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DVD Information about
Yentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
Product Description
France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages:
o Danish (subtitles)
o Dutch (subtitles)
o English (subtitles)
o Finnish (subtitles)
o French (subtitles)
o German (subtitles)
o Hebrew (subtitles)
o Italian (subtitles)
o Norwegian (subtitles)
o Spanish (subtitles)
o Swedish (subtitles)
o English (Mono)
o French (Mono)
o German (Mono)
o Italian (Mono)
o Spanish (Mono) Synopsis:
Barbra Streisand's directorial debut, Yentl, is a musical adaptation of a story by the beloved Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. Yentl (Streisand) is a young woman who wants nothing more than to study religious scripture. She is denied that possibility because she is a woman. She moves, passes herself off as a male named Anshel, and then begins her studies. She becomes close to fellow student Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin), eventually falling in love with him, although she can not reveal her true self as she would then be expelled. Avigdor is in love with Hadass (Amy Irving), but religious law forbids him from marrying her. Avigdor attempts to fix Anshel up with Hadass, leading to Hadass falling in love with Anshel. Yentl received four Academy Award nominations, including two Best Song nods.
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Customer Reviews for
Yentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
People Who Need People, People need Yentl
Don't wait for the U.S. release, buy this one NOW, while you can. I am as close to an over the top fan as you can get, since I was 16, 35 years a fan and counting!! I truly adore this woman. I won't take up space telling you the plot, I will say that she is top of the list, cream of the crop, none better than her. Buy this, don't wait, we have been holding our breath for over 20 years for this...The wait is finally over, that is till the US version, with Barbra commentary, and our region, this one plays on your computer, so the large widescreen version will be a joy to behold on my home theatre system with the US release, and all those fans around the world will have the biggest Streisand Party EVER..
Yentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
Number three my friends
I've been waiting for this film to come out on DVD in the US because it is simply the funniest film I have ever seen. Since that won't be happening anytime soon (thanks Jay Leno) I went ahead and got the french version. This movie is end to end side splitting shenanigans. I haven't laughed that hard since our cat hit a three run double in a slow pitch softball game. Babs is flat on her game in this comedy. She just makes me laugh out loud in every film she is in. Her comedic timing and down to earth persona remind me of the old guy on the Benny Hill show. You'd think slapping his head episode after episode would get old, but I never grow tired of it. It makes me smile super big. In this film I think Strysand plays a boy who is supposed to be a girl trying to get into a convent, which is a recipe for hysterical laughter any day of the week. As funny as that premise is, the results will just blow you away. I took five girls to see it when it came out and we just laughed and laughed until it was time for us to hook up. That is why it is the third best film of all time. This movie reminds me of a story. Sit down for a sec, I'm going to spin a tale for everyone.
Back in high school I was extremely gifted in more ways than you can imagine. I'm sitting by me lockuh in the morn and this hot sophomore comes up to me and wants to know what I'm doing Friday night. You're not going to believe what I did next. I kind of rolled my eyes toward my nose, said "Derrrr" and ran full speed into a locker. The girl was completely stunned and couldn't believe what I just did. Word started passing around school about what I did and the buzz was so strong you could taste it. The school paper wanted to run a front page layout on it and Carol Schrader wanted to do a feature on the local ABC affiliate. I just took it all in stride and knew I had moved the bar up to another level. It just goes to show you that I'm Tony Gwynn pushing .400 in a strike shortened season and you're Bob Horner missing one of his arms.Yentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
BEAUTIFUL TRANSFER on the FRENCH VERSION
Never fear, if you're a die-hard Yentl fan, its not in French, even though it's released there on DVD. It'll play in "region-free" dvd players ONLY.
So I got to thinking, "this is gonna sound like "The Exorcist," when I flip the audio track to french language...all that cussing and head spinning, en francais"...but not Yentl. The letterbox is beautiful, the image is so clean, and it's all there...Barb belting it out in surround. The main audio track is English, with alternate foreign channels you needn't fuss with ever. Who wants to watch it in Yiddish, for chrissakes?
I've got all the "Phantasm" films on DVD from England, even though I'm in the middle of the United States, and with a player that ignores all these codes and areas of geography, you can literally find almost anything on DVD now-a-days. Even the most obscure! God, I know I have. I found a DVD copy of Mia Farrow in the "Haunting of Julia," or "Full Circle," from 1977. Strange, fuzzy, dreary movie, but really good, with Colin Towns on music. Stunning.
So, hey, you're on Amazon...look up some of them "region-free" players, and start enjoying all the things Hollywood, for some reason or another, won't release domestically. Hell, you can already get all the Will and Grace, The Six Million Dollar Man, and a buttload of Bionic Woman, circa 1976!
I remember '76! I loved John Denver, my velvet, glo-in-the-dark posters of castles, Styx, and my one, black-light. Mom only allowed one. She figured it'd give us cancer.
To the regionless players!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-8095892-6369610?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=code+free+multi+region+dvd+playerYentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
Yentl - French release
I decided to risk the French release and am very happy I did. It is marked Mono on the DVD jacket but the music, songs and effects are in stereo, and listening to it under headphones was a treat ! It is in a 1.66:1 aspect ratio and can be seen in widescreen on a 16/9 TV in either the Zoom, Wide or Smart formats, so until the official DVD is released by B. Streisand, this will do very well.Yentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
GO GET IT IF YOU'RE A STREISAND FAN
i was very surprised, and excited when this was released in europe. i got mine from amazon.fr, and it was worth the money i paid for it (i seem to pay more for shipping than for the disc itself!). yentl is barbra's first directorial feature and you can see the effort and detail that had been carefully shown in the movie. the vhs has been out of print for many years and to have this movie, finally on dvd, is a blessing. who knows when the director's version will be released in the us although i read that it has been completed. in the mean time, do get this cd and enjoy the movie over and over again, it's still as fresh as it was, back when it was first released!Yentl [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
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