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Terrence Malick aims for a kind of psychological realism through poetics in this stupendous reexamination of the Pocahontas myth. From the opening, when a group of frolicking Powhatan natives spy the approaching ships of Captain Newport (Christopher Plummer) from the future Virginia's verdant shores, it's clear that Malick is less interested in historical accuracy than in a ground-level positing of how colonization was emotionally experienced when Jacobean England discovered a "new world." As in most tellings of the story, Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher) and Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell), through their romance, function as agents promoting change and peaceful integration of their respective cultures. But their good intentions are easily complicated; the probing voice-overs reveal them struggling to understand and never coming to terms with their desires. (A real-life romance most likely did not occur.) Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography employs the usual painterly imagery and break-away nature shots of Malick's other films, but in this film these techniques are perhaps best integrated into thematic structure, referencing the idea of "virgin land" and the role physical environment plays in cultural identity. The actors are universally strong, particularly Christian Bale's final-act appearance as the pious John Rolfe. Kilcher, 14 at the time of shooting, gives a mind-bogglingly complex revelatory performance that nearly overwhelms at the unexpected rush of the closing moments. In Malick's notoriously miniscule oeuvre, The New World easily stands as one of his best films. - All Movie Guide
Condition:NEW.
Product details:
Actors: Colin Farrell, Qorianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
Directors: Terrence Malick
Format: AC-3, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Number of discs: 3
Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: July 26, 2016
Run Time: 172 minutes
Special Features:
New 4K digital restoration of the 172-minute extended cut of the film, supervised by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezik and director Terrence Malick and featuring material not released in theaters, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack; High-definition digital transfers of the 135-minute theatrical cut and the 150-minute first cut of the film, supervised by Lubezki, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks; New interviews with actors Colin Farrel and Q'orianka Kilcher; New program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with producer Sarah Green, production designer Jack Fisk, and costume designer Jacqueline West; Making "The New World," a documentary shot during the production of the film in 2004, directed and edited by Austin Jack Lynch; New programs about the process of cutting The New World and its various versions, featuring interviews with editors Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, and Mark Yoshikawa; Trailers
Cast & Crew:
Colin Farrell John Smith
Q'orianka Kilcher Pocahontas
Christopher Plummer Capt. Christopher Newport
Christian Bale John Rolfe
August Schellenberg Chief Powhatan
Wes Studi Opechancanough
David Thewlis Capt. Edward Wingfield
Yorick Van Wageningen Captain Argall
Ben Mendelsohn Ben
Raoul Trujillo Tomocomo
Brian F. O'Byrne Lewes
Irene Bedard Pocahontas' Mother
John Savage Savage
Jamie Harris Emery
Alex Rice Patawomeck's Wife
Michael Greyeyes Rupwew
Kalani Queypo Parahunt
Noah Taylor Selway
Jonathan Pryce King James
Alexandra Malick Queen Anne
Technical Credits:
Terrence Malick Director,Screenwriter
Craig Berkey Sound/Sound Designer
Ivan Bess Associate Producer
Richard Chew Editor
Hank Corwin Editor
David Crank Art Director
Kathleen Driscoll-Mohler Casting
Toby Emmerich Executive Producer
Paul Engelen Makeup
Jack Fisk Production Designer
Jose Antonio Garcia Sound/Sound Designer
Sarah Green Producer
Sarah Hauldren Art Director
Rene Haynes Casting
Trish Hofmann Executive Producer
James Horner Score Composer
Saar Klein Editor
Emmanuel Lubezki Cinematographer
Francine Maisler Casting
Bill Mechanic Executive Producer
Rolf Mittweg Executive Producer
Mark Ordesky Executive Producer
Sandhya Shardanand Associate Producer
Billy Weber Associate Producer
Jacqueline West Costumes/Costume Designer
Mark Yoshikawa Editor
Michele Ziegler Asst. Director
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