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Sylvia (DVD, 2004)

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The early years of Sylvia Plath's marriage to fellow poet Ted are plagued by doubts of his infidelity. The question is whether he is unfaithful because of her own lack of inspiration or whether her own state of mind is worsening because of his affairs. It is only after their separation that Sylvia is able to write the poetry that made her famous...

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eBay Product ID (ePID)30753725

Product Key Features

ActorBlythe Danner, Amira Casar, Jared Harris, Michael Gambon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig

Film/TV TitleSylvia

DirectorChristine Jeffs

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesFeaturette - 1. Behind-the-Scenes: Including interviews and on-set footage\Original Theatrical Trailer

GenreDrama, General

Run Time114 Mins

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Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationDirector Christine Jeffs takes the heartbreaking story of writer Sylvia Plath's life and suicide (which has taken on mythological significance in certain literary circles) and renders it in a palette of surprising beauty. The film paints the story in dark greens, reds and the arresting blues of a recurring water motif. Dealing less with the professional lives of Plath and her husband Edward "Ted" Hughes, and delving more deeply into their notoriously tempestuous marriage, SYLVIA takes risks by attempting to portray what both Plath's family and Hughes (until just before his death in 1998) have remained extremely quiet about. John Brownlow's screenplay fingers no villain, painting both Hughes and Plath as flawed and complex.<BR>Beginning in England in 1956, the film depicts American poet Sylvia (Gwyneth Paltrow)--who has a history of depression and suicide attempts--attending Cambridge University on a Fulbright Scholarship. While at a party, she meets Ted (Daniel Craig), a dashing student and fellow poet. The chemistry between them is electric, and they become immediately inseparable, their mutual love of verse the glue that holds them together. But Sylvia's success in her art gives way to jealous madness as other women lavish their attentions on Ted. Her subsequent descent into the deepest of depressions leads to her suicide in 1962. In this stirring film, Paltrow hits a high note in her career with her portrayal of Sylvia.

ReviewsUncut - ...Exquisite... very, very moving..., Empire - ...Paltrow excels..., The Times - "...Daring and inspired..." (James Christopher)

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1 Surround

Movie/TV TitleSylvia

SubjectSylvia Plath