Vincent & Theo DVD 1990 / Directed Robert Altman / Starring: Tim Roth, Paul Rhys

UPC 5030370903736

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: English 2.0

Subtitles: English HOH

TOTAL RUNTIME: 134 MINUTES

English Summary:

Vincent & Theo has a prelude, which is documentary footage of the 1987 auction of one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings at Christie's, a famed London art business. The painting sells for millions of pounds. The film then cuts to scenes that take place in the period from 1883 through 1891, commencing with Vincent van Gogh's decision to work exclusively as an artist, and concluding with his death and that of his brother Theo a few months later. The film is a double portrait of both men; Noel Murray has summarised this aspect, "Altman and screenwriter Julian Mitchell contrast Theo's life—which mostly consists of him guiding rich people through galleries and selling them paintings he despises—with Vincent's gradual development of his own voice and style, through hard physical labor. Vincent & Theo also shows both men as warped by a similar madness, torn between their lusts for sex and alcohol, and their yearnings for social respectability and religious connection.

Cast:

• Tim Roth as Vincent van Gogh. Through the 1980s, Roth had maintained dual careers as a stage and film actor in Britain. Following his success in Vincent & Theo, Roth established a career in the United States with prominent roles in Quentin Tarantino's films Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994).^[5]
• Paul Rhys as Theo Van Gogh
• Kitty Courbois as Anna van Gogh (the sister of Vincent and Theo van Gogh)
• Johanna ter Steege as Jo Bonger
• Wladimir Yordanoff as Paul Gauguin
• Adrian Brine as Uncle Cent (Vincent (Cent) van Gogh, the uncle of Vincent and Theo van Gogh)
• Jip Wijngaarden [nl] as Sien Hoornik
• Hans Kesting as Andries Bonger (Johanna Bonger's brother)
• Jean-Pierre Cassel as Paul Gachet
• Bernadette Giraud as Marguerite Gachet
• Anne Canovas as Marie
• Jean-Denis Monory as Émile Bernard
• Peter Tuinman [nl] as Anton Mauve
• Vincent Vallier as René Valadon
• Jean-François Perrier [fr] as Leon Boussod
• Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Father Tanguy
• Féodor Atkine as Dr. Peyron