The Bridges of Madison County (Deluxe Widescreen Edition) | 
| Actors: Kyle Eastwood, Jim Haynie, Phyllis Lyons, Debra Monk, Meryl Streep
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  195 reviews
Sales Rank: 24663
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 115721
UPC: 085391157212
EAN: 0085391157212
ASIN: B0012E2HRC
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
World-traveling National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid and Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson aren't looking to turn their lives upside down. Each is at a point in life where expectations are behind them. Yet four days after meeting they wont want to lose the love they've found. Academy Award winners' Meryl Streep (earning her 10th Oscar nomination for this performance) and Clint Eastwood (who also produces and directs) bring blazing starpower and powerful conviction to the beloved characters of Robert James Waller's best seller of love choice and consequence. With luck a love like that happens to some of us sooner or later. For Robert and Francesca it was later. And it was glorious.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE UPC: 085391157212 Manufacturer No: 115721
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Some called it a snooze-fest, while others tearfully clutched their Kleenex. In any case, Clint Eastwood was an unusual and (as it turned out) perceptive choice to direct and costar in this lush adaptation of Robert James Waller's phenomenally bestselling novel. Meryl Streep costars as Francesca, the lonely Iowa farmer's wife who is instantly attracted to Robert (Eastwood), the photographer from National Geographic who is in the area to photograph the bridges along Iowa's rural roadways. The two fall in love while Francesca's husband and children are away at a county fair, but the story's passion and lasting appeal derive from their decision to part forever after just a few brief days of intimate connection. Superbly acted with an emphasis on quiet, graceful moments of tender revelation, the film builds to a crescendo of powerful and conflicting emotions. Like David Lean's Brief Encounter (to which it bears marked similarities), The Bridges of Madison County is destined to become one of the classic movie love stories. --Jeff Shannon
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 Bridges of Madison County April 7, 2009
Seattle Sunshine (Seattle WA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Two amazing actors but not particularly believable together in a romance. A slow plot that doesn't gather much momentum. I couldn't imagine their relationship working anyway (seemed much more like an unrealistic fling on both parts) and so couldn't really get into the romance, which is the basis of the film. And this is coming from a totally sentimental, cry out a box of Kleenex gal. And what was to stop her from adding a little spice to her own marriage? Her husband wasn't an entirely unlikeable guy. When he asked her why she was crying in the end, that was a chance to offer up something to him. Overall unrealistic, which dampened any attempt to get into the movie and characters. And the "Italian" accent seemed more Eastern European.
 The Quintessential American Love Story March 27, 2009
Joshua Miller (Coeur d'Alene,ID)
Clint Eastwood shows a more sensitive side in The Bridges of Madison Country based on the novel by Robert James Waller, Eastwood walks into romantic territory in a love story I enjoyed even more than The Notebook.
The bulk of the story is told in flash-back as two adult children read their recently deceased mother's journal detailing her love affair with a National Geographic photographer.
Francesca (Meryl Streep) is a bored Italian housewife, whose husband and two children leave home for four days. Within minutes of their departure, she meets Robert Kincaid (Eastwood), on assignment from National Geographic to photograph covered bridges in Iowa. The two are almost immediately drawn in by each other and embark upon a four day love affair.
Eastwood proved, once again and not for the last time, that he's one of the best director's Hollywood has no matter what material he's given. Not only that, he broadens his range as an actor here too. It's hard to doubt Eastwood's skill and emotional range as an actor after Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino but he takes a completely different direction with Kincaid. He's very romantic and charming with a big disarming grin.
Streep scored her 10th Oscar nod with this film and deservedly so. I've never paid much attention to Streep, but she's wonderful here and completely disappears into her role, flawlessly hitting all the right notes.
I can't imagine anyone besides Eastwood and Streep in these roles, they both bring something so vivid to them, it is absolute magic.
For me, the weakest (and really sole weak) sections of "Bridges" are the scenes involving Francesca's grown children. The acting (especially by the actor playing Michael) is really sub-par.
Overall, in my opinion, The Bridges of Madison County is the quintessential American romance story. It's a timeless story that should appeal to a broad audience, young and old. The story is very beautiful, very moving, and packs a whole lot of emotional poignancy. This is required viewing for anyone wanting a love story with both depth and beauty.
GRADE: A
A love story February 24, 2009
David Mynott (Victoria, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This version of 'Bridges' is widescreen and includes a feature on how the film was made which gives insights by the actors, producer and technical people. This is a wonderful love story told in a special way under Clint Eastwood's direction. It focuses on sounds, expression and mood rather than dialogue. Bridges is a very powerful movie for anyone who has had a 'once in a lifetime' lovematch which did not result in an on-going relationship. Beautifully acted by Streep and Eastwood. The additional information provided, including interviews with Sreep and Eastwood, adds to a very emotional and enjoyable experience.
A HEARTFELT, LOVE STORY, THAT WILL MAKE YOU SHED TEARS! February 1, 2009
Teresa (NORTH CAROLINA, USA)
This movie is a awesome love story! I loved Meryl S. and Clint E., they are great! I loved the beautiful countryside, and all those covered bridges. And I loved seeing the rural country roads, and cornfields! I loved the beautiuful old farm house, and farm, it brings back memories, and you will need your box of tissues for this one! I have watched it several times over the years, and as usual, I cry each time!
It is so emotional, and it touches your heart in so many ways! It is about a married woman, who is a lonely housewife that feels empty, somehow in her life; and one day a man named Robert drives up her drive to ask her for directions, and from that moment on, their life is changed forever, and they end up falling in love! Francesa is torn between her love for Robert, and her duty to her loving, and very devoted husband, and her teenage children!
It is always so sad to me, to see people feel like they have married the wrong person, especially when the other spouse loves them, and has been very faithful and true and devoted to them, and you know they do not deserve to be, ever hurt! I am divorced, and I was a very true and caring wife, and my heart got broken badly, so I know the pain! Love is so strange, and elusive, and wonderful, and sad, all at the same time!
One of the most awesome scenes to me in the movie, is where Francesa is sitting in her husband's red truck at the store, waiting for her husband, and she is watching Robert standing in the rain, smiling at her, and then she is seeing Robert driving away! Oh gosh! I had a fit! But when you are watching this movie, you get all caught up in this love story, and part of you wonders, is there really a special rare love that only happens once in a lifetime, and you want to see how this movie ends!
read the book instead January 7, 2009
Marc C. Waszkiewicz (Seattle, WA USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Read the book instead... it's much much richer and better done. Clint is awesome... but the book simply is perfect!
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