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The Fountain [Widescreen]

Actor(s): Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie
Director(s): Darren Aronofsky
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 05/15/2007
Format: DVD - Color,Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins
Studio: Warner Home Video
Total Copies: 2
Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Psychological Sci-Fi
See Also: The Fountain [Blu-ray], The Fountain [Fullscreen], The Fountain [HD DVD], The Fountain [HD DVD]

DVD Synopsis

Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky switches gears from drug-induced urban malaise to abstract science fiction with this time-tripping symbolic tale of a man's thousand-year quest to save the woman he loves. Moving between representational stories and images, this meditation on life and death focuses on the concept of the mythical Tree of Life that is said to bestow immortality to all who drink of its sap. In one of the film's allegorical timelines, a 16th century Spanish conquistador played by Hugh Jackman sets out to find the tree in order to save his queen (Rachel Weisz) from the Inquisition. Another conceptual story finds Jackman centuries later, struggling with mortality as a modern-day scientist desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi. The third and most abstract concept finds Jackman as a different incarnation of the same character-idea, this time questing for eternal life within the confines of a floating sphere transporting the aged Tree of Life through the depths of space. Still more avant-garde than his breakthrough film Pi, The Fountain finds Aronofsky almost completely abandoning conventional story structure in favor of something more cinematically abstract. Though the film was originally slapped with an R by the MPAA, Aronofsky & co. re-edited it to conform to a PG-13 rating. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Actors

Hugh Jackman - Tomas/Tommy/Tom Creo
Rachel Weisz - Isabel/Izzi Creo
Ellen Burstyn - Dr Lillian Guzetti
Mark Margolis - Father Avila
Stephen McHattie - Grand Inquisitor Silecio

Member Movie Reviews

Julie D. wrote on 7/22/2008...

3 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Spectacular! The only reason it wasn't a keeper for me...too much violence for family viewing. But the message is...worth listening to!
I highly recommend this movie, but don't want to give anything away...it's a journey.

Jason C. (JJC) from NEWARK, NJ wrote on 2/1/2008...

5 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.

To quote Yahoo, who probably has the best synopsis of this film without giving anything away:

Three parallel stories--about love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of existence--as told through the odyssey taken on by one man in his thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where, as conquistador Tomas Creo, he commences his search for the 'Tree of Life', the legendary entity believed to grant eternal life to those who drink of its sap. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife Isabel. Traveling through deep space as a 26th-century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries of life that have consumed him for more than a century.

If you're familiar with Darren Aronofsky's previous works, "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream", you'll understand his potent brilliance in filmmaking and scriptwriting to execute his topics of issue. With his third film, "The Fountain," his pet project for many years now, he further shows us that he's a writer/director extroadinaire. The man is brilliant, but he may not attract all.

"The Fountain" is very reminiscent of sci-fi films like "2001", "Final Approach" and "Solaris"...where it's wondrous to look at and you may need to come to your own conclusions to execute the understanding of it. However, if you pay close attention, Aronofsky's "Fountain" isn't as complicated as one would think, there is an amazing tale being told here...and you'll know that genius storytelling is being presented before you.

The film is not a masterpiece by any standards (although it may be too early to tell yet), but it is a great achievement in both writing and directing with an incredibly solid performance from Wolverine himself, Mr. Hugh Jackman; a BRAVO is in order here.

Excellent science-fiction!!

John C. (bookwheelboy) wrote on 12/6/2007...

2 of 7 member(s) found this review helpful.

The trailers were beautiful.