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Melodrama and truth. (Film).(Charlotte Gray)
THERE IS MUCH to admire in Gillian Armstrong's new historical thriller Charlotte Gray--impeccable period detail, sumptuous photography and design, and fine performances by Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup and Michael Gambon. So why does so much of the film seem so unsatisfactory?
The problem, I suspect, lies less with the filmmakers than with Sebastian Faulks' original novel. Once again there is much to admire. Faulks creates believable characters based on solid original research into the way the French betrayed their Jewish citizens to the Nazis. The problem is that with so much material available--factions in the resistance, the anti-Semitism of French society, ...
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- Magazine article from: Variety McCarthy, Todd December 17, 2001 700+ words
...Rating: PG-13. Running time: 121 MIN. Charlotte Gray Cate Blanchett Julien Levade Billy Crudup Levade Michael Gambon Peter Gregory...mundane side of the spy game is on display in "Charlotte Gray," a bland and dour screen version of Sebastian...
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- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 10, 2002 700+ words
...Billy Crudup), "Charlotte Gray" is not a movie...disappointment. ___ CHARLOTTE GRAY Produced by Sarah Curtis...2 hours, 1 min. Charlotte Gray/Cate Blanchett Julien/Billy Crudup Levade/Michael Gambon Parent...
- `Charlotte Gray'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rickey, Carrie January 11, 2002 700+ words
...Billy Crudup), "Charlotte Gray" is not a movie...disappointment. ___ CHARLOTTE GRAY Produced by Sarah Curtis...2 hours, 1 min. Charlotte Gray/Cate Blanchett Julien/Billy Crudup Levade/Michael Gambon Parent...
- With `Charlotte Gray,' Cate Blanchett opens 4th movie this season.
- Newspaper article from: Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 23, 2002 700+ words
...performance. In "Charlotte Gray," she is nothing...French Resistance. "Charlotte Gray" reunites Blanchett...nearly every scene of "Charlotte Gray," in which Charlotte...run-down home of Levade (Michael Gambon...
- With `Charlotte Gray,' Cate Blanchett opens 4th movie this season.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lawson, Terry January 23, 2002 700+ words
...performance. In "Charlotte Gray," she is nothing...French Resistance. "Charlotte Gray" reunites Blanchett...nearly every scene of "Charlotte Gray," in which Charlotte...run-down home of Levade (Michael Gambon...
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- Magazine article from: Booklist Quinn, Mary Ellen February 1, 1999 700+ words
Faulks, Sebastian. Charlotte Gray. Feb. 1999. 432p. Random, $24.95 (0-375-50169-X...enmeshed with the lives of the villagers--in particular Julien Levade, a young architect who also works for the Resistance, and his...
- Warner Bros. Pictures to Release ``Charlotte Gray,'' Starring Cate Blanchett,...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 9, 2001 700+ words
...Pictures will release the romantic drama "Charlotte Gray," starring Cate Blanchett ("The...the first of the year. The limited "Charlotte Gray" debut, bowing in New York, Los...consideration for the 2001 season. "Charlotte Gray" is the first feature film release...
- ADVISORY/Warner Bros. Pictures Announces World Premiere of ``Charlotte Gray'';...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 13, 2001 700+ words
...ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) WHAT: The premiere of "Charlotte Gray," a sweeping thriller about identity...France at the height of World War II, "Charlotte Gray" tells the compelling story of a young...event. There will be no exceptions "Charlotte Gray" has been rated "PG-13" by the...
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- Magazine article from: Video Business Hulse, Ed June 3, 2002 700+ words
...WARNER Story Line: During World War II, Scottish lass Charlotte Gray (Blanchett) becomes an undercover courier in hopes of...is invariably better than the films in which she stars. Charlotte Gray is an extremely well-produced, good-looking movie that...
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- Newspaper article from: Windspeaker Sexsmith, Pamela January 1, 2003 700+ words
...Selected Prose by Carole Gerson and Veronica Strong-Boag and Charlotte Gray's biography Flint and Feather, there is enough reading...appealing in our post modernist Canada," said biographer Charlotte Gray. "The new books by Gerson and Strong-Boag are written...
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