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The Dying Gaul

Peter Sarsgaard (Actor), Campbell Scott (Actor, Producer), Craig Lucas (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 63 ratings
IMDb6.4/10.0
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Genre Drama
Format Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Multiple Formats, Widescreen
Contributor Craig Lucas, David Newman, Campbell Scott, Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Zimble, Holedigger Films Inc., Peter Sarsgaard, Robin Bartlett, George VanBuskirk See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 35 minutes

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Patricia Clarkson (Good Night and Good Luck, Miracle, The Green Mile), Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass, Key, Kinsey, Garden State) and Campbell Scott (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Saint Ralph) star in this critically acclaimed tale of lust, power, corruption, betrayal and revenge set in the seductive world of the Hollywood elite. Robert Sandrich, a fledgling screenwriter (Sarsgaard) who has been living on the fringes, finds his life changed when he is offered a million dollars for his latest and most personal work -- The Dying Gaul, a raw, autobiographical story of the death of his lover. There is one catch -- the studio demands that Robert change his dead lover's character to a woman to make the story more commercially viable. Making the offer is Jeffrey (Scott), a smooth, ruthless and sexually avaricious studio executive who seduces Robert with the intoxicating Hollywood cocktail of power, money and sex. When Robert confides to Jeffrey's wife, Elaine (Clarkson) that he finds sol

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2227365
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Craig Lucas
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Multiple Formats, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 35 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 21, 2006
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Peter Sarsgaard, Campbell Scott, Patricia Clarkson, Robin Bartlett
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ George VanBuskirk, Lisa Zimble, Campbell Scott, David Newman
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000E3L7E6
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 63 ratings

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3.7 out of 5 stars
3.7 out of 5
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Emile Nelligan
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2023
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Suspenseful film with lots of twists and turns. The three principal actors are excellent and convincing in their respective roles.

The ending was truly tragic. Be sure to watch the alternate ending which makes the conclusion more understandable.

Highly recommended!
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Jorge L. Herrero
1.0 out of 5 stars Bad film, dont waste time and money.
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Bad film... don't waste time and money.
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alicia brite
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story with enough suspense to pull out the popcorn at home!
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2015
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Despite an ending where you have to hit REWIND & PLAY and turn up the volume to hear Cameron Scott's mumbling with telephone in hand, this exploration of how great online writing can play for deep deep cruelty and how sneaking around can hurt to the bone is a wonderfully creepy treat for fans of any of these actors. Patricia Clarkson just eats up the screen in her usual ability to stop you from moving just to watch what she'll do next. The normalcy of gay sex is written both physically and emotionally believably well, and the suspense of it all I just found delightful. Sarsgaard - who for the longest time I could not shake as the rapist from Boys Don't Cry - has proven time and again how versatile he is. Really good work by all three leads. I just wished that they'd turned up the sound more in the last 3 minutes and maybe drug out the ending just a wee bit. Kinda feels like the rug got yanked out from under my feet there!
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W. Parker Nolen
5.0 out of 5 stars Hitchcock on acid
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2006
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WOW! This film is what Alfred Hitchcock would have been making today. It's as dark and edgy as any Hitchcock film, but even more so - it's as if Hitchcock himself were on acid direccting this...by far the best suspense thriller I have seen in a while. The screenplay and direcction are incredible and you are going to be on the edge of your seat at the end of this film, because just as soon as you beccome sympathetic to one charater, they do something so heinous that by the end of the film, there is no one to really empanthize with. All of the actors give outstanding performances, the cinematography is compelling - as it should be in a suspenseful film: very good use of day/night paralelling the evil/good each character presents. A MUST HAVE for any film collector.
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Trevor Henderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie -- Everyone should see it
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2006
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Great performances by Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, and Campbell Scott, but what else can you expect from them. Sarsgaard and Clarkson are especially rivetting.

Great direction, editing, and cinematography. A beautiful and fascinating movie to watch.

Sometimes the dialogue seems a bit too Mamet-like, if you like that type of intellectual cold preciseness.

It is full of suspense. The movie will keep you wondering what these fascinating characters will do and say.

Yes, it is about two bisexuals who had a life changing gay love, one more serious than the other though maybe both as tragic.

It is more about love and relationships, and how lies, manipulation, desires, and dreams can bring out the best and the worst in us.
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no can do
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2013
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This is a great movie about a gay man and a bisexual man. It is a thriller in a sense but also a movie that shows how love can go wrong. Campbell Scott is great in this glad to see him playing a gay charcter again. He is still hot no matter how old he gets. I would buy this movie for this reason alone.
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AJ
1.0 out of 5 stars Not as advertised
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2016
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The synopisis of this movie does NOT mention homisexuality and sex scenes. Be warn, this not a family movie.
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M. Hatapkapulu
4.0 out of 5 stars great!
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2008
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I loved this movie. But I found the ending too weak (just me. i am not a pro critic or anything).

The good thing is I liked the alternate ending which is included in the DVD. I wont write it and spoil the movie but the alternate ending makes everything more clear.

Great acting as always by Campbell Scott. Hats off to him. Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard are also brilliant in their roles.

So this movie is recommended by me...
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Luc Leonard
1.0 out of 5 stars save your money, watch it online if you must
Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2021
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Whether as a play or a film, has there ever been a sketchier plot? Or one that contains its own spoilers? The story is unconvincing because it is either too far from plausible (elements of veracity are usually what allow a thriller to get under the viewer's skin) or simply not far-fetched enough as pure fantasy (had it been so, the viewer would gladly give up "plausible" for the fun of the outrageously implausible, as in Paul Verhoeven's The Fourth Man).

Ironically, and as a nod to the "plot", it would never have been made as a conventional heterosexual love triangle - it's been done a thousand times and no one would pay to see more of it. And its gratuitous ending undoes whatever might compel the viewer to empathize with the main protagonist - there is no reason for the outcome, and there is insufficient character development to allow us to accept that what he does is a believable reaction to betrayal.

BUT THE REAL TRAGEDY is that Steve Reich was persuaded to allow his music to be used for this piece of rubbish... To be fair, the score is the film's only redeemable feature.
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Ton NL
5.0 out of 5 stars Super
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2018
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Super
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L. Bushfield
1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible movie not worth the price
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2023
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I did not like this movie at all. Don't waste your money buying the dvd.
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Gary Lee Morrison
4.0 out of 5 stars Ethical Drama
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2013
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Skarsgaard, Campbell Scott and Patricia Clarkson.... what's not to like? good actors all. The story is interesting because it poses ethical questions that will leaving you talking about the film afterwards.
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smile awhile
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2015
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loved this film it was brilliant. A must see
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