The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Movie Review 1990

An exclusive restaurant houses four disturbing characters. Greenaway's powerful vision of greed, love, and violence may be too strong for some tastes. Available in several different versions: the standard unrated theatrical release, the unrated version in a letterboxed format, and an R-rated cut which runs half an hour shorter.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 123 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Sexcapades, Cannibalism, Torrid Love Scenes, Edibles, Romantic Triangles, Unhappy Meals

Screenplay

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth

Cinematography

Sacha Vierny

Director

Peter Greenaway

Music

Michael Nyman

Producer

Miramax Films, Allarts and Elesevier-Vendex, Allarts Cook-Erato Films-Films Inc., Kees Kasander