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DVD : Sweet Land - A Love StoryIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Elizabeth Reaser, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger, Stephen Pelinski, Tim Guinee directed by: Ali Selim  List Price: $19.98 Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 0024543449744 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 10, 2007 Running Time: 111 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Sales Rank: 4856 MPN: FOXD2244974D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Inge (Elizabeth Reaser) is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf (Tim Guinee), a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister (John Heard) openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker (Ned Beatty) attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen (Alan Cumming), Olaf takes a stand...and the community unites around the young couple, finally accepting Inge as one of their own. Amazon.com: Adapted from a Will Weaver story, Ali Selim's Sweet Land is a truly sweet story about unlikely immigrant lovers whose struggle for integration into 1920's America earns them a work ethic more American than many of their narrow-minded neighbors. Set in rural Minnesota, the sentimental film focuses on tribulations that Scandinavian settlers experienced, with a cinematic serenity reminiscent of Terrence Malik's Days of Heaven. Norwegian farmer Olaf Torvik (Tim Guinee) invites a non-English speaking German siren, Inge Alltenburg (Elizabeth Reaser), to relocate and marry him, but discovers that neither the town's Lutheran pastor (John Heard) nor the local judge will marry a German into their community for fear of wartime German spies. Inge finds friendship in neighbors Frandsen (Alan Cumming) and his wife, Brownie (Alex Kingston), who disregarding local gossip, welcome her into their home. Finally, Inge proves herself, settling in so that Sweet Land's historical narrative is framed by Inge, fifty years later, speaking to her adult son about her husband's death and their plot of land. This multi-generational tale of social acceptance and land ownership is ultimately the story of America, though the regional specificity of Sweet Land will speak especially to those familiar with Midwestern culture. --Trinie Dalton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - MinnesotagirlSweet Land is a poignant movie depicting a German mail order bride who ends up in Scandinavian western Minnesota. The story is engaging and the scenery beautiful. It boggles my mind the risk that this young woman and many others took in coming to America and living among strangers; let alone marrying one. Rating: - Sweet LandNot much plot but a sweet story of an immigrant on the MN prairie. Very nice! Rating: - A rare gem -a glimpse at a bygone eraThis is one of the loveliest, touching stories I have seen in a long time. This movie is how movies should TRULY be. The cinematography is wonderful, the actors perfectly chosen. There is a simpleness to everything about this film that fits the time period; a dreaminess surrounds the story that pulls you in....and makes you wish for simpler times. Beautiful! Rating: - The Best Film in YearsI have watched this film several times and have enjoyed it more each time. The actors do a stellar job of portraying the characters in the Scandinavian community. What a pleasure to watch the gentle romance develop. It is so refreshing. I only hope that we see more of the director, Ali Selim. He is brilliant! Rating: - EndearingI liked the opening of this movie, which I hope was taken directly from Mr. Weaver's short Story "Gravestone made out of Wheat" that said: "We hope we are all preceded into this world by a great love story". And this story begins anything but a love story. At the time of her husband's funeral, Inge reflects on how they met and got married. Inge was a bride from Europe who had arranged marriage in place with Olaf, a farmer of Norwegian descent living somewhere in the midwest. What Olaf is not ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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