End of the Affair, The (UK)

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The end was just the beginning
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 97 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Neil Jordan scripts and directs this adaptation of Graham Greene`s classic novel.

In 1946, novelist Maurice Bendix (Ralph Fiennes) encounters civil servant Henry Miles (Neil Jordan) on Clapham Common, and recalls how years earlier he had a passionate affair with Henry`s wife, Sarah (Julianne Moore), which ended suddenly and without explanation. Henry was unaware of the affair at the time, but believes that Sarah is now committing adultery. He asks Maurice to investigate, and the writer gradually becomes obsessed with Sarah once again, desperate to find an explanation for her behaviour and rekindle their relationship.

Special Features:
Two Commentaries
Filmographies
Isolated Score
`Making Of` Featurette
Trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 German

Subtitle Tracks:
Hebrew
Icelandic
Polish
Czech
Hindi
Swedish
Finnish
Turkish
English
German
Greek
Hungarian
Dutch
Norwegian
Bulgarian

Directed By:
Neil Jordan

Written By:
Neil Jordan
Graham Greene

Starring:
Ian Hart
James Bolam
Heather-Jay Jones
Julianne Moore
Stephen Rea
Ralph Fiennes

Casting By:
Susie Figgis

Soundtrack By:
Michael Nyman

Director of Photography:
Roger Pratt

Editor:
Tony Lawson

Costume Designer:
Sandy Powell

Production Designer:
Anthony Pratt

Producer:
Stephen Woolley
Kathy Sykes
Neil Jordan

Distributor:
Columbia / Tristar

Your Opinions and Comments

10 / 10

Julianne Moore is simply the most beautiful woman in the world ever!
So every movie she`s in is worth watching.

posted by Martin Zandstra on 17/7/2002 00:02

7 / 10

A powerful story of obsession and passion - this is no ordinary love story. It is a tangled up dream of moments between lovers, the sadness of a woman, the love of a husband, the obsession of a lover. Make no mistake this is no easy movie to watch. The most perfect and most haunting moment is when the lovers stay in their bed - even when the bombs are falling all around them (literally). It will stay with you mainly because you will feel the frustration and sadness of this passionate affair.

posted by Sophia on 3/11/2003 02:28