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Holy Smoke (DVD, 2008)

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Written and directed by Jane Campion ('The Piano', 'Portrait of a Lady').

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An Austrailian family try to rescue their daughter, Ruth, who has embraced the teachings of an Indian guru called Baba. They enlist the help of an American counselor who specialises in reconditioning the minds of members of religious cults...

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ProducerJan Chapman

EAN6867449006499

eBay Product ID (ePID)65738861

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Film/TV TitleHoly Smoke

ActorPam Grier, Kate Winslet, Paul Goddard, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee

DirectorJane Campion

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

FormatDVD

Release Year2008

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesWriter's Commentary\Actor's Commentary\Theatrical Trailer\Tv Spot, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

Aspect Ratio16:9 Wide Screen

Run Time110 Mins

GenreDrama, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Certificate18

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia

Director of PhotographyDion Beebe

Costume DesignerJanet Patterson

Production DesignerJanet Patterson

ReviewsVariety - ...Original in every sense....[Viewers] will embrace its thematic and stylistic complexity, Entertainment Weekly - "...Winslet is the rare actress who can rage at the heavens and reach for them at the same time....[HOLY SMOKE! Is] a knockabout fusion..." -- Rating: B, Movieline - ...A loopy contemporary comedy....Winslet gives a particularly bold, uninhibited and magnetic performance..., Premiere - "...Provocative, frequently hilarious....[Winslet and Keitel] stray into territory that lesser (and less courageous) actors would avoid..." -- 4 out of 5 stars

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Additional InformationIn this wildly inventive film from director Jane Campion (THE PIANO), Kate Winslet stars as Ruth, a headstrong Australian woman determined to get back to India in time to join a group marriage to her guru. Her family, hoping to break the cult leader's psychic grip on Ruth, hires P.J. (Harvey Keitel), a macho American deprogramming expert teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown. A no-holds-barred battle of the psyches, cultures, and sexes ensues as P.J. and Ruth fight, connive, and eventually fall into bed together in what becomes a mutual search for individual truth. The strong performances of the two stars, a hilariously offbeat script (cowritten by Campion and her sister, Anna), and a wealth of delicious, texture-enhancing flourishes (including some surreal bits of computer animation, Pam Grier's work in a small role as P.J.'s partner, and a wild opening sequence set to Neil Diamond's "Holly Holy") combine to make HOLY SMOKE a weird, winning blend of goofy comedy and hallucinatory mysticism.

Movie/TV TitleHoly Smoke

ComposerAngelo Badalamenti

Executive ProducerHarvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Julie Goldstein

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

ScreenwriterJane Campion, Anna Campion

EditorVeronika Jenet

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