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The Bridges Of Madison County [1995]
from Warner Home Video
starring Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak, Jim Haynie
directed by Clint Eastwood

Features:

• Full Screen
• PAL

Editorial Review:

Some called it a snooze-fest, while others tearfully clutched their Kleenex. In any case, Clint Eastwood was an unusual and (as it turned out) perceptive choice to direct and costar in this lush adaptation of Robert James Waller's phenomenally bestselling novel. Meryl Streep costars as Francesca, the lonely Iowa farmer's wife who is instantly attracted to Robert (Eastwood), the photographer from National Geographic who is in the area to photograph the bridges along Iowa's rural roadways. The two fall in love while Francesca's husband and children are away at a county fair, but the story's passion and lasting appeal derive from their decision to part forever after just a few brief days of intimate connection. Superbly acted with an emphasis on quiet, graceful moments of tender revelation, the film builds to a crescendo of powerful and conflicting emotions. Like David Lean's Brief Encounter (to which it bears marked similarities), The Bridges of Madison County is destined to become one of the classic film love stories. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• A film of incredible emotion
  Having recently read a feature in Sight & Sound abaout how Clint Eastwood is possibly, going on his track record, America's greatest living director, I felt that, as a self-respecting film fan, I should really delve into a bit of his back catalogue. For some reason, the blurb about 'The Bridges of Madison County' appealed to me more than many of his other films, so I rented it and was in due course blown away.
  The film is full of incredibly emotive, and as it moves on, incredibly tense scenes,... more info

• Modern classic
  This is one of my all time favourites, a modern classic. The acting by the two main leads is superb; understated but deeply moving. This is not your normal 'chick flick' indeed it surpasses any label due to the quality of the acting and direction, even the rural Iowa scenery has it's own part to play. It's a testimony to the actors invloved that the film stands up despite it's relatively small cast. I read the novel after seeing the film, and unusually the film adaptation came out top. The anguish that... more info

• agreable big surprise
  Sincerely, the bridges at Madison County are horrible constructions, but the USA is a rich country that can afford to waste money in remembering his short History while in Spain and Portugal there's plenty of noble buildings ruined, nor signaled and almost unknown. Apart from that...just entering at the cinema, one hopes impatiently that Clint Eastwood removes the high explosives and blows the bloody maudit bridges after knocking out the bad guys that have kidnapped Meryl Steeep and shot nor less 30 bullets... more info

• Superb Love story
  This is one of the best love story movie I ever seen. I really cried towards the end of the movie

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