About the perils of love during hollywoods blacklisting era. Special features: widescreen version dual layer subtitles: english spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai talent files director sydney pollacks commentary documentary looking back and theatricl trailers. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 07/24/2007 Starring: Barbra Streisand Robert Redfordd Run time: 118 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Sydney Pollack
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Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand star as sociopolitical opposites--he's a WASP novelist, she's an activist--who nevertheless strike up a romance in the 1930s, and have a rocky relationship through the next two decades that reflects much of America's history. An essential part of the movie--the Hollywood blacklist and the McCarthy witch- hunt years--comes across as a botch, due to some excessive cutting before the film was released. But except for that hole in the heart of the story, director Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa) has crafted a strong and moving drama about two interesting characters. Redford (always good with Pollack) is at the height of his powers, and Streisand is persuasive. --Tom Keogh
