Product Details

• Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Heather Graham, Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Christopher Lee
• Directors: Duncan Ward
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: September 14, 2010
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003UAKE9E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,778 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Boogie Woogie [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sucks to Be Them, September 20, 2010

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Eric Sanberg (Berwyn, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boogie Woogie (DVD)

This is a dark, dark look at the world of artists and those who deal in art. Calling this a black comedy is a gross understatement. Essentially everyone in this armpit of existence is in it for themselves. All are jockeying for position to get more, more, more for themselves. And they'll screw or screw over whomever they have to to get what they want.

There are a couple of stories running throughout this film. On one end you have Stellan Skaarsgard (an art collector) and Danny Huston (his art broker) trying to screw each other by outbidding each other to buy a piece of art (The Boogie Woogie of the title) which the owner, Chrostopher Lee, doesn't even want to sell. Meanwhile, Skaarsgard's assistant, Heather Graham, wants his backing to open her own gallery and start with a show by a maybe up and and coming video artist. To do so she will screw said artist's current promoter and screw Skaarsgard out of his cut. And Skaarsgard's wife, Gillian Anderson, will fool around with another up and comer and then want a divorce which will lead to more people screwing other people. You get the picture.

This is an acerbic view of how this part of society works. Everyone's disregard for the feelings of the people around them is unbelievable. There is a scene where Skaarsgard presents a "gift" to his new assistant. How, in anyone's world, this would be considered an appropriate gift is way beyond me.

The director, Duncan Ward, does a great job of giving you the look and feel for that part of London. The beauty, the hipness, the wealth and the attitude. All the acting is good and the writing is, for the most part, outstanding. Some might consider it "too", and they're probably right which is why I didn't give this the big FIVE stars. But all in all this is a great ride. It moves at a quick pace and doesn't linger on anything too long. I can recommend this to anyone who is even remotely interested in this part of existence.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny and witty, plus you can't go wrong with Heather....., December 12, 2010

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J. Rexroat "The one and only" (The Nati, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boogie Woogie [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This movie snuck up on me....I knew the loveyly Heather Grahmn was in it but that was it. Let me say that it was very funny and Heather looked amazing....She always brings something new to the table in each of her movies.

All I can say is that you won't be bored and that you may be surprise by how much you like it....

No spolilers here.....just my opninon....

Get this movie for your collection.

1.0 out of 5 stars Mean-spirited and depressing., January 26, 2012

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Dave "Dave" (California, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boogie Woogie (DVD)

Warning - Spoilers.

This film was mean-spirited and depressing. There were no likable characters. This is not a dark comedy (as it's being marketed) - it's a very dark, depressing, and tedious drama.

The portrayal of one of the lesbian characters was horribly bigoted and negative. Who wrote the script, Pat Robertson?

Suicide is not art. The fact that one of the "artists" would incorporate an actual suicide (that she was largely responsible for) into her art was perverse. Who wants to watch a film with a scene like that?

The cruelty that the characters inflicted on each other made watching this film extremely difficult. This is not entertainment. I felt just awful after finally finishing this stupid and very anti-human film.

The pretentiousness of the art world was portrayed in a very fake and over-the-top manner - especially by Gillian Anderson's terrible character and that of Christopher Lee's. We get it, serious art collectors and artists are supposed to be ridiculous, eccentric, and snobby. Enough already. There was no need to make them into unbelievable caricatures of people who care more about pieces of art than their very own lives.

Horrible film. Avoid it unless you have a negative opinion of human beings and want reconfirmation of that opinion.