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Mona Lisa Smile
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Mona Lisa Smile
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| | | They had everything. She showed them more.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Academy Award-winner Julia Roberts (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Erin Brockovich, 2000) leads an all-star cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhall and Marcia Gay Harden. Mona Lisa Smile is a funny, inspiring and uplifting film about an art history professor with a lot to teach about life and much to learn about romance.
"...the film is hugely impressive." Catherine Tunnacliffe, EYE Weekly
"...an excellent message for young women that should be embraced..." David Levine, filmcritic.com
"Maggie Gyllenhaal is excellent..." Louis Hobson, Calgary Sun
Editor's Note
Mike Newell's MONA LISA SMILE is a pretty period film that combines a quaint pedagogical tale with a feminist dissection of traditional female roles in 1950s society. Julia Roberts leads an impressive cast of top young actresses including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles. Roberts is Katherine Watson, a revolutionary art history teacher at Wellesley College in 1953. Though she has true admiration for her intelligent all-female students, she is perturbed that their interest in finding husbands takes precedence over their studies. Determined to instruct them in feminist values and teach them to be independent--defying the college's emphasis on breeding good wives, mothers, and homemakers--Watson is deemed subversive by the administration. Even Watson's identity--from California, over 30 years old, and unmarried--is problematic. And when she turns her class onto modern art rather than teaching the recommended classical curriculum, Watson is severely chastised by the staunchly conservative students and faculty.Beautiful photography of the picture-perfect Wellesley campus combined with a perpetual parade of lovely period costumes makes MONA LISA SMILE a visual delight. Strong performances by each of the actresses, including Dunst uncharacteristically cast as a prim and proper prude, and Marcia Gay Harden as a boring tv-addicted spinster, only add to the splendor of this enjoyable film.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French | | Theatrical Trailer | | Music Video - Elton John "The Heart Of Every Girl" | | Filmographies | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1; French Dolby Surround Sound | | Art Forum | | College Then And Now | | What Women Wanted: 1953 |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 11/15/2005 |
| Running Time: 120 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 10075 | | UPC: 00043396100756 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Ginnifer Goodwin | | Julia Roberts | | Julia Stiles | | Kirstin Dunst | | Maggie Gyllenhall | | Anastas Michos - Cinematographer | | Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas - Producer | | Jane Musky - Production Designer | | Lawrence Konner - Writer | | Mike Newell - Director | | Rachel Portman - Musical Score |
| Awards |
Golden Globe (2004) | | | Elton John (music), Bernie Taupin (lyrics) , Nominee, Best Original Song - Motion Picture For the song "The Heart Of Every Girl". |
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