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DVD : Casanova


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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936288858
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 5791
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 2005


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Editorial Review:

Description:
Heath Ledger, Academy Award(R) nominee (Best Actor, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, 2005), stars in the scandalously funny adventure CASANOVA. After a lifetime of women falling head over heels in love with him, the world's legendary ladies' man (Ledger) meets the love of his life -- the one woman who thinks he's a total heel. Comic chaos ensues in a hilarious whirl of misadventures, disguises, and mistaken identities as the love-struck Casanova tries to win the heart of the fiery feminist who wants nothing to do with the man she thinks he is.

Amazon.com:
A light farce dressed up as a lush 18th century costume drama, Casanova gives a fictional spin to the exploits of history's most rakish seducer of women. As played by Heath Ledger, this Casanova bears no resemblance to Donald Sutherland's unrepentant portrayal in Fellini's Casanova, filmed 30 years earlier. Instead, the great ladies' man of Venice is just biding time by bedding women, waiting for true love (and the return his long-absent mother) to settle down into blissful monogamy. He finds true love in Francesca (Sienna Miller), a feminist who initially resists Casanova's affections while director Lasse Hallström serves up a variety of lightweight subplots including Casanova's flight from the Vatican's inquisitor (Jeremy Irons); a host of mistaken identities involving, among others, the portly 'Lard King of Genoa' (played with scene-stealing perfection by Oliver Platt in a blubbery fat suit); and the romantic negotiations of Francesca's mother (played by Hallström’s wife, Lena Olin) and a young bumbler named Giovanni with his own promising future as a lover of women. It all adds up to a good-looking and harmless diversion that barely warrants an R-rating, and it makes a fine double-bill with the more enjoyable Dangerous Beauty, another Venetian lover’s tale that was also blessed by the presence of Platt, who gives this Casanova the majority of its entertainment value. --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What happens when the greatest lover of all time falls for a girl who cant love him?
This is a very good movie. Heath Ledger and Siena Miller are great as Cassanova and Francesca Bruni.

The story is an old Cassanova is writing his autobiography and is telling a story about a love that according to him is not his to tell.

Cassanova is already famous as a lover in Venice, Italy. He is caught with a novice nun (who according to Cassanova is hardly a novice.) THe Dogg is a friend of his and helps him out of his crapes. The Dogg was going to expell Cassanova ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Casanova
CasanovaReally a cute and well done adventure!
Acting: great........amusement: cute
Glad we purchased this......too bad we lost a good actor though!



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - I liked this one too....
just like "a knight's tale"...and "10 things i hate about you", this flick just makes you laugh and feel good. The fact that the star of this flick (Heath Ledger) is more beautiful to look at than most the women in the film is also a plus. After breaking our hearts in Brokeback Mountain, Heath makes up for it cracking us up and making us swoon here. As always, his work in this film is great. Even though it is not a film to be taken too seriously, there is always an intensity in Heath's performances. ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Heath Ledger as "Casanova"
Released the same year as Brokeback Mountain (2005).
"Casanova" is Rated "R". Running Time: 1 hr, 51 min.
Ah, yes. Casanova! The many loves of Casanova. We see him with Sophia, then a nun, Sister Beatrice (Lauren Cohan) and yet another nun he knows (Danielle Baker).
Signor Giancumo Casanova (played by Heath Ledger) never gets to finish and always has to hide in the closet or make a mad dash at an escape.
This time, he got caught.
He will be hanged tomorrow. But ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very Pleased
I was very pleaed with the shipment of this order. I will certainly come back next time. Thank you




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