Joan of Arc Movie Review 1999

Earnest biopic of legendary 15th-century French heroine, Joan of Arc (Sobieski). Joan is a peasant girl, born during France's Hundred Years War with England. She hears saints' voices telling her to help the Dauphin Charles (Harris) claim the French throne and drive out the English. Charles persuades Joan to proclaim herself the legendary Maid of Lorraine and raise an army to battle the Brits. But after her success, Joan is betrayed by the King, sold to the English, and put on trial for heresy.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 240 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 15th Century, Biopics: Religious, Religion, Historical Drama, France, Royalty, French, Big Battles, Great Death Scenes, Order in the Court

Screenplay

Ronald Parker, Michael Miller

Cast

Leelee Sobieski, Neil Patrick Harris, Peter O'Toole, Robert Loggia, Jacqueline Bisset, Powers Boothe, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Maury Chaykin, Jonathan Hyde, Maximilian Schell, Peter Strauss

Cinematography

Pierre Gill

Director

Christian Duguay

Music

Asher Ettinger, Tony Kosinec

Producer

Atlantis Productions