Sophie's Choice (1998)
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Director:Alan J. Pakula
Studio:Lions Gate
Producer:William C. Gerrity
Writer:William Styron
Rating:4.5 (74 votes)
Rated:R
Date Added:2008-12-09
ASIN:0784011710
UPC:9780784011713
Price:$9.98
Genre:Drama
Release:1998-04-21
Location:0668
Duration:150
Picture Format:Letterbox
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English
Subtitles:Spanish
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Alan J. Pakula  ...  (Director)
William Styron  ...  (Writer)
 
Meryl Streep  ...  
Kevin Kline  ...  
Peter MacNicol  ...  
Rita Karin  ...  
Stephen D. Newman  ...  
Néstor Almendros  ...  Cinematographer
Summary: The sunny streets of Brooklyn, just after World War II. A young would-be writer named Stingo (Peter MacNicol) shares a boarding house with beautiful Polish immigrant Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her tempestuous lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline); their friendship changes his life. This adaptation of the bestselling novel by William Styron is faithful to the point of being reverential, which is not always the right way to make a film come to life. But director Alan J. Pakula ("All the President's Men") provides a steady, intelligent path into the harrowing story of Sophie, whose flashback memories of the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp form the backbone of the movie. Streep's exceptional performance--flawless Polish accent and all--won her an Oscar, and effectively raised the standard for American actresses of her generation. No less impressive is Kevin Kline, in his movie debut, capturing the mercurial moods of the dangerously attractive Nathan. The two worlds of "Sophie's Choice", nostalgic Brooklyn and monstrous Europe, are beautifully captured by the gifted cinematographer Néstor Almendros, whose work was Oscar-nominated but didn't win. It should have. "--Robert Horton"