The Man Who Cried

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Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci star in director Sally Potter's visually dramatic movie The Man Who Cried. Universal has done an excellent job on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Flaws and imperfections are kept to the bare minimum with only a small amount of edge enhancement showing up in a few key scenes. Otherwise, this is a fine-looking transfer with well-rendered colors and deep, dark black levels. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 in French and English as well as DTS Surround in ...
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Overview

Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci star in director Sally Potter's visually dramatic movie The Man Who Cried. Universal has done an excellent job on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Flaws and imperfections are kept to the bare minimum with only a small amount of edge enhancement showing up in a few key scenes. Otherwise, this is a fine-looking transfer with well-rendered colors and deep, dark black levels. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 in French and English as well as DTS Surround in English. While the audio mix on both of these soundtracks is very crisp and full, the use of surround sounds is limited to only a scant few scenes. Also included on this disc are English subtitles. Sadly, the extra features on this disc clock in at the bare minimum, including some cast and crew information, some production notes, a few DVD-ROM features, and theatrical trailers for the films Rat, Pavilion of Women, Beautiful Creatures, and Buffalo 66.
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Special Features

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Editorial Reviews

Barnes & Noble - Virginia McCollam
The tumultuous landscapes of Europe between World Wars I and II serve as a backdrop for writer-director Sally Potter's tale, depicting a young Russian Jew who immigrates to England after her village is destroyed in a violent pogrom. Fegele Christina Ricci, who is assimilated into Gentile culture as Suzie, carries two things with her into the West: an aged photograph of her father, who left Russia long ago for America; and a golden voice that eventually lands her a job with a Parisian opera company. Potter has found an appropriate heroine in Ricci, whose ethereal pallor reflects a life drained of its vitality in Nazi-occupied Europe. The rest of the cast is equally impressive: John Turturro plays the company's tenor, Dante, a petty Fascist who sips champagne with the SS and casually tyrannizes his Russian émigré girlfriend, Lola Cate Blanchett; Johnny Depp is Cesar, a brooding Gypsy horseman and a counterpoint to Dante, who serves as another compelling representative of Europe’s disenfranchised. And look for Harry Dean Stanton in the somewhat off-kilter but purposeful role of Felix, the opera impresario whose willingness to reclaim his Jewish heritage in the face of annihilation gives Suzie the strength to defy victimization and reclaim her identity. The film’s structure reveals Potter’s interest in elliptical time, which she explored with such success in Orlando. She opens The Man Who Cried in a lyrical flash of the future, depicting an unknown young woman surrounded by fire and drowning in a vast sea. The primary narrative then begins in a desiccated Russian forest stunningly photographed by veteran film artist Sacha Vierny, and the slow, methodical movement of the camera sets a tempo that Potter never accelerates. Although The Man Who Cried never focuses directly on historical events, their weight is felt in the narrative and stamped on the souls of each and every character
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
This is an amazingly ambitious movie, not so much because of the time and space it covers (a lot), but because Potter trusts us to follow her heroine through one damn thing after another.
San Francisco Chronicle
Potter's cinematic vision is what makes The Man Who Cried shimmer and levitate. Mick LaSalle

Potter's cinematic vision is what makes The Man Who Cried shimmer and levitate. Mick LaSalle
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/2/2002
  • UPC: 025192147524
  • Original Release: 2000

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  • Source: Universal Studios
  • Region Code: 1
  • Aspect Ratio: Theatre Wide-Screen (1.85.1)
  • Presentation: Wide Screen / Dolby 5.1 / DTS
  • Sound: Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound
  • Language: English, Français
  • Time: 1:40:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Christina Ricci Suzie
Cate Blanchett Lola
John Turturro Dante
Johnny Depp Cesar
Harry Dean Stanton Felix
Oleg Yankovsky Father
Hana-Maria Pravda Grandmother
Technical Credits
Sally Potter Director, Screenwriter
Simona Benzakein Executive Producer
Tim Bevan Executive Producer
Mary Colquhoun Casting
Carlos Conti Art Director
Eric Fellner Executive Producer
Lindy Hemming Costumes/Costume Designer
Irene Lamb Casting
Christopher Newman Asst. Director
Herve Schneid Editor
Christopher Sheppard Producer
Sacha Vierny Cinematographer
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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scenes
1. Main Titles [2:50]
2. Father and Daughter [5:25]
3. Leaving Russia [4:31]
4. New Name, New Country [5:05]
5. In Paris [7:06]
6. Dante Dominio [10:57]
7. Cesar [5:40]
8. Madame Goldstein [3:17]
9. The Gypsies [5:21]
10. War [9:03]
11. Lola Moves Out [:28]
12. Making Arrests [3:52]
13. Occupied France [7:40]
14. Betrayed [4:09]
15. Going to America [8:29]
16. Searching for Father [5:25]
17. Together at Last [3:24]
18. End Titles [3:06]
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Menu

Side #1 --
   Bonus Materials
      Theatrical Trailer
      Production Notes
      Cast and Filmmakers
         Christina Ricci
         Cate Blanchett
         John Turturro
         Johnny Depp
         Harry Dean Stanton
         Oleg Yankovsky
         Claudia Lander-Duke
         Sally Potter
      DVD-ROM
      Recommendations
         Beautiful Creatures
         Buffalo '66
         Pavilion of Women
         Rat
   Languages
      English: Dolby Digital
      English: DTS
         Do You Wish to Continue?: Yes
         Do You Wish to Continue?: No
      Français: Dolby Digital
      Captioned for the Hearing Impaired: English
      Captioned for the Hearing Impaired: None
   Play
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    I agree with Robyn's review.

    The movie was good, but it could have been so much better if Fegele/Suzie had flashbacks during interludes with other characters or even in nightmares or dreams of her past. The beginning and the end are so separated, not just literally. The film seems like three blocks of story that are terribly stitched together. I think the film would have been much more satisfactory with the father figure interspersed throughout in memory sequences or something.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Lush photography, slow moving story

    Man Who Cried is lushly photographed--the cinematography is beautiful--but it badly needs some serious editing, both to advance the action and to pick up the pace. Although the film begins in Russia, the main action of the plot doesn't start until Fegele/Suzie (Ricci) arrives in Paris. If it were up to me, I would have chopped off the first half of film, opened with Suzie joining the opera company in Paris, and gone from there, bringing out her back story in conversations with other characters. The theme here--that all of us are only one disaster away from becoming refugees--is well done and there are good turns from the entire cast, especially Cate Blanchett as Lola and Johnny Depp as the brooding Cesar. Ricci, although a competent actress, has very little to do here except look pensive and long suffering. This is a film that has a lot of promise, but doesn't live up to its potential.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Man Who Cried

    this movie was good especially if you like Christina Ricci...shes really wonderful in this..her and Johnny Depp work lovely together

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Man Who Cried

    This movie was in my opinion a good FILM..just not great if you dont appreciate films..there was not much speaking and it had a strange ending..it really was not that good..i was disappointed in this movie the only good thing about it is that Johnny Depp looks amazing in this movie and he plays the role of Ceasar very well..it really shows his acting skills

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