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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767032711
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0767032713
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
MPN: AAED70154D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 27, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A beautifully filmed drama about the rise of russias empress catherine ii and her steely determination to revolutionize her country in the mid-18th century. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 02/27/2001 Starring: Emily Bruni Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
Russian history occurs on a sweeping scale, but that takes a bigger budget than A&E can muster. So instead the cable network keeps its treatment of Russian empress Catherine II indoors as much as possible. That allows the camera to linger over the impossibly lovely face of Catherine Zeta-Jones, and the plot to focus on the political machinations of 18th-century Russia. Catherine goes from a bookish teen bride (her husband is the crazy and possibly impotent nephew of Russia's Empress Elizabeth) to the legendary empress who successfully concluded the Seven Years' War with Prussia, conquered Turkey, and put down a rebellion led by a Cossack pretending to be her long-dead husband.
The movie stumbles a bit when it ventures outdoors--it's hard to imagine Russia really conquered the Ottoman Turks with a 12-man army--but sizzles inside. Zeta-Jones conveys both passion and hard-edged ambition as her character transforms herself from manipulated to manipulator. Many of those manipulations occur in the bedroom, and the movie takes some liberties in portraying her union with military leader Grigory Potemkin (Paul McGann); here he's practically a saint, although history remembers him a bit less nobly.
The supporting cast includes Jeanne Moreau in a masterful portrayal of Empress Elizabeth, along with Ian Richardson, Mel Ferrer, and Omar Sharif. Although there's plenty of scenery for them to chew, they hold back, allowing Zeta-Jones her 100 minutes of greatness. --Kimberly Heinrichs
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Rating:  -
Catherine the Great is one of the most colossal and legendary figures of Russian and Western history. And this movie does her absolutely no favors, not to mention the gross historical liberties taken to push this disjointed aznd rotten "fairy tale" along.
True, the costuming and interior shots are lush and generally well done. But the acting and wooden script can be most charitably characterized as "horrible." Zeta-Jones turns in a wooden performance as a kind of Russian "barbie doll" ... Read More
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Catherine the Great IT WAS AS I EXPECTED. THE BEAUTIFUL CATHRINE ZATA-JONES DID A MARVELOUS JOB.
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This movie is not worth purchasing or watching. It is NOTHING like the mini-series, "Young Catherine" starring Julia Ormond in 1991. I returned it.
It seems that the mini series is unavailable at this time in (true) DVD format. If it ever becomes available it is the production to watch concerning the life and times of "Catherine the Great".
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No value in depicting the life of Catherine the Great. It doesn't even touch the surface!
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I know she made this early on in her career, but given this woman's power today I am surprised she allows it to still circulate. This has got to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Get the Jeanne Moreau edition, that one will satisfy you more than this piece of turd!
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