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The Cherry Orchard (1999) 6.2
Madame Ranevskaya (Rampling) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage... See full summary » Director:Mihalis Kakogiannis |
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Title: The Cherry Orchard (1999)
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| Alan Bates | ... | ||
| Katrin Cartlidge | ... | ||
| Owen Teale | ... | ||
| Tushka Bergen | ... | ||
| Xander Berkeley | ... | ||
| Gerard Butler | ... |
Yasha
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| Andrew Howard | ... | ||
| Melanie Lynskey | ... | ||
| Ian McNeice | ... | ||
| Frances de la Tour | ... | ||
| Michael Gough | ... | ||
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Simeon Victorov | ... | |
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Itzhak Finzi | ... |
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Ivan Pangelov | ... |
French priest
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Madame Ranevskaya (Rampling) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin (Teale), her former serf, who has his own agenda. Written by Steve Shelokhonov
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Release Date:
12 January 2000 (France) See more »Also Known As:
La cerisaie See more »Filming Locations:
BulgariaBox Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$12,738 (USA) (22 February 2002)Gross:
$131,188 (USA) (4 October 2002)Company Credits
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Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
Conducted by Misha Rachlevsky
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Glenn Close was the second choice for Ranyevskaya. After Helen Mirren withdrew she was called to replace her. She was busy with Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune at the time, so she refused the part at the last minute. Charlotte Rampling eventually got it. See more »Soundtracks
"String Quartet No 3"Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
Conducted by Misha Rachlevsky
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In this era of gratuitous special effects and uneven, even shoddy, production, one cannot depend on Hollywood to successfully transfer a stage play to the screen. This movie is partially the exception, as the movie amazingly pulls itself together in midstream to become a commendable work of art. The first part of this movie is a cinematic disaster. It's boring, slow, and muddled, with a terrible first ten minutes which is supposed to provide some background information about some of the main characters but which is totally disconnected from the main body of the story itself which takes place in a completely different venue. Then as this movie is heading toward a complete cinematic breakdown it amazingly recovers its strength and vitality and becomes crisp, sharp, focused and coherent, conveying a poignant story about torment and suffering in time of change. From that point on all the performances are great, especially that of Michael Gough, Alan Bates and the beautiful Charlotte Rampling who succeeds in capturing the essence of the woman whose whole world is being turned upside down. But despite the strong finish, that one first has to endure a truly bad start before getting to the good part makes this movie a tedious cinematic experience.