Marie Antoinette | 
| Director: Sofia Coppola
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  333 reviews
Sales Rank: 3101
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 123 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 043396159105
UPC: 043396159105
EAN: 0043396159105
ASIN: B000M06KJ8
Theatrical Release Date: October 20, 2006
Release Date: February 13, 2007
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Product Description
THE VIBRANT RETELLING OF THE CLASSIC STORY OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, THE NAIVE AUSTRIAN PRINCESS, WHO IS THROWN INTO THE SCANDAL-RIDDEN WORLD OF THE FRENCH ARISTOCRACY WHEN SHE IS BETROTHED TO KING LOUIS XVI. WHILE STILL A TEENAGER, MARIE ANTOINETTE CONQUERS HER FEARS AND BECOMES FRANCE'S ICONIC QUEEN.
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While much was made of the fact that Marie Antoinette elicited boos at Cannes, the many favorable reviews attracted less attention. Inspired by Antonia Fraser's biography, Sofia Coppola fashions a portrait that's just as dreamy as The Virgin Suicides, her first literary adaptation, and the Oscar-winning Lost in Translation. Set to a soundtrack of post-punk (a conceit that adds more interest than resonance), the teenaged Marie (Kirsten Dunst, quite good) may be shallow, but she's rarely unsympathetic. The story begins in the late-18th century as the Austrian Archduchess agrees to marry Louis-Auguste (Jason Schwartzman). After bidding adieu to her mother, Maria Theresa (Marianne Faithfull), she travels to France, where King Louis XV (Rip Torn) sets the rules--and the list is endless (Judy Davis' Comtesse de Noailles is the primary enforcer). As for the Dauphin, he's just a boy, really, with more interest in his key collection than their marriage bed. Should Marie produce an heir, it might be enough to sustain her--since life is nothing but an endless shopping spree--but clouds gather on the horizon as an impoverished populace rises up against their extravagant leaders. Coppola merely suggests what happens next, although history paints a darker picture. Filmed in and around the Chateau of Versailles, Marie Antoinette is a riot of rustling gowns, sparkling jewels, and Manolo Blahnik-designed shoes. To say that style trumps substance does its maker a disservice, but the look of the thing does leave the deepest impression. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Extras from Marie Antoinette (click for larger image) 
Featurette: On the filming of Marie Antoinette:
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Film Clip: "The Introduction"
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Film Clip: "The Royal Treatment"
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Stills from Marie Antoinette (click for larger image) Beyond Marie Antoinette at Amazon.com 
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| Customer Reviews: Read 328 more reviews...
 Not so bad at all! June 23, 2009
Edward Aycock (New York, NY United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The mediocre reviews, the stories of audiences booing at Cannes, the casting of Kirsten Dunst (whom I find to be a good actress but I was wary about this project) all made me stay away from this movie in the theaters.
My loss!
"Marie Antoinette" is a wonderfully told tale about "the Austrian's" rise to the court of France and then the sad downfall brought about by the Revolution. True, there are some deliberate anachronisms in the film but they don't take away from the story. Visually, the movie is gorgeous but if that's all there was, it would be shallow. I enjoyed the storyline and the acting from all the various people involved - Molly Shannon and Judy Davis in the same movie? Really? Yet, Sofia Coppola makes it work.
A real bonus is that the movie was filmed on location at the palace of Versailles and the Petit Trianon and not on a reconstructed back lot. If you've been resisting this movie because you weren't sure if it'd be to your liking, take the plunge and rent it. And make sure you have plenty of cake on hand.
 Excellent Time Period film! June 22, 2009
A. Butcher (All the World is my playground!)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a great movie! I am sure I will watch it again! Love the costumes & sets! Great job! [...]
Different Way of Storytelling June 18, 2009
jessjess
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first time I watched this movie, I had mixed feelings about it. I felt that I liked it, but really wasn't sure why. I watched it again, and grew to like it more. Now with each viewing, my enjoyment only increases.
It's humor is subtle, and its storytelling devices are uncommon--not new, just uncommon.
This movie uses modern music as it's soundtrack, along with period appropriate pieces, but I didn't not find that the modern songs stood out me nearly as awkwardly as they did in, say, A Knight's Tale. They almost seemed to fit. And of course they did. The main objective of this movie is to portray Marie Antoinette's life of royalty as a modern day rock star.
Sofia Coppola uses imagery and fantastic colors and costumes and music and stunning videography to do much of the talking. The irony is even though her lifestyle is outrageous, the way she is presented also makes her very real.
Like I said, it's subtle and artsy, and in a world of in-your-face plot, it's easy to understand why so many may not like it. But if you come to it with an open mind, you just might find it to be a really cool, refreshingly different sort of movie.
 I gnawed my arm off in boredom June 9, 2009
D. Howell (Sisters, OR United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
For movies like this I truly wish there was a no-star rating available for reviewers.
Occasionally a movie is so bad, that I jokingly laugh with my family about "gnawing my arm" out of boredom. This one went even beyond that...
This movie is definately a perfect candidate for the so-bad-it-made-me-mad category.
Why would anybody want to watch a movie about Marie Antoinette? Oh, maybe to know more about the details that lead up to the beheading that immortalized her name perhaps? This movie not only doesn't really explain much about that, but up to the very final credits you're still left in wonder about WHAT you've even watched. (To say more might spoil the ending, so I will say no more.)
But hey, if watching Kirsten Dunst sit in a horse-drawn coach with a ridiculous hairdo and look out the window at endless touchy-feely scenes of rolling hills and wheat swaying in the breeze, no dialogue or facial expressions at all, and only an occasional hint of boring plot regarding her husband's inadequacies is your deal, don't let me stop you. You've been warned.
Something new to appreciate every time I watch it again. June 2, 2009
Shuree D. Munden-Wagstaff (Southern California)
Pick one to love: the costumes, the art direction, the acting, the music, the cinematography...the writing...I cant decide..but what I do know..is that this is a GREAT movie. I love the fact that we are finally shedding light to the truth about this woman who took a great fall unfairly.
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