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| A Walk in the Clouds | 
 enlarge | Director: Alfonso Arau
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez-gijon, Anthony Quinn, Giancarlo Giannini, Angelica Aragon
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  140 reviews
Sales Rank: 3833
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2005770D
UPC: 024543057604
EAN: 0024543057604
ASIN: B00006ZXSI
Theatrical Release Date: August 11, 1995
Release Date: January 14, 2003
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Condition: Complete with original case, disc(s), and artwork. In stock and ships right now.
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| Customer Reviews:
 An Incredibly Beautiful Movie ! April 14, 2008
This is definitely one of the best movies of our times. Yeah its a little sappy,but so are many other big hits. Keanu Reeves delivers. Anthony Quinn is phenomenal. The photography is just plain fantastic.This movie is ageless and anyone can enjoy. It is a Classic. A must have for any cinema fanatic....
A Walk In The Clouds January 27, 2008
While this is not the best movie ever made, it does have a magical quality to it that I find compelling. While Keanu Reeves isn't close to being amoung the world's great actors, I believe his " wooden " non-acting, acting is right for this role. There is lovely cinamatography and outstanding performances by Anthony Quinn and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon and Giancarlo Giannini. Watch it .... you won't be disapointed.
An Ultimate Love Story, with all the trimmings January 12, 2008
If you want a well rounded, thoughtful and poignant tale about Fate and Love, change and hope, A Walk in the Clouds is the perfect, pitter-patter, sigh and smile tale. An ultimate classic and favorite! And after all these years, it still rings true and earnest as it ever did.
Paul Sudden has just returned from 4 years of war. As an orphan who has never known what a true family is about, he clung to the hasty marriage with a women who is a mere stranger (Debra Messing, well acted, though not in the film much but is very effective as the forget-me-not instant wife, who's indiffernece to Paul propels his realization about taking risks). When pressured to resume an old life he no longer finds appealing, he comes across Victoria, the daugher of a wealthy vinyard owner, Alberto Aragon, who is more than just rough and tough. As Paul learns the state in which Victoria has placed herself, he entangles himself in a family and a Fate that is not of his choosing, though Some Thing--some enigmatic pull seems to draw him in, ensnaring him into an uncertain and unpredictable futre--is completly undeniable. Posing as her husband, in order to defelct and protect Victoria from her overly zealous and traiditonal father, he capitualates to the all too-knowing caprices of the rest of the family, only to find himself falling in love with not only Victoria, but her family. For once, Paul knows what it means to feel, to be loved, to have roots and a future. As he's making his way out of the goregous Napa Valley, he is beginning to understand what he is leaving behind: the fruitful possibilites that is as ripe as the vineyard Victoria grew up in. And makes the ultimate decision...
I never get tired of watching of this movie as I'm now on my third copy. Directed by Alfonso Arau, with incredible scenary, a stellar cast--pitch perfect with a chemistry between the actors that makes you believe in fairy tales--and a wonderful, subtle score, it's pure pefection. Romance, love, drama and angst don't come in a more lively and painstaking style that is both heartbreaking and uplifting.
Anthony Quinn as the clever patiarch of the Aragon clan is a wonderful exegesis to what goes on between Paul and Victoria and the issues of the family. Giancarlo Giannini as Alberto Aragon adds trauma and richness to a tale that could have become just a typical and bland story line. The chemistry between Reeves (whose range isn't that wide though here, PERFECT) and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon is magnetic and engaging. No wonder it won a Golden Globe.
So have that glass a wine, or some chocolate, get comfy and enjoy a tale filled with daring, courage and passion. And, of course, Love.
Her family lives in the Clouds December 23, 2007
He loves her, the clouds are vineyards for century her family has been making wine. Great romance.
DECREASING CLOUDINESS AND WARMER December 9, 2007
Long before Keanu Reeves became involved in incomprehensibile "Matrix" movies, he was perfeectly cast in this romantic tale that even "Scrooge" might have liked. In fact, the entire cast seems to be acting properly, a rarity these days. Keanu returns home from war to a wife now alien to him. He rides toward Sacramento on business and is accidentally attracted to a pregnant girl returning home from college to her strict Spanish family. He agrees to act as her husband for one, then two days to ensure the girl's physical well being. The couple quickly becomes emotionally attached, but Reeves remains true to his wife. Upon his return home, Keanu is served annulment papers from his wife, and he bolts like a thoroughbred back to his new wife to be. However, this cursory review hardly begins to describe a beautifully photographed, mature,romantic film that seems to have been forgotten in recent years.Don't you forget it!
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