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Immortal Beloved [VHS]

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starring: Michael Culkin, Luigi Diberti, Rory Edwards, Hannes Flaschberger, Christopher Fulford See Larger Image List Price: $14.95 Price: $2.99 You Save: $11.96 (80%) as of 02/09/2010 06:48 EST Used Price: $0.49 Collectible Price: $9.95 Third Party New Price: $2.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303477299 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6303477291 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: January 23, 1996 Running Time: 121 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: January 06, 1995 Related Items: Chopin: Desire For Love Tchaikovsky Copying Beethoven Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) Immortal Beloved / Sir Georg Solti (film 1994) see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This thrilling, speculative story about the mystery woman whom Ludwig van Beethoven once identified in a letter as his "immortal beloved" is directed by Bernard Rose (Paperhouse). Gary Oldman plays the deaf genius with tragic brutality in a series of flashbacks that arise during a connect-the-dots investigation by Beethoven's secretary (Jeroen Krabbé), who is looking into the composer's love affairs to ascertain who held the key to his heart. Rose arrives at a moving if imperfect portrait of a complicated artist, and he pays gorgeous tribute to Beethoven's stolen innocence in childhood. (You may never hear the Ninth Symphony again without thinking of Rose's beautiful image of young Ludwig immersed in cosmic rapture.) Produced by Mel Gibson's company, Icon. --Tom Keogh Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - The Music, The Anger, The Love *SPOILER (Jump to the numbers at the bottom of this review if you don't want to know who is Beethoven's Immortal Beloved) A wonderful movie that uses music as much as acting to portrait Beethoven. Director and writer Bernard Rose did a tremendous job using music as a co-star for this wonderful movie. While it is true, there were letters found made out to "Immortal Beloved" written by Beethoven, many scholars believe the woman Beethoven refers to is not even in this movie, but is another married woman ... Read More Rating: - Oldman and director Rose create a great into to Ludwig's music Whether or not you believe the premise of this dramatic biopic on the flawed genius, Beethoven, this is an excellent intro to those who are unaware of his music. The main performance by Oldman is superb (he was born to play this role with his usual intensity) and director Bernard Rose (Candyman;Paperhouse) serves up the music and Gary's performance with relish particularly visually in "The Ode to Joy" sequence. Compared to "Amadeus", this is the second best bio on a classical composer--too bad it didn't ... Read More Rating: - Did you know...? Nowhere in the many reviews of this film have I read that,in fact, Johanna Reiss van Beethoven became pregnant again in 1820 by one Johann Hofbauer.The funny and truly odd thing is that she named the female child Ludovica(the feminine form of the name Ludwig)!Does this strike anyone else as being just a little bit strange considering the hell that Maestro Beethoven put her through with young Karl? That being said, I did enjoy this film very much even though it does take many liberties with the truth. Beethovan ... Read More Rating: - Good Movie I saw this movie when I was 17 years old. This movie is a mystery as to who is the love of Ludwig's life and it's a former student of Ludwig who is set to the task of solving the mystery of who she is. You may have to see it twice to "see" how the "mistake" or "mishap" happened but it's a very good movie. Plus, I loved it so much that I bought the soundtrack. Now, my children know Ludwig's music, which is a wonderful thing. Rating: - Immortal forever Some people complain about the accuracy on the historical point of view. Please disregard as the music is what make this movie an homage to this musical genius. The direction of the movie is good enough to present the brilliance and tragedy of a tortured life. I really could care the less if the historical facts were distorted movies are that. Were I focus my attention is on the sublimity of the music and the profound sentiments that come to live as an immortal legacy of the author. see more

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