The Celestine Prophecy

Starring: Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Callies, et al.

Product Description

Based on James Redfield's worldwide best-selling novel, The Celestine Prophecy is a spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: December 2006
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Armand Mastroianni
• Starring: Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Callies, Annabeth Gish, Hector Elizondo, Joaquim De Almeida, Jürgen Prochnow
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; Full Screen; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Plodding through the insights

John Woodsen (Matthew Settle), a history teacher, finds himself out of a job. He runs into an old friend who intrigues him with a story of a great historical find in Peru. All of a sudden, he gets a pamphlet about Peru and finds a last-minute canceled seat to Peru. Think something is happening here? Yet, it is just the beginning of an adventure. Seems that no one wants to tell him or us what it is all about until we experience it. What we find is insightful, but at the cost of having to listen to boring, stilted dialogue and people who look like druggies. The book, though interesting, is that it does not contain any unique ideas. The writing is nominal, but it is designed to put you in a different view of reality. The problem came when trying to express this in the visual media. If you had not read the book first, the storyline and purpose are hard to follow as they spend more time implying than explaining. James Redfield was clearly over his head as a screenwriter, but at least he was honest. His mistake was recruiting Barnet Bain, who botched “What Dreams May Come” (1998), to help botch “The Celestine Prophecy” (2006). Strange, but I imagined that John Woodsen would be much older and better-rounded. Maybe there will be a sequel, as it has been set up in this film.