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The Reader (DVD, 2008)

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This DVD is a must-have for fans of drama movies. It features the critically acclaimed film "The Reader" by Weinstein Company, which was released in 2008. The DVD is brand new and is still sealed, ensuring that you receive the DVD in the best possible condition. The DVD is in the format of a standard DVD, and it is perfect for collectors and movie enthusiasts alike. The movie tells a powerful story that is sure to touch the hearts of viewers. Get your copy today and experience the magic of "The Reader" for yourself!

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Weinstein Company
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DVD
Release Year
2008
Movie/TV Title
The Reader
Genre
Drama

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7.54in
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0.63in
Item Width
5.49in
Item Weight
0.24lb.

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1
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United States

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4 out of 5 stars
by fashionpassionf...Apr 14, 2009
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Features Actors:Kate Winslet,David Kross as a teen, and Ralph Fiennes as the adult Running Time:123 Min. Rating:R Kate Winslet stars as Hanna, the bedraggled West German workingclass accidental seductress of painfully horny high school boy Michael (David Kross as a teen, and Ralph Fiennes as the adult) coming of age in a comfortable but rigid late 1950's bourgeois household. One day while Michael is heading home from school, he falls ill and throws up in front of Hanna's seedy apartment building. And when she comes to his aid and invites him upstairs to clean himself up, Michael is hopelessly smitten while watching the cranky loner as she irons her bra, a chore that females apparently used to fuss about prior to the women's liberation movement. Though Hanna is no wilting flower. As soon as the strangely aloof, mysterious sudden sexpot senses Michael's raging hormones and thwarted libido, she's ordering Kid - as she is fond of calling him to presumably keep him at emotional arm's length - into her tub for a round of sensual bathing, and engaging in a game of mutual hide and peek with the lusty lad.The heated but conflicted affair complicated by age and class contrasts soon runs its course, with Hanna suddenly disappearing without a word one day. But not before a highly unusual element of foreplay enters into their steamy, hermetic, forbidden world, namely Hanna's insistence that he read books to her before each sexual encounter. This story is with an immensely engaging array of daring twists touching on morality versus law. And at the same time, political corruption of a nation between governments and its citizens, as well as the Nazi inter-generational legacy. Not to mention a devil's advocate, brutally candid reconsideration of the entire notion of just following orders, and deference to no matter what authority. Hope this helps you decide.Thanks for reading! :)Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by cannonclubonlin...Jun 06, 2010
Extremely Disturbing Pensively Positioned To Affect!
I'll have to hand it to the film-makers and producers, the screenplay writer, the director, & the actors. This novel, written by Bernhard Schlink, truly comes alive on film at the end of 2008 to win Kate Winslet an Oscar for Best Lead Actress. This film, directed by Stephen Daldry (The Hours 2002), was brought to the screen because of the genius of screenplay writer David Hare, who also worked with Daldry before in Plenty (1985). To take such a complex story such as The Reader and bring it to life was the greatest challenge since it is told in first person through the life-long experiences of a young German adolescent Michael Berg (David growing into manhood within the newest generation of their country's war torn atrocities. Many cues had to be in place in order to portray the emotions necessary to pull off the roles of both old and young character Michael Berg (played by David Kross and Ralph Fiennes). David, only 18 at the time, had many things to overcome in playing this role, one being his language barrier/lack of English literacy. The rest seemed to come naturally, however, even at his age, it was like he had to be taught about the 1950s post war era from a new perspective (living it). It would be extremely tempting here to spend my time telling things about this film from a synopsis (matter of fact) point of view, however, I feel that would be just a waste of time since you could read many things from other reviewers. I thought it very important to point out that the story here was not being told from the perspective of the victim in as much as how they saw the story, but through innocence in love directed toward a perpetrator of a heinous crime against humanity. With Berg, his love & understanding towards his mature lover was enough to drive his childhood memories in a positive direction regardless of how emotionally disturbed he seemed to be at that time. We have to regard the mature Michael Berg as a child in a man's body when it came to his affair with Hanna Schmitz (Winslet). No discussion was ever mentioned in the film about the age difference between the two, but however extremely morally reprehensible you may feel about an older woman (15 years or so) having a sexual fling with a minor, the film was not trying to do some crazy taboo thing here. The book & the film both were trying to tie the emotive substances of 2 different post war torn generations together & allow us to try and make some kind of sense out of it all. Whether you do or not is going to rely on your own experience & non-judgmental biases. Ralph Fiennes was the perfect fit for the mature Michael Berg. Although, I myself never really picked up any cues that their was any flashback in life going on here. As I was experiencing the screenplay & references to the main characters, I completely never really figured out what the connection was to soon be revealed about who and what the mature and young Michael was going to have in common. I blame this mainly on the editing, since after watching the deleted scenes (almost as long as the film itself), I picked up on the cues much easier. Perhaps the first cue (Fiennes staring out at a passing train, then switching scene to a young man riding in train) was supposed to be the cue, yet too subtle for my palette. Many wonderful actors and production people can be mentioned, but I'll take time to mention that 2 of 3 producers (Anthony Minghella & Sydney Pollack) both passed unexpectedly before completion.Read full review
4 out of 5 stars
by kittenkindzJun 04, 2009
Kate shines again...welcome rising star
Kate delivers again a super role.She has been in so many great parts it's hard to pick her best...but I'd say this was one.What a hard role to play,and tougher to pull off.But she did flawlessly and made it look effortless.No easy task was this films,subject matter and all.I wasn't at first thrilled at the idea,yes I read the book,that Kate was gonna play lead.But then I thought,I can't wait to see what she does.And obviously the reason she won an award for the film is because she nailed it.The male lead was also surprising and I believe he has an acting future that's bright.He pulled off some serious emotion like a well polished actor of several years ahead.They blend together so well,and feed off each other,you see the flame on screen.Then when the movies over you realize there was so much more to the film,then the dynamic love story that you can easily get absorbed in.Almost making it possible to forget that this wasn't just a love story...a life story.And the lead woman wasn't such a nice lady.This film will make you think of things,long after it's end.And it's worth buying and watching more then once.If you can stand the reminders of just how aweful the holocaust was.Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by reds_rendersApr 08, 2009
A thoughtful and plausible examination of guilt
David Hare wrote one of my favorite female characters in "Plenty", Meryl Streep brought her to life in the most extraordinary way. Here, Hare writes another power house female character. It doesn't have the intellectual aspirations of "Plenty" but there is also a form of mental illness in his character. Kate Winslet is magnificent. Her early scenes with the wonderful David Kross are filled with compelling, contradictory and totally believable undertones. My misgivings are to be pinned on Stephen Daldry, the director. His sins as a filmmaker start to become a sort of trade mark, visible and palpable in the moving "Billy Elliot" and the shattering "The Hours" I can't quite pinpoint what it is but in "The Reader" that element is more obvious than in the other two. Maybe it has to do with loftiness. There are moments so frustratingly long and slow here that he lost me in more than one occasion. In any case, the cast makes this film a rewarding experience. Besides Kate Winslet and David Kross. The tortured Ralph Finnes has a couple of wonderful moments as well as Bruno Ganz and Lina Olin in a dual role.Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by canon_in_d_92Apr 16, 2011
Awesome!!!!
This drama is very good that help Kate Winslet won the Oscar award for Best Actress. The drama began in 1950s, post-WWII Germany. A young Micheal(David Kross) was sick on the way home. He met Hannah and she took him home. Three months later, Micheal visited Hannah and they started an affair. The affair did not last when Hannah suddenly disappeared without saying a word. Eight years later, when Micheal was a law student, he met Hannah again but this time, she was one of the defendant who were charged for killing 300 Jews in WWII. As the trial progressed, Micheal learned Hannah's secret. In fact, she was illiterate. Hannah was sentenced life imprisonment. Years pass, Micheal(Ralph Fiernes) now became a lawyer. When he visited his mother, he thought about Hannah. He started sending her the tapes which he recorded his reading. Hannah started to learn how to read and write. She finally wrote Micheal a letter but he did not write back. Micheal kept sending the recorded tapes to Hannah. Eventually, Hannah hung herself. At the end, Micheal and his daughter, Julia, visited Hannah's grave and he began to tell Julia his story. Kate's performance in this series is very excellent and also David Kross. He was only 18 at the time when he was in this movie but he did a very good job despite his lack of English. Especially, I really like his chemistry with Kate Winslet.Read full review

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The Reader (DVD, 2008)

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Extremely Disturbing Pensively Positioned To Affect!

Kate shines again...welcome rising star

A thoughtful and plausible examination of guilt

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