Product Information
THE FOUNTAIN is split into three different time periods, beginning in the 16th century, when a conquistador named Tomas strives to find the Tree of Life. The second part of the story finds a character travelling through outer space and dreaming of a woman named Izzi. The third part is set in the present day and is about a doctor named Tommy, who is married to the terminally ill Izzi.Product Identifiers
ProducerIain Smith, Arnon Milchan, Eric Watson
EAN5039036032308
eBay Product ID (ePID)59527462
Product Key Features
ActorEllen Burstyn, Sean Gullette, Rachel Weisz, Donna Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Stephen Mchattie, Mark Margolis, Hugh Jackman, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ethan Suplee
Film/TV TitleThe Fountain
DirectorDarren Aronofsky
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\Finnish\French\Norwegian\Swedish
Run Time96 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2007
FormatBlu-ray
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Behind the Story featurettes - 'Vfx Step By Step', 'Life On Ship' and 'Inside The Director's Mind - Scene To Storyboard Comparison'\Inside The Fountain - Death and Rebirth featurettes - 'Australia', 'The 21st Century', 'Spain-16th Century', 'New Spain', 'The Endless Field', 'The Future' and 'The Interview' \Peter Parks Bonus - Macro Photography Loop\Easter Egg - Darren Hair and more, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationDarren Aronofsky's THE FOUNTAIN is sure to enchant, beguile, and inspire intense debate among his fans. During the gap since 2000's REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, Aronofsky had struggled to bring THE FOUNTAIN to the screen, principally because leading man Brad Pitt dropped out of the project. The complex tale is split into three different time periods, beginning in the 16th century, when a conquistador named Tomas (Hugh Jackman) strives to find the Tree of Life. The second part of the story finds Jackman playing a Buddha-like character who zips through outer space and dreams of a woman named Izzi (Rachel Weisz). And the third part, which consumes most of the film's screen time, is set in the present day and sees Jackman playing a doctor named Tommy, who is married to the terminally ill Izzi. In this third section Tommy strives to find a cure for Izzi's brain tumour, and makes some progress after experimenting on a monkey with a substance discovered in a tree in South America. Meanwhile, Izzi has been writing a book that she calls THE FOUNTAIN, but has left the final chapter for Tommy to write. As Aronofsky pushes and pulls his sepia-tinted film between the three time periods, he weaves a deeply thoughtful, special effects-laden story that touches on themes of mortality and self, and requires a great deal of work from the director's audience. Movies such as Kubrick's 2001 and Tarkovsky's SOLARIS come to mind as Aronofsky gets deep into philosophical waters, and the various story strands of THE FOUNTAIN are as inconclusive and open to interpretation as the films that have clearly influenced it. The film makes for uneasy and sometimes confusing viewing, but will find its audience among intrepid souls who are fully prepared to let go and immerse themselves in Aronofsky's peculiar, daring, and thoughtful cinematic universe.
ReviewsEmpire - One of the most moving and thought-provoking films of the year
ScreenwriterAri Handel
MusicClint Mansell
Sound sourceDTS 5.1
Movie/TV TitleThe Fountain
Director of PhotographyMatthew Labatique
Consumer AdviceContains some bloody violence