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Young Adam [DVD] [2003]
enlarge	Director: David Mackenzie Actors: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£13.99~~ Buy New: £1.26 as of 22/11/2009 16:18 GMT details You Save: £12.73 (91%) New (23) Used (15) from £1.15 Seller: fastdvd2006 Rating: 12 reviews Sales Rank: 7470 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 94 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 7321900957076 ASIN: B0001ACJOY Release Date: March 29, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review David Mackenzie's IYoung Adam/I, based on Alexander Trocchi's existentialist novel, demonstrates that Ewan McGregor means what he says about using high-paying Hollywood roles to finance appearances in intelligent low-budget movies. As Joe, an aspiring 1950s writer whose alienated selfishness destroys everyone around him, he is quietly authoritative. Tilda Swinton and Emily Mortimer are hardly less good as the two women in his life, and Peter Mullen as Les, the older friend whom he betrays, is touching and macho in the same breath. Les's canal barge is as much of a character as any of the people--this is a film in which the characters' occupations matter. Similarly the 1950s period detail is stunning, as is the gloomy cinematography: the high relief shadows and occasional visual distortions give the film a real visual style of its own that works well with its literary subject matter. p BOn the DVD:/B IYoung Adam/I is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby 5.1 sound. Special features include an informative making-of featurette in which the cast members talk about their passionate commitment to the project, the theatrical trailer, an audio track of David Byrne's original score, and a sequence of Ewan McGregor narrative voice-overs that runs with stills on screen. --IRoz Kaveney/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next » Miss it and miss out December 15, 2004 13 out of 13 found this review helpful Forget who the actors are. This film is absorbing and haunting. Whilst it isn't very 'nice' or 'pleasant' it gets into your psyche and stays with you. br / br /There are only a very few films which I have seen - other than funny light comedies - which have made such a long-term impact upon me. Yet this film is not one of the main actor's 'famous' titles. It puts me in the mind of some of those sixties/seventies films and has a really close in feel which means you are compelled to continue watching to find out what happens. br / br /A moody, touching film, and full frontal male nudity (just the once) but much much more than that. British Cinema is not Dead July 22, 2004 Mr. James R. A. Norrie (South England) 15 out of 17 found this review helpful I do not exagerate when I articulate this as one of my personal favourite films of recent times. Young Adam is nothing short of a master-piece, and those fortunate to have read the utterly remarkable novella by Alexander Trocchi will be not only astounded by the picture's faith but also how absolutely it captures its tone and atmosphere. McGregor is brilliant in his best performance since Trainspotting as the young beat in '50s Scotland lacking a moral compass , which as the film progresses he is forced to assess. Swinton is also magnificent and oozes grit throughout.pAside from the enitely brilliant cast the cinematography is superaltive. Such simple shots as the barge moving through a lock-gate, fair-ground lights fading away or even just rain falling onto the canal's surface are rendered absurdly memorable. All of the exceptional photography is heightened by a soundtrack that is at once filth and ethereal. I honestly cannot recommend this film enough although the small screen struggles to do justice to some of the most beautiful frames. And if possible read the Trocchi first (its very short), as it is one of the literature's most overlooked treasures and essential for enthusiasts of modernist and existentialist work. As to the meaning behind the title, two things came to my mind: one would wreck the plot but as for the second, when you watch the film think carefully about the expressionist value of Adam of the Creation, and things should become clear... Young Adam -not so dark! November 2, 2005 8 out of 9 found this review helpful A real quality film that works on several levels.br Other reviews led me to believe that this would be dark depressing.brFor me it was neither.brCertainly the gritty realism is there it accurately reflects life for many in the West Central Scotland of the 1950's.pI see the main theme of the story being the struggles loneliness of the 'bohemian' writer surviving making the most of life sex in the tough working class environment of life on a canal cargo barge.br brThe 3 main actors Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton Peter Mullan all give strong performances but are ably supported by the 'lesser' lights.pThe extra feature commentary is very useful for filling in the gaps in the plot that you may have missed on 1st viewing.brThis confirms that Ewan's 'Joe' character does have a heart conscience is not totally dark selfish. recommended February 26, 2004 Stephen Newton (Manchester, England) 11 out of 18 found this review helpful A man of loose morals, Joe is a self-sufficient lazy character who isn#8217;t interested in winning our sympathy. He understands his women well, yet he#8217;s unable to allow them to truly connect with him. With those who suffer most from these faults being innocent others, he#8217;s no opportunity for reform. Soot, grime and loads of class November 29, 2004 Michael Bo 5 out of 7 found this review helpful A very classy depiction of the grime, soot and muck of life on a coal barge named Atlante, as an homage to Jean Vigo's masterpiece about a barge in the French canals.pThe very un-Hollywoodish Ewan McGregor plays a young and randy hired hand who screws all his bosses' wives, and couldn't care less. The amount of sex he has in this film is staggering, very loud and uncouth, but it has passion and feels real. At times it seems like the sex will take over from other worthy themes, but ultimately 'Young Adam' is a very satisfactory film on all other counts as well, and I admire the way that nothing is being stressed unduly, events are allowed to play themselves out according to their own wordless logic, and you watch, enthralled.pActing is uniformly brilliant, and the writer/director has a keen ear for what goes on beneath the obvious. Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next »

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