Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints: Part I / Part II

Starring:Robert Ri'chard, Peter Gallagher, Gloria Reuben, Jennifer Beals, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Pam Grier, Jasmine Guy, James Earl Jones, Eartha Kitt, Ben Vereen, Forest Whitaker, Jenny Levine, Bianca Lawson, Nicole Lyn, Rachel Luttrell, Jason Olive, Daniel Sunjata, Alec McClure, Victoria Rowell
Director: Peter Medak
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Product Type: DVD

Description

Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints is a tale set in 1840's New Orleans about "free people of color", who formed their own class at a time when the predominant role of blacks in society was as slaves. The film focuses on the ordeal of one young man named Marcel Ste. Marie (Ri'chard), who searches for the truth about his heritage. As he finds his individual path into the future, Marcel is fully aware that he is a child of African and European descent, but his story is uniquely American.

Customer Reviews:

"Feast" is a Feast!.......2007-06-29

One of Anne Rice's most beautiful and wonderfully told stories gets the mimi-series treatment, which means more detail from the book. The subject matter is a little-known footnote of history. The book of course offers more detail and historic accuracy, but the movie is great! The actors are all very talented and very beautiful. I just wish the production value was a little higher. I don't know what New Orleans looked like in the 1840's, but on the outdoor shots, I just saw Toronto. BUT this is worth the buy!! Now how about someone making a mini-series of "Cry To Heaven"??!!

SO HAPPY...........2007-04-13

THAT I PURCHASED THIS MOVIE! SOMEONE @ WORK TOLD ME ABOUT IT & I DECIDED TO BUY IT & IM GLAD I DID! IT ARRIVED IN GREAT SHAPE! THANXS AMAZON:)

What A Silly Movie!.......2007-02-25

Why the production team of this movie didn't film in New Orleans is beyond my comprehension. When I first saw this movie, I could see based on the footage that it was filmed in Canada. The terrain is totally different from south Louisiana. It looked like a movie set. I guess the set designers thought they could put a few stands of fake Spanish moss on the trees and a hunk of it in the fountains and a banana tree in that corner and a palm in the other. It looked like a theme park! The streets looked too clean. For some reason they could not depict the elegance of decay of old New Orleans which to me is paramount in the telling of these people's lives but maybe I am being too technical. All the principle characters all had straight teeth and clear skin. Back in the 1840's just about everybody had some sort of illness then and they looked it. The actor who played Marcel could not act. The actor who played his white father did not age at all for 18 years. Still looked the same, yet he had very young children by his white wife who he married 18 years before. The architecture of the plantation house was also wrong. It was'nt even French
No live oaks anywhere which are major icons in southern Louisiana.The supporting actors and actresses were quite good.Let me just say this, white men maintaining women of color was not only prevelent in New Orleans but also other states in the south, the difference is is that in New Orleans, the white master would leave them property and money. Not so in other southern states.The more beautiful the woman, the more she would receive from the white man.The placage system in New Orleans was a business arrangement and it worked for both parties.

Feast of a Violent and Disturbing Saints.......2007-01-17

I have seen "Feast of All Saints" twice and every time it has been harder to watch. I would not recommend this film especially if you cannot stomach violence and graphic images. Overall, it attempts to provide a history lesson, but if you are seeking knowledge of the quadroons & mulatto people of that era pick up a history book with historical facts.

Feast of All Saints.......2007-01-10

The first time I saw this movie was at a friends home. Had to find it because it was that great. History is explained so well. l looked in stores, but it was not available. I went to Amazon and to my surprise located it. Love the movie, the price, and the fast shipment. Would highly recommend this film to everyone.

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