| Gideon's Daughter | 
 enlarge | Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Actors: Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson, Emily Blunt, Robert Lindsay, Ronni Ancona
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 47776
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Extra Tracks, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 144
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE2561D
UPC: 794051256126
EAN: 0794051256126
ASIN: B000EHQU1M
Theatrical Release Date: March 2006
Release Date: May 30, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A p.R. Guru has to stop & reevaluate his world when his daughter threatens to leave his life perhaps as revenge for his serial infidelities. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/30/2006 Starring: Bill Nighy Emily Blunt Run time: 105 minutes Rating: Nr
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Everyone believes that Gideon Warner (Bill Nighy, Love Actually), a hugely influential publicist, has the key to making everything happen. But Warner can't make his daughter (Emily Blunt, Empire) love him, and her thinly hidden disgust is slowly killing him. British tv-movie auteur Stephen Poliakoff doesn't just write about people; in his view you can't separate one life from the lives of others, or the events of the world in which that life is lived. Gideon's Daughter unfolds organically in a series of disconnected events, chance collisions and coincidental intentions that shape the character's fates. In the wrong hands, this could feel sloppy or forced; but Poliakoff has a gift for keeping his audience caught up in the struggles of his unpredictable (yet very believable) characters. The juxtaposition of events large and small--a man steals flowers from a memorial for Princess Diana so he can lay them on the sidewalk where a car struck his bike-riding son--reflects how a life as supposedly large as Gideon's can become enmeshed in one so supposedly small as that of a grief-stricken middle-aged salesclerk (Miranda Richardson, The Phantom of the Opera). Extras include interviews with Poliakoff and the cast, as well as a 40 minute documentary on Poliakoff, A Brief History of Now, which may help explain why this intriguing writer/director is so well-regarded in England, though he's little-known in the U.S.. --Bret Fetzer
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 A mesmerizing experience . Thank you February 16, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
What a joy to see a compelling, totally intriguing story beautifully acted by a cast that does not appear to be acting: Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson,Emily Blunt,Robert Lindsey, Ronny Anacona, Tom Hardy & company. Bill NIghy is a treasure. Miranda Richardson, too. Never miss their movies. The screenplay and direction of Steven Poliokoff are so creatively conceived as to be mesmerizing. What a pleasure to see a writer/director who truly presents a fully developed movie. We love the metaphorical quality of the stroy, and appreciate the fact that it enhances, without getting in the way. Gideon's Daughter is a jewel that we first rented, and immediatly purchased,becasue we ant to see it again.
 Poignant loss of child by two different parents February 3, 2007
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
As both a parent and a grandparent and also having lost a child in infancy, I found this movie extremely satisfying in terms of the emotions it portrayed. I really got into it. It's hard to go wrong with the star power involved and they worked well together - I'd like to see more of this caliber - on American TV for a change.
The Colonel
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