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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 12/26/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 2 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Period Film, Biopic [feature]

Carrington is the true story of the peculiar love affair between two nonconformists in Victorian England: painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) and author Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce). Dora is a young English artist who is part of the Bloomsbury Group, an assemblage of British writers, painters, and eccentrics that includes the likes of Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster, when she meets Strachey. A confirmed homosexual before meeting Carrington, Strachey inquires who the "ravishing boy" is and discovers that it's a woman. Shocked to discover this, he finds himself captivated by her, and they begin an unusual 17-year love affair/friendship. Strachey (most famous for the groundbreaking book -Eminent Victorians) and Dora eventually move in together and have a series of offbeat sexual experiences with other members of the group and sometimes even with the same man; at one juncture, Dora even marries another man. Yet their relationship endures until Strachey's death years later. Pryce was honored as Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Emma Thompson - Dora Carrington
Jonathan Pryce - Lytton Strachey
Steven Waddington - Ralph Partridge
Samuel West - Gerald Brenan
Rufus Sewell - Mark Gertler

This highly acclaimed film starring Jonathan Pryce and Emma Thompson surveys the fascinating and occasionally tempestuous Bloomsbury group of artists and writers -- in particular, Dora Carrington and Lytton Strachey, who maintained a heartfelt, complex and peculiar relationship with one another. Notable for its plethora of exquisite acting performances, Carrington is sure to keep viewers enthralled. MGM Home Entertainment's disc looks equally exquisite, offering up the film in its proper letterboxed aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (enhanced). The picture is sharp and clear of artifacts, although it does appear a bit too soft during some scenes. Colors are balanced, but the blacks are not as dark as they should be in some parts. The disc has been given a fine English language stereo surround soundtrack and multiple subtitle options. The original theatrical trailer is also available, as are trailers for other MGM releases. A ten-minute behind-the-scenes featurette has also been included and it contains some rather interesting interviews with the cast and filmmakers. Fans of either Pryce and Thompson should definitely check it out. ~ Derek Hill, All Movie Guide