Young Adam [2003] Ewan McGregor R2

R2 originaali, ei suomitekstejä. Tekstit englanniksi. 

Product Description

David MacKenzie's adaptation of Alexander Trocchi's novel. Whilst travelling on a barge between Glasgow and Edinburgh, drifter Joe (Ewan McGregor) and his boss Les (Peter Mullan) discover a woman's corpse in the water and Joe pulls her out. On the surface, Joe does not appear to be distressed by the situation - even with all the police investigation on-going - and gets on with his work on the barge. But his behaviour starts to become erratic when he embarks on an affair with Leslie's wife Ella (Tilda Swinton) and flashbacks reveal his link to the dead woman (Emily Mortimer).

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David Mackenzie's Young Adam, 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.

On the DVD: Young Adam 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. --Roz Kaveney

Product details

• Actors: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone
• Directors: David Mackenzie
• Writers: David Mackenzie, Alexander Trocchi
• Producers: Alexandra Stone, Gillian Berrie, Jeremy Thomas, Jim Reeve, Leonard Crooks
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Audio Description: English
• Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Classification: 
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: 29 Mar. 2004
• Run Time: 94 minutes

While a little dark this is a movie worth watching. The atmosphere is haunting and the performances spot on. All the actors are brilliant in this but I must give a special nod to Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton. They have amazing chemistry which shows readily in each scene they are in. Another reviewer said that this is a movie that stays with you and it's true which I believe is a sign of a truly good film. Don't be put off by the sex and nudity. While strong I believe it was important to the plot and in getting into the heads of the characters, especially Joe (McGregor). I don't understand why sex and nudity get such a strong negative reaction from a lot of people. In this film it wasn't gratuitous just realistic. Trust me just watch it. A lot more substance here than in a lot of what Hollywood puts out.

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