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Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (DVD)

 

Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 1997 / Director: Clint Eastwood / Actors: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey ... / DVD ... more
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (DVD) ... released 25 January, 1999 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / Readers of John Berendt's bestselling novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, were bound to be at least somewhat disappointed by this big-screen adaptation, but despite mixed reaction from critics and audiences, there's still plenty to admire about director Clint Eastwood's take on the material. Readers will surely miss the rich atmosphere and societal detail that Berendt brought to his "Savannah story," and the movie can only scratch the surface of Georgian history, tradition and wealthy decadence underlying Berendt's fact-based murder mystery. Still, Eastwood maintains an assured focus on the wonderful eccentrics of Savannah, most notably a gay Savannah antiques dealer (superbly played by Kevin Spacey), who may or may not have killed his friend and alleged lover (Jude Law). John Cusack plays the Town & Country journalist who arrives in Savannah to find much more than he bargained for--including the city's legendary drag queen Lady Chablis (playing "herself")--and John Lee Hancock's smoothly adapted screenplay succeeds in bringing Berendt's characters vividly to life with plenty of flavourful dialogue. --Jeff Shannon

Newest Review: ... that is even odder than in most other potrayals. We see 'yankee' journalist John Cussack travel to Savvanah to cover ... more

 ... a christmas party held by millionaire (Kevin Spacey) and come into contact with the towns immensely eccentric characters and become involved in a murder case with supernatural and comic elements. This film is worth watching just for its multitude of unusual charcaters such as the town drag queen, a man who keeps flies on leashes and threatens continiously to poison the water supply, a voodoo woman and a man who walks a dogless leash so as to claim $15 from the dogs dead owner. The story line is also great and the m...more

D.J.Rossco
Premium Review Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil (DVD): Stange goings on in the South (201 words)
by D.J.Rossco - written on 26/06/00 (Somewhat useful, 27 readings)
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Alot of people slate this film and two of my friends walked out when we went to see this, but its one of the best films I've seen from the late 90s. The entire film is shrowded in the eccentric and supernatural atmosphere of a Savvanah that is even odder than in most other potrayals. We see 'yankee' journalist John Cussack travel to Savvanah to cover a christmas party held by millionaire (Kevin Spacey) and come into contact with the towns immensely eccentric characters and become involved in a murder case with supernatural and comic elements. This film is worth watching just for its multitude of unusual charcaters such as the town drag queen, a man ...

 
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