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Cold Mountain (2003)
DVD (2 discs
+ 1 features
)
Blu-ray (1 discs
)
Digital ✓
Genre: Drama
Aspect Ratio: Wide
Sound: DD 5.1
Academy Awards:
1 Win , 7 Nominations
Synopsis
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 (RenZ<caron>e 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.
Cast
Giovanni Ribisi
Donald Sutherland
Nicole Kidman
Renee Zellweger
Jude Law
Kathy Baker
Lucas Black
James Gammon
Brendan Gleeson
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Charlie Hunnam
Jena Malone
Natalie Portman
Ethan Suplee
Jay Tavare
Ray Winstone
Director
Anthony Minghella
Awards & Nominations
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actor In A Leading Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Cinematography
- Oscar Nominee: Best Film Editing
- Oscar Nominee: Best Music, Original Music Score
- Oscar Nominee: Best Music, Original Song
- Oscar Winner: Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Keywords
Academy Award Winners
American Civil War
Drama
War
Technical Specifications
Audio Languages
English, French
Subtitle Languages
French, Spanish
Special Features
- Audio commentary
- Deleted/extended scenes
- Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
- "Words & Music Of Cold Mountain" - Documentary
- "Climbing Cold Mountain" - Documentary
- "A Journey To Cold Mountain" - Making-Of Special
- Feature Commentary With Writer/Director Anthony Minghella and Editor Walter Murch
- Sacred Harp History
- Storyboard Comparisons