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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0715515017022
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: New Line Cinema
Manufacturer: New Line Cinema
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Cinema
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 17930
Studio: New Line Cinema
Theatrical Release Date: August 03, 1990
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One of the most the most significant achievements of the American independent film movement of the 1990s writer-director Whit Stillman's debut Metropolitan is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a middle-class young man's romantic misadventures among New York City's debutante society. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Stillman's deft literate script and hilariously high-brow observations mask a tender tale of adolescent anxiety. SPECIAL FEATURES: New restored high-definition digital transfer . Audio commentary by director Whit Stillman editor Christopher Tellefsen and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols. Rare outtakes and deleted scenes. Optional English subtitles for the deaf and heard of hearing. A new essay by author and film scholar Luc Sante.System Requirements:Features: New restored high-definition digital transfer Audio commentary by director Whit Stillman editor Christopher Tellefsen and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols Rare outtakes and deleted scenes Optional English subtitles for the deaf and heard of hearing A new essay by author and film scholar Luc Sante More! Running Time 98 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 715515017022 Manufacturer No: CC1620D
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Whit Stillman (Barcelona, Last Days of Disco) enters Woody Allen territory in his talky yet articulate debut, creating a stinging exposé of self-important upper-class socialites and the head games they play, during their Christmas vacation in Manhattan. Witty and cynical, Stillman captures this odd subculture with sly observation and occasional sympathy--sort of a fascinating anthropological study of adolescent preppies. His young subjects, spoiled by their silver spoons, still lack life experience and, thus, emotional maturity or social grace. They pass time idly discussing Jane Austen (a tip of the hat to the master of social-manner comedies), Marxism, and other philosophies, dressing up for parties and undressing during strip poker, and gossiping about the romantic pairings for the upcoming debutante ball. Stillman smartly offers up Tom (Edward Clements), a middle-class loner who's slowly adopted into the clique, as an audience identification reference, making the events seem even stranger and funnier from his point of view. But Tom's far from perfect himself. As the innocent, easily manipulated Audrey (Carolyn Farina) begins to fall in love with him, Tom's boorish, hurtful responses make him appear as juvenile as the rest. Concurrently, it also jolts the group with a much-needed taste of reality, and the film with unpredictable poignancy, suggesting that at least one may grow from the experience. In his first opportunity as director, Stillman pulls wonderful performances from his unknown cast. Especially memorable are Christopher Eigeman as the sarcastically perceptive snob, Nick, and Taylor Nichols playing the philosophical, anxiety-ridden Charlie. --Dave McCoy
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I don't think I had seen "Metropolitan" all the way through since its opening in 1990. As I was about the same age then as the characters portrayed in this film (though not from the same background), and had recently lived in NYC, the poignancy of seeing scenes from what NYC once looked like - circa late '80's, early '90's - will only add to your enjoyment of this graceful, beautiful jewel of a film. The lives of young preppies, and their disappearing way of life, is portrayed with wit and skill ... Read More
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Between the lost decade of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the aftermath of the sexual and social revolution of '68, before street drugs, grundge, and now broker metrosexuals, there was once a different kind of decadence, when youth of parental privilege liberally spent their parents' fortunes but somehow still talked with genuine interest about ideas, all the while facing a dimly growing fear of failure and of falling upon leaving paradise at Princeton. This subtly satirical reminiscence of preppy life is ... Read More
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The Last Days of Disco has been my very favorite movie ever since I saw it in the theatre years ago but Metropolitan has moved up to number one. I love this movie! I could watch Chris Eigeman all day long. His performance is wonderful. It makes me want to wear pearl earrings and read Mansfield Park!
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Am giving thought to using excerpts from Metropolitan in teaching a class on the 20th century in American culture. What a striking contrast--conservative, properly attired 18 year olds against the groovy jeans, leather jackets, and flower power garb of the 1960s and 1970s! Today's students may wonder-- Just how far did the conservative backswing of the social pendulum travel once Reagan and Republican ideas gave it a shove? Pretty far, by the looks of this upstart, independent film production. And ... Read More
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You have to admire a man who sells his apartment and borrows from friends to finance his first film. But as much as I respect Whit Stillman for the efforts he went through to write and direct Metropolitan, I'm afraid I was utterly bored by his movie. The screenplay is not particularly good, the acting is stilted and unimpressive across the board, and I didn't give a damn about any of the characters.
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