119 min
, English (Original)
Weight factor: 1 item(s)
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Runtime |
Box |
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119 min |
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PG (MPAA)
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Catalog #: 3994445
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UPC: 043396334144 |
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Release Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English
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