Cold Mountain (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson
directed by: Anthony Minghella
directed by: Anthony Minghella
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INMAN JOINS THE ARMY OUT OF LOYALTY TO HIS COUNTRY BUT SOON REALIZES THE SAVAGES OF WAR DON'T REPRESENT HIS VALUES. ONCE INJURED HE FLEES & BEGINS THE LONG JOURNEY HOME. BACK AT HOME ADA STRUGGLES TO KEEP THE FAITH. SHE TAKES IN RUBY, A LIVELY NEIGHBOR WHO TEACHES HER HOW TO KEEP THE FARM GOING.
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Freely adapted from Charles Frazier's beloved bestseller, Cold Mountain boasts an impeccable pedigree as a respectable Civil War love story, offering everything you'd want from a romantic epic except a resonant emotional core. Everything in this sweeping, Odyssean journey depends on believing in the instant love that ignites during a very brief encounter between genteel, city-bred preacher's daughter Ada (Nicole Kidman) and Confederate soldier Inman (Jude Law), who deserts the battlefield to return, weary and wounded, to Ada's inherited farm in the rural town of Cold Mountain, North Carolina. In an epic (but dramatically tenuous) case of absence making hearts grow fonder, Inman endures a treacherous hike fraught with danger (and populated by supporting players including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, and others) while the struggling, inexperienced Ada is aided by the high-spirited Ruby (Renée Zellweger), forming a powerful farming partnership that transforms Ada into a strong, lovelorn survivor. The film's episodic structure slightly weakens its emotional impact, and it's fairly obvious that director Anthony Minghella is striving to repeat the prestigious romanticism of his Oscar®-winning hit The English Patient. For the most part it works, especially in the dynamic performances of Zellweger and Kidman, and the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is recreated with violent, percussive intensity. Those who admired Frazier's novel may regret some of the changes made in Minghella's adaptation (the ending is particularly altered), but Cold Mountain remains a high-class example of grand, old-fashioned filmmaking, boosted by star power of the highest order. --Jeff Shannon
INMAN JOINS THE ARMY OUT OF LOYALTY TO HIS COUNTRY BUT SOON REALIZES THE SAVAGES OF WAR DON'T REPRESENT HIS VALUES. ONCE INJURED HE FLEES & BEGINS THE LONG JOURNEY HOME. BACK AT HOME ADA STRUGGLES TO KEEP THE FAITH. SHE TAKES IN RUBY, A LIVELY NEIGHBOR WHO TEACHES HER HOW TO KEEP THE FARM GOING.
Amazon.com:
Freely adapted from Charles Frazier's beloved bestseller, Cold Mountain boasts an impeccable pedigree as a respectable Civil War love story, offering everything you'd want from a romantic epic except a resonant emotional core. Everything in this sweeping, Odyssean journey depends on believing in the instant love that ignites during a very brief encounter between genteel, city-bred preacher's daughter Ada (Nicole Kidman) and Confederate soldier Inman (Jude Law), who deserts the battlefield to return, weary and wounded, to Ada's inherited farm in the rural town of Cold Mountain, North Carolina. In an epic (but dramatically tenuous) case of absence making hearts grow fonder, Inman endures a treacherous hike fraught with danger (and populated by supporting players including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, and others) while the struggling, inexperienced Ada is aided by the high-spirited Ruby (Renée Zellweger), forming a powerful farming partnership that transforms Ada into a strong, lovelorn survivor. The film's episodic structure slightly weakens its emotional impact, and it's fairly obvious that director Anthony Minghella is striving to repeat the prestigious romanticism of his Oscar®-winning hit The English Patient. For the most part it works, especially in the dynamic performances of Zellweger and Kidman, and the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is recreated with violent, percussive intensity. Those who admired Frazier's novel may regret some of the changes made in Minghella's adaptation (the ending is particularly altered), but Cold Mountain remains a high-class example of grand, old-fashioned filmmaking, boosted by star power of the highest order. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Great Movie & Service
I bought this for a relative who was reading the book, we had already seen the movie and enjoyed it.
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The product I purchased arrived in super fast time and was in great condition. I would recommend this seller to anyone.
Rating: - Cold Mountain Review
This is a movie about the Civil War. Jude Law goes off to war leaving Nicole Kidman behind. She and Renee Zellweger try to exist as they best can while he is gone. There are twists and turns both to his life and the girls', until he returns, and then there is the surprise ending. This is a movie I can watch over and over. It is beautifully done, with believable characters, wonderful scenery, and lots of humanity thrown in there. Good movie, good adventure, good drama, good romance with humor.
Rating: 
- Miscasted on all fronts
If you are looking for the same kind of otherworldly feeling in this movie as was found in Charles Frazier's magnificent novel you will be surely disappointed. This film was totally miscast in every respect. First of all in Frazier's novel the southern appalachian mountains of North Carolina were as important a character in the book as the human characters were. So what do the producers do? They film it in Romania in a location that only bears a slight resemblance to one of the most beautiful mountain ... Read More
Rating: - Terrible!
This movie was not that good. In the first place, it was excessively voilent. I know this movie takes place during the civil war and it was a voilent time, but I find it particulary unbearable because of several scenes. I also was disgusted by the sexual suggestions and scenes. I couldn't even sit through it, it was so bad.
It might have had a good love story, I mean a man forsaking his soldier days and risking his own life by being a deserter to return to the love of his life, that basis was ... Read More
- Great Movie & ServiceI bought this for a relative who was reading the book, we had already seen the movie and enjoyed it.
- Excellent SellerThe product I purchased arrived in super fast time and was in great condition. I would recommend this seller to anyone.
- Cold Mountain ReviewThis is a movie about the Civil War. Jude Law goes off to war leaving Nicole Kidman behind. She and Renee Zellweger try to exist as they best can while he is gone. There are twists and turns both to his life and the girls', until he returns, and then there is the surprise ending. This is a movie I can watch over and over. It is beautifully done, with believable characters, wonderful scenery, and lots of humanity thrown in there. Good movie, good adventure, good drama, good romance with humor.
- Miscasted on all frontsIf you are looking for the same kind of otherworldly feeling in this movie as was found in Charles Frazier's magnificent novel you will be surely disappointed. This film was totally miscast in every respect. First of all in Frazier's novel the southern appalachian mountains of North Carolina were as important a character in the book as the human characters were. So what do the producers do? They film it in Romania in a location that only bears a slight resemblance to one of the most beautiful mountain ... Read More
- Terrible!This movie was not that good. In the first place, it was excessively voilent. I know this movie takes place during the civil war and it was a voilent time, but I find it particulary unbearable because of several scenes. I also was disgusted by the sexual suggestions and scenes. I couldn't even sit through it, it was so bad.
It might have had a good love story, I mean a man forsaking his soldier days and risking his own life by being a deserter to return to the love of his life, that basis was ... Read More
