All-Time Sales Rank: 9704
| Overall Rating:  4.25 out of 5, including 1 review
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Love. Politics. Beer.
When a legless beer baroness in Winnipeg announces a contest to find the world's saddest tune, a pint of trouble brews among a fractured family competing for the $25,000 prize. As the disturbing depths of the links between themselves, the baroness, and an amnesiac are exposed, one thing becomes clear. It will take more than a pool of alcohol to drown their sorrows!
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Features:
| 3 Short Films From Director Guy Maddin
"Teardrops in the Snow: The Making of The Saddest Music in the World" Featurette
"The Saddest Characters in the World: The Cast of The Saddest Music in the World" Featurette
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Original Theatrical Trailer | Video:
| | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
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| Studio: MGM / UA
Production Year: 2003
Release Date: 11/16/2004
Length: 101 mins
Rating: R
| Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: 1007029
UPC Code: 027616911704
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Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5, including 1 review
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Empire Review
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Saddest Music In The World Review - 4.25 out of 5 (12/2/2004)
Think there are no original ideas left? Well, ever seen a musical comedy about misery and pain filmed in the style of a silent film? Didn't think so.
Experimental Canadian Director Guy Maddin's latest opus, "The Saddest Music In The World" was his first foray into moderate budget filmmaking, and it turned out beautifully, like some sort of twisted fairy tale told in a world that could never exist; a self-aware depression-era mixed together with a German expressionist nightmare and a hint of B
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