Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar will be out on 12/16 by Lions Gate.

I'll be renting this one. I never got a chance to see it in my neck of the woods.

Also, looking forward to seeing it. I enjoyed Ratcatcher.

Looking forward to seeing this one as well. It was only here one week and I missed it. Samantha Morton always gives strong performances.

Thanks! I can't wait to see this film.

I had to look this one up. wow! thanks for the heads-up!! never knew anything about it....but I'll be picking it up now. I saw Ratcather on IFC and still need to snag the disc. thanks again.

Gut....you're welcome. Since many seem to not have much info on the film..here's the review of the (for the time being exclussive R2 release) pricey British disc:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=868

(to see cover work click on the link)

"Winner of numerous international film awards, including the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Director of the Year Award (Lynne Ramsay) at the 2002 San Sebastian International Film Festival, the New Generation Award of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the British Independent Film Awards for Best Actress (Samantha Morton) and Best Technical Achievement (cinematographer Alwin H. Kuchler), MORVERN CALLAR is the latest film from Lynne Ramsay, the acclaimed director of Ratcatcher.

MORVERN CALLAR stars Samantha Morton (Minority Report; Jesus' Son; Sweet And Lowdown) as the film's eponymous heroine, a 21-year-old supermarket employee living in the West Highlands of Scotland who wakes one Christmas morning to find her boyfriend lying dead on the kitchen floor having committed suicide. Behaving as though nothing has happened, Morvern opens her Christmas presents and goes to work before meeting her best friend Lanna (Kathleen McDermott) for a night out, where she tells everyone her boyfriend has dumped her and left town. Returning home, she discovers her late boyfriend has left her some money in the bank, a compilation tape of songs entitled "Music for You" and a copy of his unpublished novel, along with a list of potential publishers. After changing the author's name on the manuscript to her own, she sends a copy off to one of the publishers. Having disposed of the remains of her boyfriend's corpse, she takes the money and books a package holiday in southern Spain for Lanna and herself.

Based on Alan Warner's novel of the same name, MORVERN CALLAR is a rich, intriguing story of an emotionally detached and isolated young woman's journey of hope and reinvention. The film features a mesmerising, charismatic performance by Samantha Morton and beautiful cinematography by multi-award winning cameraman, Alwin H. Kuchler (The Claim; One Day In September). Also integral to, and perfectly complementing, the film is the prosaic soundtrack featuring the songs included on the tape left behind by Morvern's dead boyfriend. Artists featured include Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra, The Velvet Underground, Aphex Twin, Stereolab, Can, Ween and Boards of Canada.

MORVERN CALLAR (cert. 15) will be released on DVD (£17.99) and VHS (£12.99) by Momentum Pictures on 4th August 2003 and will be available exclusively from HMV. "

I'm wary of the Lions Gate releases now... they'll release some excellent and groundbreaking titles, sure, but I'll wait for the Signature Series of this, The Rules Of Attraction, and Irreversible. I'm not saying that the SS's of those titles are set in stone... I just know there's more stuff out there than what's on the initial discs, and Lions Gate even did an SS for Songcatcher...

I bought the Morvern Callar region 1 DVD today (after seeing it in theaters numerous times), and much to my absolute dismay, the 5.1 track drifts out of sync through the course of the picture. I tried it on 3 different players. The stereo track stays in sync, but the film has such a great 5.1 mix, that I'd love to ACTUALLY be able to watch the film WITH it.

I'm just wondering...did I get a bad batch, or are other people having this problem?

Mike

Definitely give this film a try. It was excellent and in my top 15 of 2002. A very unique film.

Also, it's a Palm Pictures/Lions Gate release so I really don't expect them to release a Signature Series of it. But you never know...

We didn't get any copies in at work, so it's off to DVD Price Search I go. Definitely want to see this...

well....if they did a poor job I will be very upset.

great film, I loved it, it would be really annoying this DD5.1 trouble, can't wait my copy is been delivered.
anyone who get it, please inform about the audio track.

My Collection

I really wanted to like this movie but found it extremely boring and pointless.

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Hendrik-

I'm going to take any negative review from this guy: http://www.culturedose.net/staff.php?id=10008 with a grain of salt

His glasses, tie, and resume that includes coach of the chess team (?) really does reek of "Culture"

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......you will be then

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Let's just cut to the chase.

http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?morvern+callar

...umm... or you could just watch the movie and make up your own damn mind whether you like it or not.

? Was something inferred that I didn't mean to imply?

I was just including one link that listed a bunch of reviews since it seemed people were looking for reviews either one way or another.

All your links aside Hendrik, I rather liked Morvern Caller. I thought is was good, so I checked out the acclaimed Ratcatcher expecting to be blown away, and didn't think it was as good as Morvern Caller.

...well... there you go then...

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