Romantic Movie DVD Releases for November 2009
Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Hugh Grant Star in New Releases
Oct 18, 2009
Colin Firth comes on strong in November with the DVD release of two of his romantic films: Love Actually and The Accidental Husband. In fact, Love Actually includes a cast full of British favorites rivaling any of the “Harry Potter” movies.
In addition to recent romantic comedies, the classic romantic drama Gone With The Wind comes out this month in three different remastered editions to celebrate its 70th anniversary. Whether intended as holiday gifts for someone else or personal presents, these selections should provide enough love, lust, and laughs for everyone.
November 3 Romantic Comedy DVD Release: Love Actually
Love Actually (2009) Blu-ray
This 2003 popular romantic comedy with an ensemble cast finally makes it to Blu-ray just in time for the Christmas season. Writer-Director Richard Curtis follows the love lives of eight different couples in loosely related stories set in London, England, (not so coincidentally) during the Christmas season. Some couples break up as others make up. Whether young or old, proper or illicit, these couples crave connections of all kinds.
- Starring Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Alan Rickman, Rowan Atkinson, January Jones, Thomas Sangster
- Director: Richard Curtis
- Writer: Richard Curtis
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Run Time: 135 minutes
- Rating: R (for sexuality, nudity, and language)
- Additional Information: Richard Curtis also wrote screenplays for the romantic comedies Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Notting Hill (1999), and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).
November 10 Romantic Comedy DVD Releases: The Ugly Truth and The Accidental Husband
The Ugly Truth (2009) Widescreen and Blu-ray
Abby, a successful television producer who has no luck with love, gets romantic advice from her chauvinistic male television star. Even though his crude views of coupling (he’s host of a raunchy show called “The Ugly Truth”) repel her at first, eventually she recognizes the truth in what he says, despite its inherent ugliness.
- Starring Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Eric Winter, Nick Searcy, Jesse D. Goins, Cheryl Hines, John Michael Higgins, Noah Matthews, Bonnie Somerville, Kevin Connolly
- Director: Robert Luketic
- Writers: Nicole Eastman, Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- Rating: R (for sexual content and language)
- Additional Information: Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith also are the writing team behind She’s The Man, Legally Blonde, and The House Bunny.
The Accidental Husband (2009) Widescreen
Griffin Dunne (Fierce People) directed this sweet date movie from 2007 in which a radio talk show host advises a listener to dump her boyfriend. The jilted lover gets revenge on the host by playing a prank to make her believe that she has an accidental husband, thus ruining her current relationship with her fiancé. As she gets to know her “husband” a little better, she finds that maybe fate brought them together for a reason.
- Starring Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard, Lindsay Sloane, Isabella Rossellini, Justina Machado, Ajay Naidu, Jeffrey Tedmori
- Director: Griffin Dunne
- Writers: Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor, Bonnie Sikowitz
- Genre: Romantic Comedy
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Rating: PG-13 (for some sexual content and brief strong language)
- Additional Information: This film had no U.S. theatrical release, although premiered in the U.K. in February 2008. Blu-ray edition is not yet available.
November 17 Romantic Drama DVD Release: Gone With The Wind
Gone With The Wind (2009) Three editions: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition; 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Blue-ray; Two-Disc Special Edition
This romantic classic from 1939 won eight Academy Awards for its acting, cinematography, directing, editing, writing, and art direction. Set during the Civil War in America’s deep South, the self-centered Scarlett O’Hara attempts to manipulate everyone around her – especially the men in her life. When she meets Rhett Butler they begin a passionate romance that is destined to eventually crash and burn like the city around her.
- Starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Butterfly McQueen, Victor Jory, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk
- Director: Victor Fleming
- Writers: Sidney Howard (screenplay); Margaret Mitchell (novel)
- Genre: Romantic Drama
- Run Time: 238 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Additional Information: The collector’s editions come with extras including featurettes, a hardcover art book, watercolor reproduction artwork, and a reproduction of the original 1939 program.
For information about any of these movies, visit Internet Movie Database.
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