| Beyond the Sea | 
 enlarge | Actors: Caroline Aaron, Tayfun Bademsoy, Brenda Blethyn, Kate Bosworth, Marcus Brigstocke
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy Used: $1.25
You Save: $13.73 (92%)
New (47) Used (101) from $1.25
Avg. Customer Rating:  189 reviews
Sales Rank: 6541
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 118
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: LGED17231D
UPC: 031398172314
EAN: 0031398172314
ASIN: B00094ARN2
Theatrical Release Date: December 29, 2004
Release Date: June 7, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Riveting story of booby darin - a real american idol! Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Kevin Spacey John Goodman Run time: 118 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Kevin Spacey
Amazon.com
The chameleon-like actor Kevin Spacey is best known for playing pyschopaths (in Seven and The Usual Suspects) and capturing a creepy mid-life crisis in American Beauty--but surprisingly, playing crooner Bobby Darin, Spacey does some snappy dancing and top-notch singing. Beyond the Sea puts Darin's life through a bit of a kaleidoscope: While singing Darin's most memorable hit, "Mack the Knife," Darin suddenly stops the show, revealing that he's not at a nightclub, but in the middle of a shooting a scene about his life as a nightclub performer. Why has he stopped? Because he's just seen himself as a young boy, peering from behind a curtain. Such self-conscious narrative twists recur throughout the movie, turning Darin's fight for fame and respect into a love story between his adult and childhood selves. Sandra Dee (Kate Bosworth, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!), a hugely popular movie star in her own right, was supposedly the love of Darin's life, but she never holds his attention as does his childhood self (played by newcomer William Ullrich). It's a striking metaphor for the narcissism that drives such success-hungry entertainers. But despite (or perhaps because of) the complexity of the telling, the events never grip your emotions; though Darin's life featured hits galore and a few soap opera twists, his story lacks the seductive charm of his nighclub show. Also featuring Bob Hoskins, John Goodman, Brenda Blethyn, and Greta Scacchi. --Bret Fetzer
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 184 more reviews...
 Beyond the Sea November 6, 2008
Movie arrived in great condition. I enjoyed the movie VERY much. It took me back to a time that was great in my life!!
 enjoyable October 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie was enjoyable. However, I wish I had known it had Spanish sub-titles before I bought it as a gift for my mother.
Kevin should've gone in for musical theatre, his voice isn't bad September 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
and his dancing is good enough for a stage production. I thought Bobby Darin was an ok singer, it used to be called crooning, as was Frank, Dean and Sammy. And they all had similiar backgrounds. I didn't think his life was special enough to make a movie out of, and does any one remember who he was? Which was probably another reason this picture tanked. It's always hard to make a semi-biographic movie about a celebrity who rose above many hardships to have a successful showbiz career.
When it works it's entertaining, when it dosen't you end up with a mess like this.
Spacey just too old. September 13, 2008
Okay movie, very good music, very good singing by Spacey. The big question for the viewer, though, is the obvious one: Can you accept the middle-aged Spacey playing the young Darin? I could not. The age problem was particularly jarring in scenes between Spacey and Kate Bosworth.
 Below the deep six September 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You can't fault Kevin Spacey for his well intentioned love affair with Rat Pack era crooner Bobby Darin. His singing here is top notch, and his dancing is eye opening. But the movie is a structural mess, replete with three full blown fantasy dance sequences that are interruptive and an intrusive boy who is supposed to be Darin as a kid, now looking on as Darin tells the story of his ill-fated life, cut short by a bad heart. The device doesn't work well. Neither do Spacey's voice-overs. You never get the sense of Darin as such a great performer either, though the movie tries to convince you that he was. He's all but forgotten now, and his music, much of it, hasn't aged well. The love interest with Sandra Dee lacks heat. And Spacey is just too old and jowly to play Darin anyway. Give him an A for effort. It just doesn't work.
|
|
|
