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Doctor Zhivago [Special Edition] (1965)

Posted By: Notsaint

Date: 15 Mar 2014 18:38:31

Life of a Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and experiences hardships during the Bolshevik Revolution.

Director: David Lean
Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Jeffrey Rockland, Tarek Sharif, Bernard Kay, Klaus Kinski, Gerard Tichy, Noel Willman, Geoffrey Keen, Adrienne Corri, Jack MacGowran, Mark Eden, Erik Chitty, Roger Maxwell, Wolf Frees, Gwen Nelson, Lucy Westmore, Lili Murati, Peter Madden, Luana Alcaniz, Assad Bahador, Jose Maria Caffarel, Emilio Carrer

Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif), a recently married Moscow physician who is conscripted into the medical corps during World War 1, meets and falls in love with army nurse Lara (Julie Christie) as they attend to wounded soldiers returning from the front. Back in the capital, Zhivago is reunited with his patient wife Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin) but Lara, who is married to the fierce activist Pasha (Tom Courtenay), remains constantly in his thoughts. Lara inspires him poetically but as the Russian Revolution gathers momentum, his more serious writings increasingly incur the wrath of the state.

EXTRAS:
- New 2001 digital transfer from refurbished elements
- Introduction by Omar Sharif
- 30th-anniversary behind-the-scenes documentary Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic
- 10 vintage documentaries profiling the production and its stars
- Music-only audio track highlighting Maurice Jarre's Oscar and Grammy winning score
- Vintage audio sound bites of cast/director interviews and the December 1965 New York premiere
- Cast/director career highlights

IMDb

"Doctor Zhivago" is a film whose like we will not see again. This was one of the last gasps of true epic film making, a story of human beings set against a vast historical panorama, made without any computer-generated images and featuring only people to keep your interest, with not a space alien or hobbit in sight. Who can believe now that there was a time when that was sufficient?

I first saw this film when I was 8 years old. Certainly I was not able at that time to understand all aspects and nuances of the story, but I was nonetheless mesmerized by the production: the sheer scope and spectacle of it, the absolutely glorious cinematography, the rich characters. It was unforgettable to me, and along with a few other films from that period like "The Sound of Music", fostered a lifelong love for movies. For that alone, I have a soft spot in my heart for this film and will always be grateful for it (and David Lean).

So, I admit I'm prejudiced. I'm unabashedly in love with this movie, and find it hard to take criticism of it even when the rational part of me acknowledges that there might be some accuracy in it. We all have our weaknesses! Its especially blasphemous to me to hear anyone criticize Julie Christie as Lara - even as an 8 year old who wasn't too fond of girls, I thought she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen and well, she's still right up there on my list! For those people who question why Yuri would be with her when he was married to Tanya…well, look at her for God's sakes (no disrespect to the lovely Geraldine Chaplin)! Is any further justification really needed? As to the ingrate who slammed her performance and downgraded her subsequent career implying she had no talent, it has always been my impression from all I've read that Miss Christie has never been one of those to pursue stardom and her career at all costs. She certainly had many opportunities to do splashy commercial films, but instead has had an interesting, long and varied career working in quality projects with many great filmmakers (Truffaut, Schlesinger, Altman, Beatty, Lumet, Branagh, etc.) She has been true to herself and has proven to be an outstanding talent. There are certainly many more deserving targets for the gentleman to heap venom upon than this wonderful actress.

"Doctor Zhivago" was a reflection in the 60's of the 1930's "Gone With the Wind" and a precursor to the 1990's "Titanic": a sweeping love story with charismatic leads set against a cataclysmic event. Old-fashioned undeniably, but would you really want it any other way? I still find myself able to be swept up in it though I've seen it umpteen times, so whatever flaws it may possess, there must be something inherently powerful in it that draws me to it. Or else I'm just a sucker for Julie Christie, I don't know…
~ FANatic-10

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