Luzhin Defence, The  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Production Year: 2000  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 2.75 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Synopsis "A rare film! Complex, provocative, with richly developed characters andiprofound insights into love andiobsession." -Interview Magazine John Turturro and Emily Watson star in this engrossing story of love and obsession. Based on the novel by Vladmir Nabokov, the film examines the life of Alexander Luzhin (Turturro), an eccentric chess master whose unstable childhood has made him incapable of relating to others. The game of chess is his only escape and his only solace, until he meets and falls in love with the caring Natalia (Watson) at the Italian resort where he's the favorite in the most prestigious chess championship in the country. However, when a former mentor turned jealous saboteur tries to destroy Luzhin, the fragile genius tries to destroy Luzin, the fragile genius may lost more than the big game. Cast & Crew Actors:  • John Turturro  • Emily Watson  • Geraldine James  • Stuart Wilson  • Christopher Thompson  • Fabio Sartor Writers:  • Peter Berry Producers:  • Caroline Wood  • Stephen Evans  • Philippe Guez  • Louis Becker Directors:  • Marleen Gorris Product Information Features: Director's Commentary Making-Of Featurette Theatrical Trailers Filmographies Interactive Menus Scene Selections Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Production Year: 2000 Release Date: 9/18/2001 Length: 106 mins Rating: PG-13 Chapters: 28 Includes: Audio Commentary Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: 06389 UPC Code: 043396063891 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Odd Couples, Romance, Drama Studios: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Customers who bought this Title also bought Cape Fear (1962)  DVD-Video Cape Fear: Collector's Edition (1991)  DVD-Video Tailor Of Panama, The  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 2.75 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Empire Review THE LUZHIN DEFENCE - 2.75 out of 5  (10/23/2001) Based on the book by famed LOLITA author Vladimir Nabokov, THE LUZHIN DEFENCE (2000) stars John Turturro in the title role of a Chess Grand Master caught in the past and his game until he meets the love of his life (Emily Watson, in one of her better appearances), Natalia. This challenges his heart as he battles from falling behind in a major championship. Turturro, who has shown that he could carry a great film before with The Coen Brothers' grossly under-seen BARTON FINK (1990), plays the   more >>