The Big Brass Ring

The Big Brass Ring


Starring:William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Miranda Richardson, Irène Jacob, Ewan Stewart, Gregg Henry, Ron Livingston, Jefferson Mays, Jim Metzler, Carmine Giovinazzo, Thomas Patrick Kelly, Mack Harrell, Lisette Bross, F. Joseph Schulte, Peggy Freisen, F.X. Feeney, Gildart Jackson, Tommy Perna, Blake Lindsley, Brent J. Williams
Director: George Hickenlooper
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Orson Welles wrote The Big Brass Ring in the early 1980s--his last attempt to create a commercial Hollywood film--but the dynamic, rich screenplay was never produced. Nearly two decades later, independent filmmaker and documentarian George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness) purchased and rewrote Welles' script, updating the tale of an independent presidential candidate in the cynical post-Watergate years to a more modest gubernatorial race in the media-saturated 1990s. The generally reserved William Hurt is excellent as the firebrand candidate whose secret, repressed past is dredged up when estranged father figure and political rebel Nigel Hawthorne (in a wry, flamboyant performance) reappears on the eve of the election. While the world's attention is focused on a political contest between two independents, Hurt searches his soul to come to peace with the compromises and sacrifices of his youth.

Where Welles' script is suffused with the melancholy sense of loss of an old man looking back on past mistakes, the film is brightened with the hope and possibilities of a younger man looking ahead to unlimited possibility. Hurt gives his best performance in decades as a man whose confidence is cracked by guilt. Less convincing is French beauty Irène Jacob as an international reporter while Miranda Richardson, though excellent, gets lost as the story sidesteps her sad alcoholic character. We'll never know what Welles could have done with his story, but Hickenlooper delivers a handsome, compelling drama. --Sean Axmaker
The Big Brass Ring
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    		The Big Brass Ring
    Starring: William Hurt , Nigel Hawthorne , Miranda Richardson , Irène Jacob , and Ewan Stewart
    Director: George Hickenlooper
    Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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    Release Date: 2000-01-11

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    Orson Welles wrote The Big Brass Ring in the early 1980s--his last attempt to create a commercial Hollywood film--but the dynamic, rich screenplay was never produced. Nearly two decades later, independent filmmaker and documentarian George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness) purchased and rewrote Welles' script, updating the tale of an independent presidential candidate in the cynical post-Watergate years to a more modest gubernatorial race in the media-saturated 1990s. The generally reserved William Hurt is excellent as the firebrand candidate whose secret, repressed past is dredged up when estranged father figure and political rebel Nigel Hawthorne (in a wry, flamboyant performance) reappears on the eve of the election. While the world's attention is focused on a political contest between two independents, Hurt searches his soul to come to peace with the compromises and sacrifices of his youth.

    Where Welles' script is suffused with the melancholy sense of loss of an old man looking back on past mistakes, the film is brightened with the hope and possibilities of a younger man looking ahead to unlimited possibility. Hurt gives his best performance in decades as a man whose confidence is cracked by guilt. Less convincing is French beauty Irène Jacob as an international reporter while Miranda Richardson, though excellent, gets lost as the story sidesteps her sad alcoholic character. We'll never know what Welles could have done with his story, but Hickenlooper delivers a handsome, compelling drama. --Sean Axmaker
    The Big Brass Ring [Region 2]
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      		The Big Brass Ring [Region 2]
      Starring: William Hurt , Nigel Hawthorne , Miranda Richardson , Irène Jacob , and Ewan Stewart
      Director: George Hickenlooper
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      Orson Welles wrote The Big Brass Ring in the early 1980s--his last attempt to create a commercial Hollywood film--but the dynamic, rich screenplay was never produced. Nearly two decades later, independent filmmaker and documentarian George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness) purchased and rewrote Welles' script, updating the tale of an independent presidential candidate in the cynical post-Watergate years to a more modest gubernatorial race in the media-saturated 1990s. The generally reserved William Hurt is excellent as the firebrand candidate whose secret, repressed past is dredged up when estranged father figure and political rebel Nigel Hawthorne (in a wry, flamboyant performance) reappears on the eve of the election. While the world's attention is focused on a political contest between two independents, Hurt searches his soul to come to peace with the compromises and sacrifices of his youth.

      Where Welles' script is suffused with the melancholy sense of loss of an old man looking back on past mistakes, the film is brightened with the hope and possibilities of a younger man looking ahead to unlimited possibility. Hurt gives his best performance in decades as a man whose confidence is cracked by guilt. Less convincing is French beauty Irène Jacob as an international reporter while Miranda Richardson, though excellent, gets lost as the story sidesteps her sad alcoholic character. We'll never know what Welles could have done with his story, but Hickenlooper delivers a handsome, compelling drama. --Sean Axmaker
      The Big Brass Ring
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        		The Big Brass Ring
        Starring: William Hurt , Nigel Hawthorne , Miranda Richardson , Irène Jacob , and Ewan Stewart
        Director: George Hickenlooper
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

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        Hawthorne, NigelHawthorne, Nigel | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Henry, GreggHenry, Gregg | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Hurt, WilliamHurt, William | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Lindsley, BlakeLindsley, Blake | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Livingston, RonLivingston, Ron | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Mays, JeffersonMays, Jefferson | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Metzler, JimMetzler, Jim | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Richardson, MirandaRichardson, Miranda | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Stewart, EwanStewart, Ewan | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Hickenlooper, GeorgeHickenlooper, George | ( H ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
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        ( B )( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
        Similar Items:
        1. The Learning Curve
        2. Fallen Arches (1998)
        3. Players
        4. Big Shot - Confessions of a Campus Bookie
        5. In Enemy Hands

        ASIN: B000063VAB

        Amazon.com

        Orson Welles wrote The Big Brass Ring in the early 1980s--his last attempt to create a commercial Hollywood film--but the dynamic, rich screenplay was never produced. Nearly two decades later, independent filmmaker and documentarian George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness) purchased and rewrote Welles' script, updating the tale of an independent presidential candidate in the cynical post-Watergate years to a more modest gubernatorial race in the media-saturated 1990s. The generally reserved William Hurt is excellent as the firebrand candidate whose secret, repressed past is dredged up when estranged father figure and political rebel Nigel Hawthorne (in a wry, flamboyant performance) reappears on the eve of the election. While the world's attention is focused on a political contest between two independents, Hurt searches his soul to come to peace with the compromises and sacrifices of his youth.

        Where Welles' script is suffused with the melancholy sense of loss of an old man looking back on past mistakes, the film is brightened with the hope and possibilities of a younger man looking ahead to unlimited possibility. Hurt gives his best performance in decades as a man whose confidence is cracked by guilt. Less convincing is French beauty Irène Jacob as an international reporter while Miranda Richardson, though excellent, gets lost as the story sidesteps her sad alcoholic character. We'll never know what Welles could have done with his story, but Hickenlooper delivers a handsome, compelling drama. --Sean Axmaker

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