DVD : Copying Beethoven

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starring: Diane Kruger, Ralph Riach, Matyelok Gibbs, Ed Harris, Bill Stewart
directed by: Agnieszka Holland

: Copying Beethoven

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0027616064981
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 03, 2007
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Sales Rank: 6511
MPN: DM106498D



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Description:
When young Anna Holz (Diane Kruger), a Viennese music student is asked to transcribe scoring notes for the great Ludwig van Beethoven (Harris), she eagerly accepts, despite warnings about his volatile behavior. Part maestro, part mentor and part madman, Beethoven reluctantly relies on Anna to help him realize the culmination of his art.

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A passionate, powerful drama based loosely on the final months of Ludwig van Beethoven's life, Copying Beethoven finds the maestro a haunted man, composing the most revolutionary yet unappreciated work of his lifetime; largely deaf; disappointed in his relationship with a wastrel nephew; and fascinated by a young, female composer, Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger), who goes to work for him transcribing music. Staying as a guest at a convent and engaged to a stolid engineer, Anna is drawn to Beethoven’s tempestuous genius. Half the time he's enchanted by her and seems to see straight through to her soul. The other half, he's shouting at her for her timidity or flattery. Hardly a mouse, Anna fights back. The more she does, the more Beethoven recognizes in her a kindred survivor, someone with whom he can reveal his vulnerability and the burden of his artistry. Ed Harris' Beethoven is wracked by pain but not overwhelmed by it; he looks like a man who understands his responsibility to nature too well to merely disintegrate. ("God whispers in most men's ears," Beethoven says. "He shouts in mine.") Director Agnieszka Holland (Olivier, Olivier) oversees a handsome, alternately tender and brutal drama, with several thrilling moments, including the stunned look of audience members hearing the world premiere of the glorious 9th Symphony. --Tom Keogh



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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - great
Ed Harris' performance is GREAT. Beethoven is my favorite composer, and I myself love to play on the piano his sonatas and feel how great this guy was. This story is just captivating. it shows you the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - It Speaks To The Soul
I absolutely loved this movie! The acting is superb and the music is excellent. It depicts the attitudes of the time toward women trying to be recognized for their talents in music, and the obsessive drive ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Should have been funnier
The only thing that kept me from giving this one star was the music of Beethoven--and in this film the music was minimal. More music might have added a star, but maybe not. The ten minute condensed version ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Fun bit of modern myth-making
Every good myth starts with a foundation of fact and some vastly powerful being or beings - in this case, Beethoven fills both roles. Then the mythmaker adds some fictional elements to set the story in motion ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Very Good...but...
I enjoyed the story and the actor's portrayal of Beethoven. Some awesome quotes as well, talking about God's involvement in music. But...

Once again, I do not understand the need to include the name ... Read More

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