Possession |  | Director: Neil LaBute
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D22403D
ISBN: 0783273355
UPC: 025192240324
EAN: 9780783273358
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: February 11, 2003
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Modern love and classic romantic passion meet in this lush adaptation of A.S. Byatt's brilliant novel. Academics Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) are experts on the work of two different Victorian poets. As they pursue a possible connection between their subjects, the two sleuths begin to stumble toward a romance of their own. Though it necessarily loses some of the depth of Byatt's original, Possession is a worthy adaptation, faithful to the book in both story and spirit. Director Neil LaBute uses clever and visually elegant methods of switching back and forth between time periods, subtly contrasting the prickly moderns and the swoony Victorians without making either pair seem unappealing. The movie also does an excellent job of capturing the exhilaration (and the politics) of intellectual discovery, and feels truly romantic without ever getting icky. Though Paltrow and Eckhart both succeed as the modern leads, the real standouts are Jeremy Northam as Randolph Henry Ash and Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte. Their passion gives the movie its romantic core and makes the whole search worthwhile. --Ali Davis
Product Description
An academic researcher discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, and begins to investigate the story behind them.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 6-JAN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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 GOOD MIX OF HISTORICAL AND MODERN FICTION February 1, 2010
John M. MCCULLOUGH (Utah)
A. S. Byatt won the Booker Prize for writing this novel. It, and the movie, are hard to characterize. Fiction, yes. Historical? Sort of, if fictional characters of Victorian England count. Beautiful scenes of England. A Yank that is not a total jerk (a novelty in modern British art). Believable acting. A predictable story. Yet, a compelling and very, very enjoyable movie for Anglophiles, romantics, ghost-story buffs, and obsessive movie-goers. I will watch this many times and I am reading Byatt's novel! She is brillant! A great Amazon purchase!
 Lovers, Poets, and Academics October 3, 2009
D. J. Nardi (Washington, DC)
A cute movie, something along the lines of a Shakespeare in Love meets The Da Vinci Code. The movie follows two academics as they hunt down tantalizing clues about a 19th century poet's extramarital love affair. While it is clear from the beginning that they the poet did have an affair, the movie throws in a few twists and turns. United in their quest, Aaron Eckhart and Paltrow's characters inevitably fall in love.
The movie has a nice rhythm to it. It never really throws up any major surprises, but the storyline is original enough that it remains entertaining. Both Paltrow and Eckhart act pretty well in this film, so it's pretty easy to sympathize them along as they become obsessed with the dead poet's love letters. Overall, a great date film.
Possession (2001) August 23, 2009
S. Frederick-seyarto (Los Angeles, CA. USA)
This is a beautiful and timeless movie. Bringing the modern day to the past is eloquently done. The movie is bring out the passion of love, devotion and a bit of mystery. You will love this film Possession
More gripping than I thoght it would be February 15, 2009
Kim Horton (Shreveport, LA)
This tale about a pair of scholars researching the possible love affair of a beloved poet was much more interesting than I thought it could possibly be. Characterization was great: Paltrow and her hero had great chemistry even though both were supposedly disfunctional at love. Very beautifully lensed.
AN ELEGANTLY STYLISH ROMANCE December 6, 2008
Geary A., Jones
POSSESSION is a wonderful blending of the joy of discovery, sweeping romance, and subtle mystery. Jeremy Northram and Jennifer Ehle are brilliant as the two star-crossed Victorian, poets. Their love story is discovered by two present-day researchers ( Gwyneth Paltrow, and Aaron Eckhart ), and as they uncover more about the Victorians, and are steadily drawn into the world of the poets, and their exquisitely, understated passion, they in turn, begin to fall in love.
This could have been a truly saccharine mess, but instead is almost as lush, and rewarding as a poem by Keats. Neil LaBute's direction is sure, the settings resonate with color, and the costuming is superb.
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