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12 January 2000 (France) morePlot:
Madame Ranevskaya (Rampling) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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4 wins moreNewsDesk:
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Sam Mendes--The Hollywood Interview (From The Hollywood Interview. 14 June 2009, 9:44 PM, PDT)
Newly Adapted Version Of The Cherry Orchard Opens 6/27 In Topanga
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 2 June 2009, 4:35 PM, PDT)
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Tedious cinematic experience. more (8 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Charlotte Rampling | ... | Ranyevskaya | |
| Alan Bates | ... | Gayev | |
| Katrin Cartlidge | ... | Varya | |
| Owen Teale | ... | Lopahin | |
| Tushka Bergen | ... | Anya | |
| Xander Berkeley | ... | Yepihodov | |
| Gerard Butler | ... | Yasha (as Gerald Butler) | |
| Andrew Howard | ... | Trofimov | |
| Melanie Lynskey | ... | Dunyasha | |
| Ian McNeice | ... | Pishchik | |
| Frances de la Tour | ... | Charlotte Ivanovna | |
| Michael Gough | ... | Feers | |
| Simeon Victorov | ... | Doridanov | |
| Itzhak Finzi | ... | Stranger | |
| Ivan Pangelov | ... | French priest |
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141 minColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreFilming Locations:
BulgariaFun Stuff
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Glenn Close was the second choice for Ranyevskaya. After Helen Mirren withdrew she was called to replace her. She was busy with Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune (1999) at the time, so she refused the part at the last minute. Charlotte Rampling eventually got it. moreSoundtrack:
String Quartet No 3 moreFAQ
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| this has to be the most boring play known to man | OtisHolmes |
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In this era of gratuitous special effects and uneven, even shoddy, production, one cannot depend on Hollywood to successfully transfer a stage play to the screen. This movie is partially the exception, as the movie amazingly pulls itself together in midstream to become a commendable work of art. The first part of this movie is a cinematic disaster. It's boring, slow, and muddled, with a terrible first ten minutes which is supposed to provide some background information about some of the main characters but which is totally disconnected from the main body of the story itself which takes place in a completely different venue. Then as this movie is heading toward a complete cinematic breakdown it amazingly recovers its strength and vitality and becomes crisp, sharp, focused and coherent, conveying a poignant story about torment and suffering in time of change. From that point on all the performances are great, especially that of Michael Gough, Alan Bates and the beautiful Charlotte Rampling who succeeds in capturing the essence of the woman whose whole world is being turned upside down. But despite the strong finish, that one first has to endure a truly bad start before getting to the good part makes this movie a tedious cinematic experience.