The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
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The Handmaid's Tale
DVD Price: $9.99
As of Jul 18 17:20 EDT (details)
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| Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Cast | Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern and Victoria Tennant |
| Theatrical Release | March 9, 1990 |
| DVD Release | December 11, 2001 |
| Running Time | 109 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | R (Restricted) |
| UPC Code | 027616869296 |
| Buy this item | $9.99 at Amazon.com
As of Jul 18 17:20 EDT (details)
1 DVD, MGM (Video & DVD), Usually ships in 24 hours, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
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 |  | Great Story - Fabulous Storyline |  |
I heard some friends talking about some other movie that reminded me of something I saw 18 years ago . . . on PBS no less. The "Handmaid's Tale" - it's rather "1984" meets "Code 46." And what better cast could you ask for - Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn (very young looking!) - it's totally bizarre how a failed country or maybe race attempts to turn itself around with ridiculous freedom robbing rules and procedures . . . Hats off to all Bureaucrats! Definately worth a watch.
February 25, 2008Margaret Atwood's prophetic novel-- so realistic it's scary. An example of what could happen if the religious right were turned loose with power.
January 1, 2008| | | The book was better, but not a bad movie | |
I would totally recommend reading the book that this movie is based on. It was a wonderful book and I read it once as a teenager and once again as an adult. The movie captures the book OK, about average for movies based on books. My mother watched it with me and said it was weird but good enough to watch.
December 29, 2007| | | How do you survive when you do not own yourself? | |
"Pollution has caused sterility in 99% of the women. A war has overturned the government, and fertile women are deprived of their reproductive rights. Owned by the wives of the ruling men, they are forced to become "handmaids". How do you survive when all women are treated as chattel, segregated as a wife or a whore... and you have been classed as the latter?"
October 1, 2007I ordered this DVD because the original book by Margaret Atwood is on my reading list for my written and oral exams at uni. It was very interesting to see how the book was actually turned into a movie, how certain ascpects are left out and how several aspects are described in a very detailled way. I can only recommend watching it, there are definitely some points to think about in our modern world...
Keep in mind the country code of the DVD, I can only watch it on my Laptop, not on my German DVD Player...
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