Product Details

• Actors: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly, Helena Carroll
• Directors: John Huston
• Format: PAL, UK Import
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ZK8EM6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,730 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Please note that this is a PAL, Region 2 DVD and requires PAL or multi-system capable DVD player. It will not play on standard North American DVD players. Please read the item technical description carefully. ----------------------------------- Synopsis: A vast, merry and uncommon tale of love, set in Dublin at the turn of the century. It's Christmas time and one family is celebrating with music and dancing, encouraged by Gabriel and his wife Gretta. As the viewer is drawn closer to their lives, it is revealed that nothing can ever be the same again...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

99 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Send a message to Lionsgate: do not purchase this edition, November 2, 2009

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Slippy (Santa Clara, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dead (DVD)

It's getting a release...but not a proper release. More than 8 minutes have been cut from the beginning of the film (according to dvdverdict). This isn't the result of region conversion. They were cut. No explanation. Please send a message to the hacks at Lionsgate and refrain from purchasing this travesty. What a great film being so sorely treated. You would think the idiotic cover art would be sufficient insult to Huston's final masterpiece.

63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lionsgate disgraceful attitude, November 3, 2009

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Lynchian - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dead (DVD)

Lionsgate has cut at least 8 minutes from the film. Probably this is a TV version, shorter to fill in a 90 minutes slot! When i first heard about this release i was excited, then appalled from the ugly cover and now simply disgusted...
DO NOT BUY THIS, LIONSGATE RECALL THE DVD NOW AND FIX THE PROBLEM!!!

EDIT: The fixed version is available from other retailers, Amazon why aren't you carrying it?

76 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HUSTON'S FINAL TRIUMPH, December 17, 1999

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R. Penola (NYC, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dead [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Do not buy this video if you do not enjoy movies made with delicacy and wistful melancholy -- it is short, has no real plot and features no special effects. Yet this movie stands as one of the best ever -- it weaves a spell over you, and captivates your every sense. We are treated to the visual trimmings of a holiday feast, along with the Irish folk music that will, just when you least expect it, turn your expectations upside down. The lively characterizations of every player in this movie bring it to vivid life; it's as if you have entered a Christmas card, and can taste, smell and feel everything around you. That James Joyce's story revolves essentially around a simple, but devastating revelation, is what makes it brilliant. So many times in this movie the obvious gives way to more specific visions: as one of the many, many colorful ladies speaks at her party, we are brought inside a bedroom, where we linger with the camera on objects -- picture frames, combs, etc., that spark the imagination and underscore the proceedings with a singluar clarity. Angelica Huston is magically compelling, and the final monologue, delivered with subtle power, will haunt your memory.