Main specs
Actor(s): Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Sophie Lee, Pam Grier, Julie Hamilton, Paul Goddard
Director(s): Jane Campion
Genre: Drama - Comedy
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 1999
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: Australia
Plot: An Austrailian family try to rescue their daughter, Ruth, who has embraced the teachings of an Indian guru called Baba. They enlist the help of an American counselor who specialises in reconditioning the minds of members of religious cults...
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 4DVD; SPIRIT ENTERTAINMENT LTD; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Writer's commentary, Actor's commentary, Theatrical trailer, TV spot
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
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DVD Description
In this wildly inventive film from director Jane Campion (THE PIANO), Kate Winslet stars as Ruth, a headstrong Australian woman determined to get back to India in time to join a group marriage to her guru. Her family, hoping to break the cult leader's psychic grip on Ruth, hires P.J. (Harvey Keitel), a macho American deprogramming expert teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown. A no-holds-barred battle of the psyches, cultures, and sexes ensues as P.J. and Ruth fight, connive, and eventually fall into bed together in what becomes a mutual search for individual truth. The strong performances of the two stars, a hilariously offbeat script (cowritten by Campion and her sister, Anna), and a wealth of delicious, texture-enhancing flourishes (including some surreal bits of computer animation, Pam Grier's work in a small role as P.J.'s partner, and a wild opening sequence set to Neil Diamond's "Holly Holy") combine to make HOLY SMOKE a weird, winning blend of goofy comedy and hallucinatory mysticism.
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