Product Details

• Format: NTSC, Color, Import
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001X0UAG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,264 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars beware -absolutely no edition with subtitles AT ALL-, September 20, 2005

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Javier A. Goliszewski "javiergsz" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Urga / Close to Eden [NO ENGLISH] (DVD)

there is some type of deception on the dvd urga page amazon provides you with. two items appear on it; while one item states: -russian soundtrack only- , the other one does not. so you are moved to order this other one. BIG ERROR. this other one is with no subtitles either. dont know why they do it. both are the same article!!!
check amazon france for the box containing urga (mikhalkov's four films) with french subtitles to be released sometime october novembre 2005!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thank you vladimir gostukhin, May 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Urga / Close to Eden [NO ENGLISH] (DVD)

i am very grateful that someone has made this beautiful film and captured a vanishing moment in world culture and landscape. Spellbinding and thought provoking.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty is a rare thing, September 21, 2004

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James Ferguson (Vilnius, Lithuania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Urga / Close to Eden [NO ENGLISH] (DVD)

This immensely satisfying film will please the viewer on all levels, as Mikhalkov provides a most engaging view into the life of a nomadic Mongolian family. He takes the viewpoint of a wayward Russian truck driver trying desperately to keep awake at the wheel only to run the truck into a stream bed. He is rescued by a Mongolian going through his own identity crisis, with hallucinations of Genghis Khan. The lasso or urga plays a major role in this film. As in all of Mikhalkov's movies, he focused on the most telling moments in what is a very special movie. The acting is so natural that the film has a life of its own. Vladimir Gostyukhin is superb as Sergei, the Russian truck driver, capturing all the humor and pathos of a decaying empire in his wonderful performance. But, it is the Mongolian family that will win your heart.