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Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003)

Subtitles: Only the main feature on this DVD title has English subtitles. [explanation] Claimed subtitles: (unknown) Share this page »  Subtitling reviews: Submitted by mat on 31st May 2004: "Rented this from Blockbuster video. Main feature is subtitled, none of extra features are subtitled. Extra features: Making of, deleted scenes, "Anatomy of a Scene", 2 commentary tracks, Theatrical trailer." Have you got this DVD title? Rate this title / Add a comment Availability: (unknown)

Film information

Based on: The novel by Tracy Chevalier

Story: Peter Webber's screen adaptation of Tracy Chevalier's novel looks at the process behind creating one of the most famous portraits and told from the sitter's viewpoint - namely Jan Vermeer's The Girl With a Pearl Earring. Griet (Scarlett Johansson) is a young woman who sets off from her family home in the countryside to work as a servant for the Vermeer household in the burgh of Delft. To begin with, she is very lowly in the servant ranks, but is then given responsibility for cleaning the master of the house's painting quarters. Master of the house, the unsociable Vermeer (Colin Firth) is taken with Griet's looks and over some time paints her portrait. This upsets his pregnant and jealous wife, Catharina (Essie Davis) and his benefactor, van Ruijven (Tom Wilkinson), who likes to decide what Vermeer should be painting. All the while, Griet is forming her own special relationship with a peasant boy (Cillian Murphy) of her own age.

Starring: Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis

Cinematographer: Eduardo Serra

Directed by: Peter Webber

Music by: Alexandre Desplat

Produced by: Andy Paterson, Anand Tucker

Subject: Jan Vermeer

Written by: Olivia Hetreed

DVD information

Studio/distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Ent.

Other releases of this film

Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003) (Widescreen) (Retail Only)
Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003) (With Book) (Deleted)

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