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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0784148010243
Format: Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: New Yorker Video
Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Yorker Video
Release Date: July 11, 2006
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 43570
Studio: New Yorker Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 07, 1922
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BEYOND THE ROCKS stars film legends Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino at the height of their careers and sexual appeal. This outstanding silent romance was long considered one of the great "lost" films from the Hollywood golden age. Its amazing rediscovery by the Nederlands Filmmuseum made headlines around the world.
Sam Wood (GOODBYE MR. CHIPS, PRIDE OF THE YANKEES) directs this delirious Elinor Glyn melodrama/roller-coaster ride through the English countryside, the Swiss Alps, Paris, London and the Sahara Desert! Brilliantly restored with a wonderful new orchestral score, BEYOND THE ROCKS is ready for its close-up.
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The rediscovery and restoration of any film long believed lost is good news. Beyond the Rocks inspired still more excitement at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival because it was the only movie ever to costar two of the silent era's highest-wattage luminaries: Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino.
Cultural cliché holds that Swanson's acting was as garish as her makeup, and the legend of Valentino is awash in camp. Yet in this picture--however preposterously plotted by Elinor (It) Glyn--both deliver very natural performances of behavioral subtlety and discretion. Swanson, as the loving daughter of a retired officer (Alec B. Francis), is willing to do anything to ensure that Papa's twilight years be comfortable. That includes marrying a much older, vulgar businessman (Robert Bolder) as wealthy as he is unappealing. It's inconvenient that she's just fallen for a dashing nobleman (Valentino) who's saved her from (1) drowning and (2) falling off an Alp. Both these beautiful people struggle to behave honorably, right up through a final reel in which the unsympathetic husband takes them--and the audience--by surprise.
Now, we mustn't make overmuch of a good thing: Beyond the Rocks, ably but unexcitingly directed by Sam Wood, isn't a lost Murnau or the uncut Greed. But it's a very respectable movie, free of the excesses (except Swanson's increasingly florid costumes!) carelessly attributed to silent films in general; and as a long-delayed footnote to two legendary careers, its historical importance is considerable. The Nederlands Filmmuseum restoration is gloriously sharp (apart from a few spasms of almost impenetrable nitrate deterioration), and the new score by Henny Vrienten sounds more like Mark Isham than the organ-and-calliope accompaniment too many silents have suffered from. --Richard T. Jameson
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The re-discovery of 'Beyond the Rocks' after 80 years is described as 'A Cause for Celebration!' by Martin Scorsese on the DVD packaging. And I couldn't agree more. When I read in the newspapers that this movie had been found after so many years I couldn't wait to see it. I've watched it several times now on DVD and it has lived up to everything I hoped or imagined it would be. Most reviewers here on Amazon.com seem to agree that the re-discovery and restoration of the film is terrific, the DVD package ... Read More
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I'm glad this movie was found - glad it was restored - glad to have seen it - but wish I'd enjoyed it more...
Considering I've seen so many silent movies, I was actually surprised to realize this was the first time I'd seen either a Rudolf Valentino OR a Gloria Swanson(silent) movie! That said, I found Rudolf Valentino good in this, and Gloria Swanson... well... pretty average. She wasn't terrible - but there are other actresses who were better... prettier... Was even surprised to see she ... Read More
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It isn't everyday that a silent movie with two wildly popular stars is found. What is even more exciting is that the movie is actually good, and that its DVD release is excellent.
Beyond the Rocks is a moody melodrama about a poor girl named Theodora (Gloria Swanson) who marries for money and position but truly loves another man (Rudolph Valentino). The two eventually reunite and carry on a love affair that seems destined for trouble. The story is trite and typical of writer Elinor Glyn, but ... Read More
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Considering the huge percentage of silent films that are lost forever due to neglect and decomposition in the years since sound revolutionised movie making practices it is a miracle when some long lost and long coveted title from the silent era is discovered seemingly rising like a pheonix from the ashes in near pristine condition. Paramount's 1924 melodrama "Beyond the Rocks", has always been a much sought after film title and was believed to be long lost except for one surviving fragment of film a few minutes ... Read More
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For decades it was thought that Beyond The Rocks, starring Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson, was lost. But it's back and with tons of extras explaining how the film was found, how it was restored and how they even made a new orchestral score. Even a 85 minute recording of Gloria Swanson from 1955 talking about the film business and her life in general. The Delicious Little Devil is a cool, funny, short movie and a delightful extra.
I first saw this film while traveling on a cruise ship in Alaska's Inland ... Read More
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