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The dream-team pairing of Jude Law and Nicole Kidman here delivers decidedly less on screen than it must have promised on paper. But it's not entirely the fault of the two leads, as Charles Frazier's award-winning novel dictates that they are kept apart for long stretches of this American Civil War drama. Law and Kidman play southern sweethearts who become separated when he heads off to fight for the Confederacy. The film then follows both his odyssey back from the front, with all the people and perils he encounters en route, and her struggle to survive on the cold mountain of the title. Along the way, Kidman is helped out by a drifter, played rather over-tetchily by Renée Zellweger. Director Anthony Minghella's film is beautifully shot by John Seale and has some great moments, but sadly these are too few and far between. With a running time of over two-and-a-half hours, the abiding impression is of an experience that seems to last almost as long as the Civil War itself. DA
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Running time
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147min
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Country of origin
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US / UK / Rom / It
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Genre
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Wartime Romantic Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Anthony Minghella, from the novel by Charles Frazier
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Theatrical distributor
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Buena Vista
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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December 2003
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Award |
Category |
Name |
Nominee/Winner |
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| Academy 2003 |
Actor in a Leading Role |
Jude Law |
Nominee |
| Academy 2003 |
Actress in a Supporting Role |
Renee Zellweger |
Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Film |
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Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
Jude Law |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
Renee Zellweger |
Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Screenplay (Adapted) |
Anthony Minghella |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year |
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Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
The David Lean Award for the Best Achievement in Direction |
Anthony Minghella |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Director Motion Picture |
Anthony Minghella |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Motion Picture Drama |
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Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama |
Jude Law |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama |
Nicole Kidman |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Motion Picture |
Renee Zellweger |
Winner |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Screenplay Motion Picture |
Anthony Minghella |
Nominee |
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