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The Cat's Meow [2002] | ![The Cat's Meow [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QX5BJX2KL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard, Cary Elwes, Joanna Lumley
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 18487
Format: Anamorphic, Pal
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 109
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582296976
ASIN: B0002W19MO
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: October 4, 2004
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A Hollywood scandal springs to life in Peter Bogdanovich's lively Cat's Meow. In 1924 the immensely powerful publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst held a yacht party that ended with a gunshot. Between Hearst's influence and that of his glitterati guests (including Louella Parsons and Charlie Chaplin), no satisfying account of what happened ever made it to the public. The Cat's Meow reconstructs one of the more whispered-about possible scenarios and has quite a bit of fun doing so. Cast and crew alike skewer 1920s Hollywood decadence and, by extension, today's. Eddie Izzard is a boldly odd casting choice as Chaplin, but he succeeds, refusing to fall back on Little Tramp mannerisms. There are several other good performances, but best of all is the cool-as-sherbet Joanna Lumley as the deliciously jaded Elinor Glyn. The script is a strong one, never stooping to the excesses of its characters--Bogdanovich's take is far from the most lurid allegations of what happened that weekend. --Ali Davis
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20s! April 16, 2008
i did like this! I really did, i bought it specifically because the 1920s is the era that interests me the most and was expecting...well.. something else. Although not a fault of the actual film, i felt there weren't enough hints towards the jazz era, obviously there was the charleston and the gowns but i felt the conversation somewhat lacked the pizazz of what the epitome of the twenties was about. Maybe i'm too hard on the film, for i'm mighty glad to the person who decided to turn this story into a film as i had assumed by now that no one was really interested in creating a film based on such a long time ago for it is a very interesting case and never got much press at the time, although the crime was of great capacity. However i feel i am trying to experience a part of the 20s which is only in my head and maybe cannot actually be expressed on film! Great music though, they knew how to do it them!!!
 The Cats Meow Indeed! July 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I LOVED this film! The detail is fantastic as is the acting. I was first interested in this film for Eddie Izzard, who definately gets to show off his acting ability and stays sexy even with brown contact lenses! Then I find that the legend that is Joanna Lumley is also in the film and as always she is a delight.
Im not usually the biggest fan of Kirsten Dunst but I really liked her in this film and all the others actors do a great job. It definately feels like a group effort with no one person feeling like they are hogging the screen which is definately a plus.
Even if you are not familiar with the scandle that the story is based on you will still be able to enjoy this film and get a feel for the glamour and extravagance of the 1920's era hollywood.
Definately one to watch - just a great film.
I raise my paw to Cats Meow! January 25, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a delightful film. It is based on the imagined solution to a real mystery set in California in the 1920's and is full of fine actors doing great character roles, but cast against their usual types. A stylish look at the self indulgent world of William Randolph Hearst and his mistress Marion Davies, this film manages to be sympathetic to the best in everyone and remorseless in exposing the worst. Thw twenties look great the yacht and the settings are well realised. This is a dark social comedy and well worth seeing.
Brilliant Film! June 24, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I LOVED it! I enjoyed watching great actors, a good plot, fabulous costume and attention to detail and witty script. Watch the charades scene between Dunst and Izzard (I was strangely enticed by that scene - good chemistry) and Joanna Lumley is brilliant as always. Although on a downside, it took me a while to get used to the amount of fake tan, Eddie Izzard was sporting. But yet still strangely attractive..........
Not quite the cat's whiskers May 20, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
A very 'pretty' film, with lots of 1920s features - Charlestons, jazz, Prohibition, black musicians etc etc. And some truly outstanding performances: Kirsten Dunst's Marion (whose face expresses so many emotions) and the truly repellent - but right after the crime is committed surprisingly vulnerable - Hearst of Herrman. The hypocrisy that underlay so much of the 1920s, sent up by Grosz and Bertolt Brecht in the contemporary Weimar republic, is beautifully caught in this jewel of a movie. But there are flaws: Eddie Izzard, a genius in the field of stand-up comedy, is far too 'big' to be Chaplin (as the short provided as an extra demonstrates) and it was just as well that we were constantly reminded that he was Chaplin. And there was a tendency - common to many US actors - to mumble, forcing viewers to use subtitles. The truly excellent Joanna Lumley, as the iconic Elinor Glyn, shows how lines should be delivered. Not quite the cat's whiskers, but an enjoyable film.
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