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Release Date: 01 May, 2001 Retail Price: $19.95 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (13 total) |
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One of the most thought-provoking and important films you'll ever see!
Despite this being a major motion picture with big Hollywood names, there is nothing crass or vulgar about this exquisite film about idealism, love, heartbreak and loss. Activists interested in liberation theology, the sanctuary movement and/or the history of Operation Condor will absolutely adore this film. Be warned though: this is definitely a tear-jerker! Though movies seldom make me cry, I bawled from start to finish while watching this film. (It didn't help that I saw this movie right while I was ending a long-term passionate, but stormy, relationship.) Don't believe what you may have read in the mainstream press about this film. The fact that the corporate media bashed this film is just another indication of their far-right, reactionary bias. If you're like me and normally avoid Hollywood spectacles, put aside your snobbery and watch this thought-provoking, revolutionary, heart-felt film. It will haunt you long after the credits end.
Odd and Poltical
"Waking the Dead" is an odd and politically oriented love story that didn't really get to me until the final scene. It's not a bad movie, not boring or anything, but I didn't really buy the love element until the end. Billy Crudup
(Almost Famous, Jesus' Son) plays Fielding, an aspiring Senator who meets
Sarah (Oscar Winner Jennifer Connelly) who's one of those foreign activists simalar to Angelina Jolie. Despite their differences, Fielding and Sarah fall in love until Sarah dies in a car bombing accident...Apparently. The movie jumps between 1973 & 1974 to 1984, where Fielding is now running for Congress and is dating his mentor's niece. But, for some reason, Fielding (and a few other people) see Sarah occasionally; She has even called him.
But Fielding doesn't know if it's a figment of his imagination or if he actually woke the dead. I think that the problem with this movie is that it deals with the political aspect a little bit more than it needs too. I want to see the Fielding and Sarah love story more than I wanted to see Fielding's blossoming political career. But this is a pretty good movie and a lot of the scenes are effective. I like how the writer didn't cave at the end of the movie and come up with some ridiculous excuse for an ending and instead left us to wonder. Crudup & Connelly are both great in their roles, especially Crudup.
The dialouge between the two, I thought was quite good as well. Like:
Sarah: Sometimes it's so infuriating loving you.
Fielding: The feeling's mutual.
Little things like that that go unnoticed. Anyway, really good movie and I highly recommend it.
GRADE: A-
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