A LITTLE ROMANCE in our lives! Jan 7th!! (1 Viewer)

[Trevor Bateman]

Warner Bros are releasing "A LITTLE ROMANCE" starring Diane Lane (Unfaithful, Perfect Storm) and Sir Laurance Olivier (Sleuth, Marathon Man) on DVD.

This award winning 1979 film has appeared on many peoples top romantic movies of all time. It was a big boxoffice hit in 1979 and won several awards including some Academy Awards. The film is also notable as the big screen debut of 12 year-old Diane Lane recently seen in "Unfaithful", "Hardball" and "The Perfect Storm".

According to Warner they were hopeful of getting Ms Lane and director George Roy Hill (The Sting, Butch Cassidy...) involved in the DVD, but both were busy filming and declined. HOWEVER, A FEATURETTE INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH DIANE LANE IS ON THE DISC WHERE SHE REMENISCES ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES ON THE FILM!

The DVD will be anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digtal 2.0 stereo, with trailers and maybe filmographies for the director and stars PLUS THE FEATURETTE AND INTERVIEWS!

 

[Scott Shanks]

I would be happy if it was movie only! Excellent News!

 

[Martin Jeeves]

For anyone interested. Here is a review of Diane Lane's (who played Lauren in "A Little Romance") new film on DVD - "Unfaithful"
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=107417

 

[Martin Jeeves]

Here is the Warner press release:

A LITTLE ROMANCE – Diane Lane (Unfaithful, A Walk on the Moon, The Cotton Club, The Perfect Storm) makes her movie debut as a lonely, gifted teen on a whirlwind romantic adventure set in Europe. Also starring Sir Laurence Olivier
(Hamlet, Wuthering Heights, Clash of the Titans, The Marathon Man), A LITTLE ROMANCE explores the innocent joy in
finding a soul mate and the excitement created by forbidden love. Directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting, Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid), the film received an Academy Award® for Best Original Score for George Delerue’s enchanting
music.

CAST:
Diane Lane, Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Thelonious Bernard, Sally Kellerman

DIRECTOR:
George Roy Hill

DVD special features include:

A Conversation with Diane Lane documentary
Retro artwork gallery featuring stills of release posters
Production notes
Theatrical trailer
Cast and crew
and more...

In addition, the DVD will be offered for the first-time in a fully remastered widescreen format [16x9 2.35:1]. It will also include English and French (dubbed in Quebec) languages and subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Release date: January 7th, 2003.

 

[Jeff Bamberger]

I am so happy about this. Fairly bare bones, but that is just fine as that will help keep the price down. I see this as selling for no more than $14.99 at Best Buy.

Anyone who has not seen this movie and enjoys romantic movies will really enjoy this. Buy it sight unseen.

From Amazon's VHS (bleeeechhh!) review:

Sandwiched between Slap Shot and The World According to Garp, George Roy Hill made this effervescent film about first love. A sharp American girl Diane Lane, in her debut) and a film-loving Parisian boy Thelonious Bernard, in his only film) fall innocently in love. When the girl's zealous mother Sally Kellerman) goes ballistic, the young couple fall under the spell of a curious gentleman (none other than Laurence Olivier,) who plants the seed to make their love last forever: to kiss under a Venetian bridge at sunset. As the love story becomes an adventure with the young lovers crossing France and Italy, Allan Burns's Oscar-nominated script and Hill's deft touch turn this into a romance for the ages and a movie to smile about. George Delerue's Oscar-winning score and the picturesque European scenery don't hurt either. Ages 7 and older.

 

[Scott Shanks]

I'd quibble with the "ages 7 and over" recommendation in that review. Yeah there's nothing too offensive in the movie (a trip to a porno house, musing in front of a male nude statue, a few curse words), but I don't think my 7 year old would enjoy the movie because 70% would go WAY over her head. Even though the kids are young, the dialogue is very much on an adult level.

 

[Jean-Michel]

According to Warner they were hopeful of getting Ms Lane and director George Roy Hill (The Sting, Butch Cassidy...) involved in the DVD, but both were busy filming and declined.

I thought I asked this before but I searched for it and turned up nothing so.......anybody know what Hill is filming now? It's been quite a while since we've heard from him.

 

[Trevor Bateman]

Looks like a quality disc of a popular catalog title. Well done Warner!