The cinematography is gorgeous, but the movie plays it fast and loose with history and the novel it was adapted from. Mostly, the movie fails because the romance between the leads strains credulity and the story is largely uninvolving.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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Movie Info
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Director -
John Madden -
Producer -
Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , Kevin Loader , Mark Huffam -
Screenwriter -
Shawn Slovo , Louis de Bernières -
Distributor -
Miramax Films , Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Le Studio Canal + , Working Title Films , Universal Pictures -
Rating -
R (Sexuality|Language|Some Violence) -
Genre -
Drama , Romance , War -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 17, 2001, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 10, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$25.5M -
Runtime -
2h 7m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby SR , DTS , Dolby Stereo , Surround , SDDS , Dolby A , Dolby Digital -
Aspect Ratio -
Scope (2.35:1)