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Ryan's Daughter - Special Edition [1970]
from Warner Home Video
starring Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles, Christopher Jones, Barry Foster
directed by David Lean

Features:

• PAL
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Yes I see why it got panned, but this movie is a joy to watch
  Sometimes you can be critical of a work and still be immensely fond of it, and Ryan's daughter is one such film for me. I see exactly why this got a critical mauling on its release, the trouble is, the more I watch it, the more I love it. For all its faults: the way it really lays it on thick, for being fairly patronising in its depiction of the Irish, its naive attempt to acknowledge a worthy cause, (made during the return of 'the troubles', it really did look like this British director of largescale... more info

• A curate's egg on an epic scale
  Another curate's egg from Lean, but redeemed by one of Robert Mitchum's greatest ever performances, bravely cast against type as the gentle Irish schoolteacher who becomes the village joke when his young wife takes up with a shell-shocked British officer. Ignored at the time for the showier attractions of Mills' village idiot (a role Norman Wisdom desperately wanted), it's a remarkably intelligent and subtly observed character study that holds far more appeal than Sarah Miles' title role. As always, Lean... more info

• A revelation
  The first time I saw this film (soon after it came out) was unforgettable: because it was the first time I had experienced what a profound emotional impact a forcefully romantic and exciting film could have.
  Sarah Miles as Rosy Ryan was tremblingly fragile and beautiful - and tragically romantic. Her husband, the much older school master, was bound to disappoint her.
  Trevor Howard as the stern priest fails to chide her back down to earth as she dreams of something more, a dream lover out there... more info

• A Timeless Classic
  Being a fan of david lean i have waited quite a while to see this movie waiting endlessly for it to be on the tv which it never was to my knowledge i got the Dvd and was very excited about watching it becuase i love all David Leans movies and i thought to myself The Bridge on the River Kwai,Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago were all masterpieces and classics of cinema Ryans Daughter must be another one and do you know what? It sure was i was blown away by this movie a simple story of love and lust with... more info

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