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Mildred Pierce

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October 21, 2014
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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Contributor Evan Rachel Wood, Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce
Language English
Number Of Discs 2

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She gave her daughter everything, but everything was not enough. Mildred Pierce brings to life the memorable characters introduced in James M. Cain’s classic 1941 novel of pride and privilege in the middle class. Starring Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, and co-written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes, this five-part drama is an intimate portrait of a uniquely independent woman who finds herself newly divorced during the Depression years, as she struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family. The story explores Mildred’s unreasonable devotion to her insatiable daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood), as well as the complex relationship she shares with the indolent men in her life, including her polo-playing lover Monty Beragon (Guy Pearce) and ex-husband Bert Pierce (Brian F. O’Byrne)

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In Michael Curtiz's hands, James M. Cain's novel Mildred Pierce became a suburban noir, but Todd Haynes spins a more class-conscious tale in this HBO miniseries. The Depression is in effect when Mildred (Kate Winslet, ably filling Oscar-winner Joan Crawford's formidable shoes) breaks with her unfaithful husband, Bert (Brían F. O'Byrne), leaving the Glendale housewife to support her daughters as a waitress and part-time baker (cinematographer Ed Lachman brings her confections to delectable life). To keep up the middle-class façade, only neighbor Lucy (a fine Melissa Leo) knows about her blue-collar day job.

By protecting 11-year-old Veda (Morgan Turner) from the truth, however, Mildred encourages her snobbish tendencies, but then her pastry-making skills allow her to open a chain of restaurants with help from Lucy, feisty colleague Ida (Mare Winningham), and opportunistic realtor Wally (James LeGros, Safe), with whom she has a fling. That ends when she falls for playboy Monty (a dashing Guy Pearce), who takes a shine to Veda, at which point the girl becomes truly insufferable. The first time Mildred slaps her, it's hard not to suppress a cheer. The second time: Veda slaps her mother back. In 1937, when Mildred finally kicks her out (Evan Rachel Wood plays the teenaged Veda), you'll wonder why she didn't do it sooner.

Since 1941, audiences have debated Mildred's attempts to buy her daughter's love. Was Veda a bad seed or did slack parenting make her that way? In ditching the murder of the Curtiz film, Haynes and cowriter Jon Raymond (Meek's Cutoff) lend clarity to her motivations. Despite some awkward staging towards the end, Haynes directs with grace, and his cast rises to the occasion, particularly Winslet and O'Byrne. "Sometimes," Mildred tells Veda, "I wonder if you have good sense." The phrase applies equally well to her mother. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.9 x 5.9 x 7.8 inches; 4.16 Ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 24192999
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 5 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 21, 2014
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ HBO Studios
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0041KKZHI
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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Great Picture Quality and Audio Quality on the Blu-ray Disc. Three episodes on one disc, two on the other. The special features include audio commentary of parts 3 and 5, as well as a segment called "Inside the Episodes" of all five parts. There is also a "Making of" for this mini series. That's all the features that are included.For those that aren't familiar with this show, it's a 5-part HBO mini series that originally aired in March of 2011. It stays truer to the book than the 1945 film staring Joan Crawford did. It stars Guy Pearce (Monty), Kate Winslet (Mildred), Morgan Turner (Veda child/teen) and Evan Rachel Wood (Veda young adult). Both Morgan and Evan did a good job playing Veda. If you subscribe to HBO and you'd like to watch this before buying to know if you'll enjoy it, it's on HBO Go. Just log in with your Cable or Satellite provider. I think Amazon Prime now offers HBO shows on their Instant Video, but I'm not a Prime member so I have no idea if this show is on there.On a side note: DO NOT buy from "Elegant DVD" as they sell used product under the banner of new. They even shouted at me and said "I did nothing wrong" but they did! Removing the included DVDs so they can resell them on their own and make double the money is very wrong indeed. Since the package is opened and resealed, it's not new.
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