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Casanova | 
| Director: Lasse Hallstroem
Actors: Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 7775
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.3
MPN: 4064403
UPC: 786936288858
EAN: 0786936288858
ASIN: B000EDWKXI
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 2005
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
HEATH LEDGER STARS AS THE LEGENDARY CASANOVA, THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS SEDUCER, A MASTER OF DISGUISE AND WIT. IT WAS SAID NO WOMAN COULD RESIST HIS AMOROUS CHARMS. BUT CASANOVA HAS FINALLY MET HIS MATCH IN THE FIERY INTELLIGENT BEAUTY FRANCESCA.
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A light farce dressed up as a lush 18th century costume drama, Casanova gives a fictional spin to the exploits of history's most rakish seducer of women. As played by Heath Ledger, this Casanova bears no resemblance to Donald Sutherland's unrepentant portrayal in Fellini's Casanova, filmed 30 years earlier. Instead, the great ladies' man of Venice is just biding time by bedding women, waiting for true love (and the return his long-absent mother) to settle down into blissful monogamy. He finds true love in Francesca (Sienna Miller), a feminist who initially resists Casanova's affections while director Lasse Hallstroem serves up a variety of lightweight subplots including Casanova's flight from the Vatican's inquisitor (Jeremy Irons); a host of mistaken identities involving, among others, the portly "Lard King of Genoa" (played with scene-stealing perfection by Oliver Platt in a blubbery fat suit); and the romantic negotiations of Francesca's mother (played by Hallstroem's wife, Lena Olin) and a young bumbler named Giovanni with his own promising future as a lover of women. It all adds up to a good-looking and harmless diversion that barely warrants an R-rating, and it makes a fine double-bill with the more enjoyable Dangerous Beauty, another Venetian lover's tale that was also blessed by the presence of Platt, who gives this Casanova the majority of its entertainment value. --Jeff Shannon
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 A must for woman of all age to watch! June 21, 2009
Sunshine (Monrovia, CA USA)
Casana had finally met his match! The movie is very funny to see the wit of the woman Casana is falling in love with. The is a romatic comedy. As Casana shared his secrets with the shy guy, I found the same principles could be used by woman toward man. This is definitely a must for woman of all age to watch! Casana is very clever in catching the human nature of curiosity. In the United States, we stress too much for a woman to catch a man. Man prefers to be the hunter instead of the preyer. A woman that is beautiful plus intellegence will still attrack her Casanova. I love the movie and will recommend it to the singles who would like to meet the opposite sex and the couples who want to keep their fire of love burning.
 Funny and witty March 22, 2009
Laura M. Robold
There are some funny and witty parts to the movie. The beginning and ending are interesting and a bit unexpected, I feel.
Everyone certainly did their homework !! March 11, 2009
Peter T. Wolf (lake forest, ca United States)
I saw this movie for the first time last night on TV. Boy do i regret having missed this on a big screen !! Like all the other reviewers I totally agree this was a wonderful movie. The sets, costumes, scenery ( the real and simulated Venice was stunning) were amazing. It's all wonderfully lush and full of colors. On Blueray, this movie will knock your socks off. But what really shows that the film makers knew their stuff was the use of period music. Not the typical Hans Zimmer 'helicopter chase scene' music ( regardless the subject of the film) but Vivaldi, Handel, Rameau, etc. THIS was the music of the time and the way in which the right piece was synch'd with the right scene shows that the director knew what he was doing. The entire effect is a visual and audio extravaganza that makes you want to
a) hop a plane to Venice.
b) buy the soundtrack.
c) buy the movie.
d) watch it often.
Five stars easily.
What happens when the greatest lover of all time falls for a girl who cant love him? November 2, 2008
Courtney Rabideau (USA)
This is a very good movie. Heath Ledger and Siena Miller are great as Cassanova and Francesca Bruni.
The story is an old Cassanova is writing his autobiography and is telling a story about a love that according to him is not his to tell.
Cassanova is already famous as a lover in Venice, Italy. He is caught with a novice nun (who according to Cassanova is hardly a novice.) THe Dogg is a friend of his and helps him out of his crapes. The Dogg was going to expell Cassanova from Venice, but then tells him to get married before Caravale a couple days later.
Cassanova and a person who works for him look for his future bride and found it in Victoria Donato. There is only one problem. Giovanni Bruni likes Victoria and is prepared to duell with Cassanova who gives his name as Lupo Salvato (the man who works for him.)
The next day Cassanova finds out that instead of dueling with Giovanni he spared with his sister Francesca. He is captivated by her and soon finds himself falling for her, but there are some compliocations.
One complication is that they are both engaged. Francesca is engaged to her fathers cousin Paprizzio (played by Oliver Platt). Also Cassanova thinks that she has a secret lover, but it turns out that she has been writing books and having a man named Bernardo Gurdi say that he wrote them.
Several days later Paprizzio comes to Venice and Cassanova meets him and "helps" him look better so that Cassanova can pretend that he is Paprizzio. Also Bishop Pucci comes to Venice to arrest Cassanova for being a "vile fornacator." Everything comes to a head at Caravale.
Why is it a story that is not the older Cassanova's to tell? What happens to Paprizzio, Cassanova, and Francesca? Watch Cassanova
Casanova October 23, 2008
wolfsister
CasanovaReally a cute and well done adventure!
Acting: great........amusement: cute
Glad we purchased this......too bad we lost a good actor though!
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