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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1979 DVD Release: 09/28/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 52 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 8 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Period Film, Melodrama See Also: Tess [Special Edition With Book]

In Roman Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's -Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Nastassja Kinski plays Tess, a poor British peasant girl sent to live with her distant and wealthy relatives, the D'Urbervilles. Though Tess' father had hoped that the girl would be permitted a portion of the D'Urberville riches, he is in for a major disappointment: Tess' new housemates are not D'Urbervilles at all, but a social-climbing family that has bought the name. Tess won three Oscars, including a "Best Cinematography" statuette for the late Geoffrey Unsworth and his successor Ghislain Cloquet. The film also served to catapult Nastassja Kinski to stardom. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Nastassja Kinski - Tess Durbeyfield
Leigh Lawson - Alec d'Urberville
Peter Firth - Angel Clare
John Collin - Mr. John Durbeyfield
David Markham - Rev. Mr. Clare

Roman Polanski's beautifully photographed adaptation of Thomas Hardy's -Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Tess, debuts on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The transfer does justice to the first-rate cinematography. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Surround. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a rather extensive set of behind-the-scenes footage that offers a variety of insights into the making of this film, the last Polanski would direct for seven years. This exact same disc is also available in a deluxe edition that contains a paperback edition of the novel. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide