Anthony Quinn, Everett Sloane, Henry Daniell
The life of Vincent Van Gogh, the impressionist painter who was tormented by madness towards the end of his life.
DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
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April 16, 2007Quality biopic of Vincent Van Gogh featuring an intense if slightly affected performance by Kirk Douglas as the tortured artist. Nice painterly cinematography and a genuine reverance for the man and his work make for a fascinating insight into the genius, and there's a great larg...( read more)
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April 14, 2007a really good film about the life of vincent van gogh. i actually preffered the acting of kirk douglas than i did of the guy whom played his brother and got an award for best supporting actor. despite the actors and the director,.. if the film had been about any other artist it w...( read more)
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October 16, 2009Who hasn't heard of the (supposedly) crazy Dutchman who cut off his ear, and then shot himself in a wheat field while painting his last work?
This film spans the last seven years of Vincent Van Gogh's life (c1883-90), the period of his almost unbearably intense development as ...( read more) -
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September 23, 2009This is my favourite Kirk Douglas movie.. he is surely a master of the cinema
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September 17, 2009Kirk Douglas acting as Vincent Van Gogh is one of the best male performances I've seen in cinema history (alongside with Spartacus). he is so believable and really got into his character. The setting for real-life Van Gogh's works of art were accurately portrayed in the film, an...( read more)
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June 20, 2009An insightful look at a troubled painter. Kirk Douglas rated this as a favourite movie project. Rightfully so.
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April 19, 2009WATCH THIS FILM! This is Kirk Douglas at his best with great direction from Vincente Minnelli. If you want to see what a true artist FEELS, this is it.
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April 4, 2009An almost likeable yet mediocre biography with stereotypical and rather unpleasant 50s Hollywood soundtrack and the usual bucket load of bleached, overly whitened teeth. Both story and acting are somewhat bland and expectations are disappointed given the legendary eccentricity of...( read more)
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