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Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil [VHS]
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Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s): John Cusack Kevin Spacey Jack Thompson Irma P. Hall Jude Law Creators: Clint Eastwood (Producer) Anita Zuckerman (Producer) Arnold Stiefel (Producer) Michael Maurer (Producer) Tom Rooker (Producer) John Berendt (Writer) John Lee Hancock (Writer) Director(s): Clint Eastwood
Recording label: Warner Home Video EAN: 9780790734682Binding: VHS TapeISBN: 0790734680Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Release Date: 1998-10-13Universal product code (UPC): 085391477631Number of discs: 1Audience rating: R (Restricted)Amazon.com essential video Readers of John Berendt's bestselling novel were bound to be at least somewhat disappointed by this big-screen adaptation, but despite mixed reaction from critics and audiences, there's still plenty to admire about director Clint Eastwood's take on the material. Readers will surely miss the rich atmosphere and societal detail that Berendt brought to his "Savannah story," and the movie can only scratch the surface of Georgian history, tradition, and wealthy decadence underlying Berendt's fact-based murder mystery. Still, Eastwood maintains an assured focus on the wonderful eccentrics of Savannah, most notably a gay Savannah antiques dealer (superbly played by Kevin Spacey), who may or may not have killed his friend and alleged lover (Jude Law). John Cusack plays the Town & Country journalist who arrives in Savannah to find much more than he bargained for--including the city's legendary drag queen Lady Chablis (playing "herself")--and John Lee Hancock's smoothly adapted screenplay succeeds in bringing Berendt's characters vividly to life with plenty of flavorful dialogue. --Jeff Shannon
Running time: 155 minutesLanguage: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: French (Original Language)
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