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DVD : I Dreamed of AfricaIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Kim Basinger, Vincent Perez, Liam Aiken, Garrett Strommen, Eva Marie Saint directed by: Hugh Hudson  List Price: $19.94 Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.95 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767845717 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767845714 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 29, 2000 Running Time: 115 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: May 05, 2000 Sales Rank: 12662 MPN: COLD04606D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The power of a womans spirit and the love for her adopted homeland enable her to overcome personal tragedy. As a child kuki discovered the magic of africa. As an adult she moves there with her family. Although its the place she waited for all her life she never dreamed of the pain and hardship. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Kim Basinger Eva Marie Saint Run time: 115 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Hugh Hudson Amazon.com: Based on the memoirs of party-girl-turned-conservationist Kuki Gallman, I Dreamed of Africa never comes close to living up to its title; the mood is more prosaic travelogue than oneiric wonderment. After a car accident warns Kuki of her mortality, she resolves to grow up, a process that mysteriously involves marrying a man she barely knows and moving with him and her young son to the wilds of South Africa. There she learns new beau Paolo is less reliable than she thought, but also that the sun-baked plains and roaming beasts of Africa speak to her in a way the nightlife of Italy did not. (We learn of her blossoming humanity because she introduces herself to the servants; a probing study of interpersonal relationships this isn't.) Kim Basinger obviously feels connected to the role--she can stride across a room with a majestic self-righteousness that the film should have drawn upon more--but she's defeated by a script composed of repetitive vignettes that have no cumulative effect and a director (Hugh Hudson) who keeps the film's emotional impact curiously flat and diffuse except for the crass, manipulative moments every 20 minutes or so. Sure the photography's lovely, but really, how hard is it to get a nice shot of flamingoes at dawn? --Bruce Reid Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent!My product arrived fast/on time. The DVD is in excellent condition, and the price was very reasonable. Rating:  - Very DramaticA good look at Africa, but a hard, dramatic story line. I will only watch it once! Rating: - I dreamed of Kuki's Africa-so I wentI did volunteer work at Ol Ari Nyrio in 11/07 and it was the most amazing experience of my life. It was amazing to see where the movie was filmed. Africa is not a constant National Geographic film, and it is a beautiful as it is dangerous, as lulling as it is exciting. Although I did not think Kuki's character as well portrayed by the character in this film, I found her story well portrayed - truth is always more interesting & stranger than fiction, remember. Kuki is an amazing person and the ... Read More Rating: - I Dreamed Of AfricaI have loved this movie since the very first time I saw it. I suppose because it is a true story about a woman of real courage. It is magnificent, and terrifying, heartening, and heartbreaking. Rating: - Beautiful filmThis was a gift for a friend who dreams of Africa. This film is an excellent view if you are in love with Africa. Browse for similar items by category:
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