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The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192629228
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Swahili (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: 26292
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 10, 2006
Running Time: 129 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: August 31, 2005
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Editorial Review:
The Constant Gardener is the kind of thriller that hasn't been seen since the 1970s: Smart, politically complex, cinematically adventurous, genuinely thrilling and even heartbreaking. Mild diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient, Schindler's List) has a loose cannon of a wife named Tessa (Rachel Weisz, The Shape of Things, The Mummy), who's digging into the dirty doings of a major pharmaceutical company in Kenya. Her brutal murder forces Justin to continue her investigation down some deadly avenues. This simple plot description doesn't capture the rich texture and slippery, sinuous movement of The Constant Gardener, superbly directed by Fernando Meirelles (Oscar-nominated for his first film, City of God). Shifting back and forth in time, the movie skillfully captures the engaging romance between Justin and Tessa (Fiennes shows considerably more chemistry with Weisz than he had with Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan) and builds a vivid, gripping, and all-too-justified paranoia. And on top of it all, the movie is beautiful, due to both its incredible shots of the African landscape (which at times is haunting and unearthly) and the gorgeous cinematography. Featuring an all-around excellent cast, including Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Pete Postlethwaite (In the Name of the Father), and Danny Huston (Silver City). --Bret Fetzer
Based on the best-selling John le Carr novel and from the Academy Award-nominated director of "City of God." In a remote area of Northern Kenya activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion a doctor appears to have fled the scene and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets he will risk his own life stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined.System Requirements:Features: Deleted Scenes Extended Scene: Haruma - Play in Kibera Embracing Africa: Filming in Kenya John Le Carre: From Page to the Screen Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener Running Time: 129 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 025192629228 Manufacturer No: 26292
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Impossible to Rate
Impossible to rate, because whether you consider this genius or stupidity depends very much on you--it's one of those films. There is little action--and what little action there is, a raid on an African village late in the movie, seems completely contrived. Instead, we come in late to the action scenes in almost every case--or in the final one, early. But almost nothing is shown directly, only the consequences. Much of the film is told in flashbacks or jumpcuts, making the story somewhat difficult ... Read More
Rating:  - IT'S ONLY ME, BUT:
A THRILLER INVOLVING MURDER. THE WIFE IS BRUTALLY MURDERED AFTER INVESTIGATING THE DOINGS OF A DIRTY PHARACEUTICAL COMPANY. HER HUSBAND PICKS UP THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DIRTY DRUG COMPANY AFTER HER DEATH TO FIND OUT WHY SHE DIED. JM
Rating:  - Heart-Wrenching Thriller
I don't think "The Constant Gardener" is what one would call a conventional thriller. The culprits are pretty transparent early on but what I think concerns the makers of the film is not whodunit but rather how to shed light on their malfeasence. In the meantime the film offers a lot of food for thought about how the Third World is exploited by the major pharmaceutical companies and their corporate and government accomplices. I think the film also concerns itself with passive diplomat Justin Quayle(Ralph ... Read More
Rating: - LIfe turned upside down: Spies, Betrayal, Lies, & Taking one for The Queen
A Diplomat's world is turned upside down, and those he trusts become enemies. Spies, betrayal, lies, and manipulations destroy a cultured life. Suddenly, the world around him is revealed, and he realizes that he was living in a world separated from the real world.
Sure, the Brits make for some slow moments, but their is also a lot of action, henchmen, and plot twists to keep you interested. More is revealed, as the movie unfolds, and we sympathize with those affected by the complicated governmental ... Read More
Rating: - CONSTANT GARDENER
Weitz won an academy award for her portrail of the crusading wife of a British Diplomat stationed in Kenya. Weitz won the Oscar, but it's the always fanstastic Fiennes who does the heavy lifting. The story is at it's core a love story, a love story of Weitz and Fiennes and a love story of Africa. What I found most shocking was that this is based on a true story!!, I'm just cynical enough to believe that company's do this sort of thing and world powers aquiese for the rich's these enterprises provide, in the case ... Read More
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