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Out Of Africa [1986]
from Universal Pictures UK
starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens
directed by Sydney Pollack

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Out of Africa seems to have slipped more readily from public memory than other comparably lauded films. Yet Sidney Pollack's panoramic treatment of Karen Blixen's novel has retained its atmosphere and slow-burning emotion, and deserves reassessment. Meryl Streep is in her possibly most involving starring role as Baroness Karen Blixen, Danish free spirit whose ill-fated venture at the beginning of World War One to run a coffee plantation in Kenya is overlaid by her intimate yet distant relationship with adventurer and idealist Denys Finch Hatton, unselfconsciously portrayed by Robert Redford. Klaus Maria Brandauer puts in a rare and convincing English-language appearance as the amoral but charming womaniser Baron Bror Blixen. The film is tellingly held together by Kurt Luedke's finely honed screenplay, and John Barry's sumptuously expressive score.

On the DVD: The anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen format reproduces superbly, as does the 4.1 discrete audio. 18 access points are provided, with printed and aural subtitles in English only. Pollack's feature commentary is amusing enough on a single run-through, but an on-location documentary would have been preferable. Production notes and biographies are very adequate, though the theatrical trailer reproduction is notably inferior. No matter, this is a major film, well worth the transfer to DVD.--Richard Whitehouse

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Sydney Pollack's opus
  Having watched The English Patient a few times recently I was looking on Amazon for something along similar lines, and luckily i discovered the Best Picture of 1986--Out of Africa. "A classic along the lines of The English Patient" I mumbled to myself as i placed the dvd into the player and cracked open a bottle of red wine.
  The slow pace of the movie put me off, and all we learn in the first hour is that Meryrl Streep contracts shyphillis from her cheating husband in Africa, and then Robert Redford... more info

• A Baroness in Africa among men & Kikus
  This film depicts the African Kenya in the 1910s. The main character of the film is a noble girl from Danmark. She marries a friend for a title and estate. They do not marry out of love. In the following events this causes huge upheavals in their lives. They pursue different things in their lives and try to get a meaning of their lives in African Kenya. Some personal disasters and natural disasters pass by. Our main character Karen eventually falls in love with an adventurer and wants to settle down with... more info

• Starts off with ' I Had a Farm in Africa' ...So moving
  What a memorable gem of a movie!! I thought this film deserved every one of its seven Academy Awards it got. After viewing this film again I'm just stupefied why didn't Meryl Streep win Best Actress in this movie. The role of Karen Blixen was very complex and she performed it beautifully. This is probably right up there with "Sophie's Choice" and "Kramer vs. Kramer" both Award winning performances for her and this is right there with "Bridges of Madison County" and "A Cry in the Dark".
  Syndey Pollock... more info

• An epic story about life in Africa
  Out Of Africa is an engaging epic story about what life was actually like for a strongly natured Danish woman. This courageable lady embarked on a newly pastured life with her husband in this beautiful continent by setting up a coffee plantation. The story is actually true. It is based on the bestselling novel adoption by Karen Blixen converted to a featured length movie.
  The movie makes you feel though you are actually in Africa. It is truly a beautiful continent, filled with out of the world scenery,... more info

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