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Evita (Wide Screen) (Various Artists)

Evita (Wide Screen) (Various Artists)

Parental Guidance.Info Stars: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail

Director: Alan Parker

Summary: A film adaptation of the stage musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Sir Tim Rice. It tells the story of Eva, the illegitimate daughter of a penniless farmer, who attaches herself to a popular tango singer. This enables her to move in influential circles within Buenos Aires society and she soon becomes involved with rising politician, Juan Peron. After the couple marry, and Peron is elected president, Eva's greatest battle begins.

Madonna tackles the title role in Alan Parker's ambitious recounting of the brief, amazing life of former Argentine first lady Eva Peron. Presented almost entirely in song and narrated by Antonio Banderas as a fictional everyman, the film charts the alternately revered and reviled Evita's rise from poverty to become a film and radio actress; her relationship with President Juan Peron (Jonathan Pryce); and her tragic death from cancer at age 33.
Banderas, a surprisingly moving singer, and the inimitable Madonna, who took voice lessons before filming commenced to expand her vocal range, provide the emotional bedrock for the eminently enjoyable film with their charismatic screen presences. The music, including the Oscar-winning song "You Must Love Me," weaves an entrancing web, and the sets and costumes are awe inspiring. Parker does a fine job of adapting Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical for the big screen. The director's vision shines clearly here: Like PINK FLOYD: THE WALL, EVITA is an enchanting mixture of epic fairy tale and sociopolitical psychodrama.

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Editor's Review

amazon.co.uk After more than a decade of false starts and several potential directors, the popular Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical finally made it to the big screen with Alan Parker (The Commitments) at the helm and Madonna in the coveted title role of Argentina's first lady, Eva Perón. A triumph of production design, costuming, cinematography, and epic-scale pageantry, the film follows the rise of Eva Perón to the level of supreme social and political celebrity in the 1940s. Like Madonna, Perón was a material girl (she was only 33 when she died); she was instrumental in the political success of her husband, Juan Perón (Jonathan Pryce). But Eva was also a supremely tragic figure whose life was essentially hollow at its core despite the lavish benefits of her nearly goddess-like status. The film Evitahas a similar quality--it's visually astonishing but emotionally distant, and benefits greatly from the singing commentary of Ché (Antonia Banderas), who serves as a passionate chorus to guide the viewer through the elaborate parade of history. --Jeff Shannon

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Wide Screen
Main Language: English
Region: Region 2
Special Features: Scene Access
Year: 1996
Release Date: May 21, 1999
Runtime: 129 minutes
Certification: Parental Guidance.
Catalogue Number: E D V 9017
Keywords: Music, Films, Wide, Screen, Shows, Performing, Musicals, Evita, Arts
Genre: Music/Performing Arts

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