Directed by visionary filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango In Paris, Stealing Beauty, ... more
The Last Emperor) and based upon the celebrated, existential novel by cult writer Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky stars Debra Winger (An Officer And A Gentleman, Terms Of Endearment), John Malkovich (Burn After Reading, Dangerous Liaisons), Campbell Scott (Roger Dodger, The Spanish Prisoner) and Timothy Spall (The Last Samurai, Secrets And Lies) in an unforgettable, dangerous and erotic journey across North Africa and into the dark depths of the human soul. Pseudo-bohemian American couple Port And Kit Moresby believe that a tourist is someone who thinks about home as soon as they arrive somewhere, whereas a true traveller never knows when they’ll return. In an attempt to spice up their marriage they venture aimlessly across the beautiful but hazardous landscape of North Africa in search of new experiences. But as they journey deeper into the Sahara desert, their indulgent dreams slowly evolve into a sinister nightmare of insanity and death.
Some journeys are best left unmade. Kit and Port Moresby are Americans abroad. Struggling ... more
to save their marriage they resolve to trade civilization for the wilderness of the Sahara. At first the pair are seduced by the desert's beauty. But beneath the exquisite landscape lurk the dark undercurrents of an alien culture and the relentless dangers of a hostile natural world. And as they travel deeper they might not only lose their way. They could lose their lives!
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Three Americans find more than they bargained for as they travel through postwar Africa in ... more
this adaptation of Paul Bowles's novel. Kit (Debra Winger) and Port (John Malkovich) are a married couple separated by a strange schism; they try to escape their alienation by moving deeper and deeper into the unfamiliar. Port is mesmerized, but it is Kit who must ultimately find the strength to survive in a world so unknown as to be dreamlike.
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Release date
01/05/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
CCD 9014
Barcode
5014138290146
Languages
Main Language
English
Professional reviews
Review
"...John Malkovich and Debra Winger are superb....And from the film's first moments there is a sense of place both terrifyingly vast and stifling..." (Los Angeles Times, p.F12, 11/01/1991)
"...Bertolucci's most seductive, most hypnotic movie....[Malkovich and Winger] are extraordinarily fine..." (New York Times, p.C15, 12/12/1990)
"...Vittorio Storaro's photography is brilliant, the most dramatic desert footage since LAWRENCE OF ARABIA..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.5D, 12/12/1990)
Technical information
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
Bernardo Bertolucci (THE CONFORMIST, THE LAST EMPEROR) directs this tale concerningf three Americans who find more than they bargained for as they travel through post-war Africa: an adaptation of Paul Bowles's novel. Kit (Debra Winger) and Port (John Malkovich) are a married couple separated by a strange schism; they try to escape their alienation by moving deeper and deeper into the unfamiliar. Port is mesmerised, but it is Kit who must ultimately find the strength to survive in a world so unknown as to be dreamlike.
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