Casanova Movie Review 2005

Set in Venice and loosely based on the legendary life of the 18th century womanizer. Casanova (Ledger) is running from the Roman Inquisitor Pucci (Irons) who wants to try him for heresy, which sets up an excuse for drama and disguise resulting in an unlikely clandestine relationship with Francesca (Miller), who may be Venice's first feminist writer. Don't look for a naughty glimpse of the legendary exploits of Casanova. Here he is forced posthumously to figure out that a woman's true value is her intellect...um...et tu, Casanova? If you love romantic costume comedies set in Venice and you're house-bound for the weekend, you could do worse.

Distribution

Walt Disney Home Video, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521, Phone: (818)265-6500, URL: http://disney.store.go.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 108 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Adventures, Romantic Comedy, Period Piece: 18th Century, Swashbucklers, Venice, Historical Romance

Screenplay

Jeffrey Hatcher, Kimberly Simi

Cast

Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili, Stephen Greif, Ken Stott, Charlie Cox, Tim (McInnerny) McInnery, Phil Davies, Paddy Ward, Helen McCrory, Leigh Lawson, Natalie Dormer

Cinematography

Oliver Stapleton

Director

Lasse Hallstrom

Music

Alexandre Desplat

Other

Ivan Sharrock, Michael Kirchberger, Andrew Mondshein, Jenny Beavan, David Gropman

Producer

Mark Gordon, Leslie Holleran, Betsy Bears, Touchstone Pictures, Mark Gordon Company, Buena Vista