Product Details

• Actors: Line Kruse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Aksel Erhardtsen
• Directors: Anders Thomas Jensen
• Writers: Anders Thomas Jensen
• Producers: Kim Magnusson, Margaret Matheson, Tivi Magnusson
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Danish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007Y9JD8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,138 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
From Academy Award-winning director Anders Thomas Jensen and in the vein of "Delicatessen" and "Eating Raoul," "The Green Butchers" brings you the dynamic duo of Bjarne and Svend, two pals who decide to open their own butcher shop. Grappling with a competitive market and an evil ex-boss, the two come up with a special dish that suddenly has everyone flocking to their counter and dying for more. As business heats up however, so does the competition and suddenly everyone is asking about Bjarne and Svend's "special ingredients."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where is that ferral sex God, Tristan?, May 23, 2005

By	C. Doddy "Smitten in PA." (Pen Argyl,PA,USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having become obesessed with Mads Mikkelsen as Tristan(King

Arthur)I wanted to see what other movies the "sexiest man in Denmark" had on the market. Girls, if you are looking for that Danish pastry ,you won't find him this flick. You will find a dark comedy with a stellar preformance by Mads.I really had to watch this flick 3 times to really appreciate it. Ithink I was expecting a Tristan looking actor instead of the balding, middle aged insane butcher on the screen. I'm not quite sure if our American leading men,and Mads is the leading leading man in Denmark, would be even be offered a role such as this. Brad Pitt could never pull it off.
I have just ordered 4 more movies starring Mads Mikkelsen. I admit it, I'm smitten.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's all in the Marinade, baby!, March 13, 2006

By	Nicola Mattos "key lime pie connoisseur and m... (San Francisco, CA South of Market) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A thoroughly enjoyable romp into the gastronomical endeavors of two every enterprising (albeit sullen) butchers who market their "special" marinated chicky-chicken to the neighbors of their village.
And just how do you get the money to start your own butcher shop from scratch? Well it ain't cheap!
You turn off the life support system of your ailing twin-brother and collect on the insurance money that has been in limbo for the past 10 years while he has been withering away in a coma.
Finally armed with the moola to leave their lackluster jobs slaving away in their bosses butcher shop and not getting credit due for their incredible sausages and marinade, Svend and Bjarne launch their own shop.
Before they even open for their first day of business, a routine repair job goes sour, when Svend accidentally offs the freezer repairman by mistakenly locking him in. At least we know the freezer works now!
And if that weren't good enough, Svend hacks off the repairman's leg and sells it under pressure to produce a "special" meat that the finicky villagers will like. It is not until the Rotary Club dinner where the meal is a smashing success that they enjoy real success (all due to Svend and Bjarne's special chicky-chicken). Once the word is out the villagers have got to have more! And the pressure is on!
A great flick that you can laugh all the way through, non-stop shenanigans drawn out in that distinctly surreal European style. You are watching a sophisticated and gruesome black comedy that will make you want MORE. And yes....finally a horror movie with a happy ending.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Danish Treasure, May 19, 2005

By	Brian Larsen (Sanford, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This tale from the kingdom of Denmark is all about Svend and Bjarne, two butchers who find themselves fired, they then open their own little meat market and after a shaking start of business, Svend discovers that the customers has a very special taste for a very special kind of meat.

From here the tale takes us from laughter to nail biting horror as we get kicked into a world of morbidity and murder.

Svend is played by Mads Mikkelsen, whom you best know as Tristan of "King Arthur" and recently as Le Chiffre in the newest James Bond movie "Casino Royale".

Great entertainment for your money.