The Handmaid's Tale [VHS]
by Volker Schl?ndorff
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Actor: Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Faye Dunaway, Natasha Richardson, Victoria TennantDirector: Volker Schl?ndorff
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 109 minutes
Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of The Handmaid's Tale [VHS]
Movie Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a excellent film, with a outstanding cast. I was hooked when I first saw it. Victoria Tennant was chilling, Faye Dunaway and Robert Duval, were perfectly suited for one another! Natasha Richardson was such a natural for this movie, but, my favorite was Maureen McGovern, so beautiful, and as always, shows her tremendous acting abilities, I personally think that she should have received an oscar nomination. I see that this dvd has been discontinued, purchase your copy now before the prices go too high. This movie will be a excellent addition to your dvd collection.Movie Review: Well done
Summary: 5 Stars
I received the DVD 9/14/09, the top edge of DVD box was damaged, but that was all. I applaud your patience in sending me the product after my mistake in address. Thank you and I would definitely order from them again.Movie Review: Politically Correct Slander
Summary: 1 Stars
This novel is not a work of genius designed to make you think. It is a politically correct straw man designed to indoctrinate you. Even Hitler's Germany produced no such culture as Gilead; indeed, such a society is not envisioned by ANY conservative or Christian group - it's all made up. Ask yourself - would ANYONE really act this way? A "Christian" slave state? Come on, America was FOUNDED by conservative Christians. They don't want a world like this any more than atheists, secularists, or Jews do. This novel is just a cover for anti-religious slander. The author's intention is to attack a certain religion - it is hate literature. Here in Canada we are taught to respect other people's religions - everyone should respect others, yes, even aggressive feminists like the author should. Handmaid's Tale is an ugly, offensive work of bigotry, the kind of thing Nicholas II and Hitler produced about the Jews before targeting them. Fairminded college profs will expose it, not require it.Movie Review: Excellent Movie!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is definitely prophetic. I find its plot to be very probable. As a woman, this was an eye opener. Great movie!Movie Review: Horrible Seller
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought the DVD before the actress died. Apparently the DVD became out of print and in demand. Suddenly, the seller didnt have the item. Sounds like a liar to me.
Summary of The Handmaid's Tale [VHS]
Set in a time when a buildup of toxic chemicals has made most people sterile, Volker Schlondorff's film offers a disturbing view of a society under martial law in which fertile women are captured and made into handmaids to bear children for rich and infertile matrons. The film unfolds from the eyes of newly converted handmaid Kate (Natasha Richardson). She is trapped in this mysogynistic society which both deifies these fertile women as prized possessions and condemns them as whores. Throughout the story Kate has to cope with the jealousy of the woman she serves (Faye Dunaway), the advances of her sleazy military husband (the Commander, played by Robert Duvall), and the loss of her daughter, who has been shuttled off to a similarly aristocratic setting. She also falls in love with one of the Commander's security guards (Aidan Quinn), who sympathizes with her plight and potentially offers her a way out. Throughout The Handmaid's Tale, issues of feminism, abortion rights, male dominance, and conservative religious politics all come under fire. Some may view the film itself as antifemale considering its concepts, but it is quite the opposite. Instead it shows how only through solidarity can women bring down an overriding patriarchical mindset. The film, which works from Harold Pinter's screenplay adaption of Margaret Atwood's novel, features strong performances from those mentioned as well as Elizabeth McGovern and Victoria Tennant. --Bryan ReesmanDrama Video
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