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The messenger
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 151 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As this small voice in the heart of a simple girl grew stronger, rulers were drawn to listen, armies empowered to fight, and her countrymen inspired to believe.

Following her mission to reclaim God's diminished kingdom - through her amazing victories until her violent and untimely death - the life of Joan Of Arc is explored in this startling epic.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Filmographies
Isolated Score
'Making of ' Featurette
Teaser Trailer
Trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 German

Subtitle Tracks:
Hebrew
Icelandic
Polish
Czech
Hindi
Swedish
Finnish
Turkish
English
German
Greek
Croatian
Hungarian
Dutch
Arabic
Danish
Norwegian
Bulgarian

Directed By:
Luc Besson

Written By:


Starring:
Pascal Greggory
Tchky Karyo
John Malkovich
Faye Dunaway
Dustin Hoffman
Milla Jovovich

Casting By:
Lucinda Syson

Soundtrack By:
Eric Serra

Director of Photography:
Thierry Arbogast

Editor:
Sylvie Landra

Costume Designer:
Catherine Leterrier

Production Designer:
Hugues Tissandier

Producer:
Patrice Ledoux
Bernard Grenet

Executive Producer:
Oldrich Mach
Marc Jenny

Distributor:
Columbia / Tristar

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Review of Joan Of Arc (Review)
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ChangesPosted by Richard73 on 7-2-2001 19:58
6 / 10

Besson stubs his toe against the table with this, it's still visually very good but, is inferior to some of his past accomplisments.

ChangesPosted by paulhc on 1-9-2001 04:13
8 / 10

I bought this disc purely on the strength of the cast list and hoping it would be an historical epic along the lines of Braveheart and The Patriot (both Mel Gibson movies) and I was not disappointed !

Right from the opening scenes, the film grabbed in an interesting and slightly off the wall way in its introduction to the young Joan Of Arc with its use of flashbacks and eeire interpretations of Joans visions. Although these were used throughout the movie they were never tiresome and I found them effective in breaking up the pace of the film which in itself was never boring despite its length of two and a half hours.

The battles were convincing and the sound helps to remind you why we have all fallen for the fantastic DVD format. Even without all the wonderful scope for sound effects the makers have in a film set in modern times, you really do feel like you are in the middle of a battle!

All the cast were superb and you do end up being educated in the historical element of the movie even if at times I suspect certain license may have been taken with the facts.

All in all a worthy addition to any collection. Fantastic picture, wonderful sound and a story well worth more than one viewing - highly recommended !

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