Vicky Cristina Barcelona (DVD) (US Version) DVD Region 1

From watching the trailer for VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, one might never have guessed that it was actually an offering from prolific auteur Woody Allen. There's no New York, no sight of Allen, and his trademark wit was nowhere to be seen. But this film--with its talented cast, sharp dialogue, and excellent use of gorgeous locations--marks Allen's best comic work since 1994's BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are American best friends who have the luck of spending several summer months in the Spanish city of the title. Though the pair is inseparable, they clash over love: Vicky is engaged to the trustworthy Doug (Chris Messina), while Cristina is forever in search of new experiences and passions. When a fiery Spanish painter named Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem) proposes that the three fly off to Oviedo for the weekend with the goal of making love, the women are divided, but they both eventually agree to the trip. After unexpected events in Oviedo, they return to Barcelona where Juan Antonio's obsessive ex-wife (Pénélope Cruz) enters the picture. As the rule-bound Vicky, Hall--who has been largely unknown to American audiences before this film--gives a wonderfully witty performance that keeps pace with her more famous costars. Those who have only seen Bardem in his Oscar-winning role as the cold killer in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN will be surprised by his sexy turn in VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA. Though it's often women who steam up the screen, Bardem seduces Vicky, Cristina, and the audience with such abandon that it's tough for everyone involved not to emerge a little bit smitten. Johansson, Allen's new-millennium muse, is the director's mouthpiece--she's consistently funny and more than a little neurotic, and you can hear Allen's voice in her performance.

"DP Javier Aguirresarobe makes locations and actors alike charming and delightful, bathing everything in a handsome, sun-glazed glow....[There are] glimmers of Allen's old confidence." - Jonathan, Romney (Sight and Sound Critic), Film Comment, 07/01/2008

3 stars out of 5 -- "Woody Allen goes Latin, and the romantic, richly comic result -- powered by a dream cast -- is his sexiest movie ever....Cruz is a stunner in every sense of the word..." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 08/21/2008

"VICKY CRISTINA trips along winningly, carried by the beauty of its locations and stars -- and all the gauzy romanticism those enchanted places and people imply..." - Manohla, Dargis (Film Critic), New York Times, 08/15/2008

"[E]xhilarating, captivating and enjoyable....Woody Allen's latest comedy about the vagaries of passion, set in Barcelona, shows that lovely Spanish city off to its best advantage, just as it does its lead actors." - Claudia, Puig (USA TODAY CRITIC), USA Today, 08/20/2008

"[P]roviding a setting so distinct from anything else in Allen's oeuvre that it creates the pleasurable illusion of something completely different." - Eric, Kohn (Premiere Critic), Premiere, 08/14/2008

3 stars out of 5 -- "The performances of Bardem, Cruz, Johansson and Hall are delightfully inventive....This may not be vintage Woody Allen, but it's certainly the best thin he has done in a long time..." - Richard, Mowe (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 08/01/2008

4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he story is beautifully judged. This time when the lights come up, we're sadder and wiser in the best sense." - Tom, Charity (Film Critic), Total Film, 02/01/2009

4 stars out of 5 -- "A dispatch from the battle between the head and heart....It's clear, perceptive and, most surprisingly, hot-headed and frisky." - Ian, Freer (Empire Critic), Empire, 03/01/2009

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Product Title:	Vicky Cristina Barcelona (DVD) (US Version) 情迷巴塞隆拿 (DVD) (美國版) 情迷巴塞隆拿 (DVD) (美国版) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (US Version) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Vilmos Zsigmond (Actor) | Javier Bardem (Actor) | Scarlett Johansson (Actor) | Chris Messina (Actor) | Arleen Sorkin (Actor) | Luke Wilson (Actor) | Mark Isham (Actor) | Toby Jones | Hayley Atwell Vilmos Zsigmond (Actor) | 查維爾巴頓 (Actor) | Scarlett Johansson (Actor) | Chris Messina (Actor) | Arleen Sorkin (Actor) | 魯克韋遜 (Actor) | Mark Isham (Actor) | Toby Jones | 希莉艾維 Vilmos Zsigmond (Actor) | 查维尔巴顿 (Actor) | Scarlett Johansson (Actor) | Chris Messina (Actor) | Arleen Sorkin (Actor) | 鲁克韦逊 (Actor) | Mark Isham (Actor) | Toby Jones | 希莉艾维 Vilmos Zsigmond (Actor) | Javier Bardem (Actor) | Scarlett Johansson (Actor) | Chris Messina (Actor) | Arleen Sorkin (Actor) | ルーク・ウィルソン (Actor) | Ｍａｒｋ Ｉｓｈａｍ (Actor) | Toby Jones | Hayley Atwell Vilmos Zsigmond (Actor) | Javier Bardem (Actor) | Scarlett Johansson (Actor) | Chris Messina (Actor) | Arleen Sorkin (Actor) | Luke Wilson (Actor) | Mark Isham (Actor) | Toby Jones | Hayley Atwell
Director:	Yamada Kazuo Yamada Kazuo Yamada Kazuo 山田一雄 Yamada Kazuo
Producer:	Luke Wilson | Mark Isham | Stephen Tenenbaum | Hayley Atwell 魯克韋遜 | Mark Isham | Stephen Tenenbaum | 希莉艾維 鲁克韦逊 | Mark Isham | Stephen Tenenbaum | 希莉艾维 ルーク・ウィルソン | Ｍａｒｋ Ｉｓｈａｍ | Stephen Tenenbaum | Hayley Atwell Luke Wilson | Mark Isham | Stephen Tenenbaum | Hayley Atwell
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Release Date:	2009-01-27
UPC Code:	796019816724
Language:	English
Subtitles:	English, Spanish
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	PG-13 (MPAA)
Publisher:	Genius Productions, Inc.
Package Weight:	180 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1014020482

Director: Woody Allen

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital - English, Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

This film has won 1 award(s).

• Oscar Academy Awards 2009
  • Best Supporting Actress Winner, Penelope Cruz

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