Out Of Africa

Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford Original UK Premiere: 1985 Dvd Release: 21st February, 2005 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Box set, PAL, Special Edition, Region 2 Encoding

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Sydney Pollacks 1985 multiple-Oscar winner is a sumptuous & emotionally satisfying film about the life of Danish writer Karen Blixen , better known as Isak Dinesen, who travels to Kenya to be with her German husband but falls for an English adventurer . The film is slow in developing the relationship, but it is rich in beautiful images of Africa & in the romantic tone surrounding Blixens gradual discovery of her life & voice. One downside: while we may all love Redford, he is as convincingly British as Kevin Costner is in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Meryl Streep is an actress, who by the mid- 1980s was regarded by many as the best actress of her day & remains so. Born Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, USA, Streep majored in drama at Vassar College & earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama. She appeared in her first films, Julia & The Deer Hunter in 1977, the latter of which would earn her her first Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. Streep has since been nominated twelve more times--10 for Best Actress & 2 for Best Supporting Actress--making her the most-nominated actor of all time. She won Academy Awards for her roles in Kramer vs. Kramer & Sophies Choice. Streeps career continued to climb in the 1980s, appearing in Woody Allen s Manhattan, The French Lieutenants Woman, Silkwood, Out of Africa, Ironweed, Postcards from the Edge & playing Lindy Chamberlain in A Cry in the Dark, the movie telling of one of the greatest Australian mysteries ever - the disappearance of Chamberlains baby daughter Azaria at Uluru & her claims - later substantiated in court - that a dingo took the child. Posters Of Meryl Streep

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Charles Robert Redford Jr. is a famous American actor. Known for his roles in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, All the Presidents Men, The Sting & The Great Gatsby, Redford has also directed the films Quiz Show, The Milagro Beanfield War & others. Redford also is responsible for starting the Sundance Film Festival, named after his character in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. The festival caters to independent filmmakers in the United States & has received some recognition from the industry as a place to option films. In 1981, the first film Redford directed, Ordinary People, won the Academy Award for Directing ; his 1994 film Quiz Show was nominated for the award but lost to Forrest Gump. Redford owns a celebrated   restaurant called Zoom, located on Main Street in the former mining town of Park City, Utah. It has both indoor & outdoor seating  . Redford also owns a ski resort called Sundance Resort  . Posters Of Robert Redford

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