Product Details

• Actors: Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons
• Directors: Bob Balaban
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Cantonese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Lifetime
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 2010
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0030T120A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,171 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Star-studded movie about the famous artist. Celebrated photographer and art impresario Alfred Steiglitz (Jeremy Irons) is shocked to learn that the extraordinary drawings he has recently discovered were rendered by a woman. Deciding to display the work of then-unknown artist Georgia O’Keeffe (Joan Allen) in his gallery without her knowledge, the fiercely private artist orders him to remove the collection. Once Alfred convinces her to allow him to become her benefactor and to champion her artistry, their relationship evolves as they fall deeply in love. Alfred leaves his wife for Georgia, but soon finds her rising star is poised to eclipse his light. As their relationship suffers, Alfred finds twisted ways to emotionally wound her, including taking a younger lover. Georgia’s search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings – and ultimately her own voice – in the New Mexico landscape.

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Documentary to Own, May 6, 2010

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Karl E. Weaver "karlweaver" (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Georgia O'Keeffe (DVD)

This is a made-for-TV movie which has now been released by Sony Pictures on DVD in 2010. It won multiple awards as a TV performance. Joan Allen BECOMES Georgia O'Keefe, the way George Scott became General Patton--I think now I will always see her as Georgia O'Keefe. Jeremy Irons gives a great performance (as usual) as her much older husband, Alfred Stieglitz. I have always admired Georgia O'Keefe but did not know details of her life until I watched this documentary. It's a great look at her development as an artist, her personality, and her marriage. Stieglitz was a pioneer of American photography, and his last great photographs seem to be his series of photographs of O'Keefe.

The film is 1.5 hours long. Subtitles are available in multiple languages and also (unusual for a TV-to-DVD production) there are previews of other films (most of them not so well-matched to this documentary) and a short "making of" special feature. The film is not rated but if it were, it would probably rate a PG-13 for occasional partially-nude scenes.

The cinematography is beautiful, the acting is high-quality, the dialog is good and of course, the paintings are beautiful: I just wish there had been even more examples of her art in the movie. If you're interested in Georgia O'Keefe in the slightest, you will enjoy this film. I recommend it.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the art?, November 15, 2010

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Julie A. Mccarty "Julie McCarty" (Eagan, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Georgia O'Keeffe (DVD)

This film may have won many awards for the performances, but I was disappointed in the lack of focus on art and the creative process, something that was everything for the very person that it is about. Certainly it is of interest to know the woman behind the paintings, but how can you have an autobiography about an artist and say so little about her art? The film should have been entitled "The Love Life of Georgia O'Keeffe" or "Stieglitz and O'Keeffe: A Love-Hate Relationship."

I was stunned that the movie does not make the connection between her early life in Wisconsin and the way she saw the forms on the hillside there (later developed in New Mexico), or how the time alone in Texas before she met Stieglitz helped her develop her very own artistic style by digging deep into her own unconscious. There was no mention of what contemporary artists influenced her, or why she painted flowers "so big." There is not nearly enough focus on her life on her own in New Mexico, how or why she bought her own place there, became her own woman, and what she did after Stieglitz had passed away.

I understand a movie cannot show everything in a person's life, but I can't help but wonder what Georgia O'Keeffe would think about this movie: Where's the art? --Julie McCarty, Freelance writer

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing, inspiring film!, May 8, 2010

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Rita Reader "Lea" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Georgia O'Keeffe (DVD)

This movie is a beautiful homage to Georigia O'Keefe. Even if you are not familiar with her paintings, it will move you in many ways. Joan Allen's performance cannot be overstated, it was as if she literally slipped inside this talented woman in a way that is almost scary. The art can bring tears to your eyes, and I must also give a shout out to Tyne Daly. She fills all her roles with such clarity that there is no such thing as a small part when she embodies it. Jeremy Irons is once again accomplished as the philandering husband/art dealer who is so selfish he cannot understand why he cannot have his cake and eat it too. The scene where she stands up to him when he tries to take credit for her talent made me want to stand up and cheer. Best of all, if you are not familiar with O'Keeffe's work, it will make you want to research and learn. What more can a film such as this accomplish?