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	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
		Joan of Arc: France does not belong to you, Charles.
		To summarize my own thoughts on the film, I feel that the script doesn't know what story it's trying to tell, and Besson and Jovovich seem to have no sense at all for the complexities of Joan's story, as it has come down to us.
		Everything else you see in the film (art direction, costume design, soundtrack, special effects, even the look of every single supporting and bit player, etc. etc.) is as cliche and unimaginative as the screenplay and acting.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0151137 (788 words)

	westword.com \| Film \| Movies \| Ruined in Rouen \| 1999-11-11 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As a silent film, it had the distinct advantage of being freed from a dependency on words: Words enable argument; argument favors reason; reason is the enemy of faith; and faith is what the story is all about.
		Dreyer's film is composed almost entirely of tight closeups of Joan and her inquisitors; its real narrative -- the inner experience of Joan's belief, torment, fall, salvation and death -- unfolds beautifully on actress Maria Falconetti's face.
		Joan is betrayed, tried, battered and roasted -- and all the closing crawls in the world explaining how she was eventually cleared and canonized can't make this an upbeat ending.
	www.westword.com /issues/1999-11-11/film/movies2.html (1193 words)

	Joan of Arc (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joan of Arc (band) is the name of an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois
		Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc a 1999 film
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joan_of_Arc_(disambiguation) (99 words)

	Ron Maxwell Reviews "The Messenger"
		This graphically filmed scene (qualifying the film for an R rating, thereby keeping young people away from a story about a young person) is followed by a scene with a priest in which she rails at God for permitting these atrocities.
		This Joan, psychically removed from the medieval universe in which she lived, is not only strangely ignorant of the saints, she never utters the names of the Virgin Mary or Jesus.
		It is a paean to womankind, an ode to Joan as liberator and woman of faith in the tradition of Judith and the selfless saints of antiquity whom Joan herself adored.
	www.ronmaxwell.com /joandarc.html (2064 words)

	The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc / *** (1999)
		Joan guides her soldiers so swiftly and precisely that she becomes an utter annoyance (sort of like a fly in the soup).
		Here, Joan is being carried through cells and steep hallways to her doom; judges in crowded courtrooms look at her with displeasure, as she holds them at bay with indirect answers to their pressing questions.
		While in the cell, the movie even gives Joan an intriguing vision: that of a cloaked conscience, played by Dustin Hoffman, who seemingly convinces her that the visions she experienced during the war might have been her imagination, and not the work of God himself.
	www.geocities.com /Eros_992165/reviews/1999/themessenger.html (1097 words)

	The Story of Joan of Arc : The Messenger / Jeanne d'Arc / 1999 / film review / Luc Besson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All that nonsense in the prison cell where Joan is taunted by Dustin Hoffman in a cloak is confusing, plodding, and seems to serve no other purpose than to drag out the suspense until the inevitable burning scene.
		It was perhaps brave of Besson to attempt a Joan of Arc film, and doubtless he would have been vilified whatever the quality of his film.
		However, this film is overall a disappointment and is yet another addition to the ever-growing pile of Joan of Arc films that failed to hit their mark.
	frenchfilms.topcities.com /nf_Joan_of_Arc_rev.html (514 words)

	Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, Joan Arc)
		Family Tree Joan of Arc's family, including the descendants of her brothers.
		Domrémy Joan of Arc's hometown, as it was then and now, and her life there.
		Joan of Arc was born at Domrémy circa January 6, 1412.
	members.aol.com /hywwebsite/private/joanofarc.html (547 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Joan Of Arc: The Messenger [2000] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Over the years, many film directors have attempted to tell the story of legendary 15th-century heroine Joan of Arc, a simple country girl who claimed she was inspired by God to lead the French troops in a victorious assault on the mighty English army.
		The historical Joan was eventually made a saint by the Catholic Church, and earlier biopics tended to treat her celestial visions as literal fact.
		I myself thought this film was fantastic, I disagree with all those who say that Mila Jovovich was flat, I thought she was marvellous showing the perfect combination of desperation verging on insanity, egoism, and yet a deep childlike innocence and naivety.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004YA9W (1782 words)

	miaminewtimes.com \| \| Film \| Ruined in Rouen \| 1999-11-11 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dreyer's film is composed almost entirely of tight closeups of Joan and her inquisitors; its real narrative, the inner experience of Joan's belief, torment, fall, salvation, and death, unfolds beautifully on actress Maria Falconetti's face.
		The Battle of Orleans is the film's high point: Nobody would accuse Besson of being a slouch at staging action, though the geography of just who's attacking what from where is generally unclear.
		Joan is betrayed, tried, battered, and roasted, and all the closing crawls in the world explaining how she was eventually cleared and canonized can't make this an upbeat ending.
	www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/1999-11-11/film.html (1254 words)

	www.LeeleeSobieski.com - Awards
		1999 - Won - "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film" for: "Joan of Arc" (1999).
		1999 - Nominated - "Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Comedy Film" for: "Never Been Kissed" (1999).
		1999 - Nominated - "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie" for: "Joan of Arc" (1999).
	www.leeleesobieski.com /info/awards.html (172 words)

	AboutFilm.Com - The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
		One of cinema’s foremost masterpieces, the film compellingly tells the tale of a young girl from Orléans who leads the French to victory over the English, and is then betrayed by her King and martyred by the English for heresy.
		Milla Jovovich, who was presumably cast as Joan because she physically resembles a 9 year old boy (oh, and being the main squeeze of the director at the time doesn’t hurt either), enters the movie about twenty-five minutes along.
		In tight close-ups with a digitally lowered voice, Hoffman hams the Grand Inquisitor role, suggesting that Joan’s “voices” were constructs of her own imagination and that her entire campaign is based on bloodlust for her sister’s rape at the beginning of the film.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/m/messengerjoan.htm (1162 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc"
		Soon thereafter, Joan is left to waddle with the voices inside her head whose divinity suddenly come into question.
		I was however torn between how I should feel about Joan as Besson presents her to us as a strong-minded, confident, fighter woman while allowing his lead actress to portray her as a constantly teary-eyed, confused, schitzo with a supposed plan.
		She thought the character of Joan was shown in all her strengths and weaknesses, lending a stronger credibility to her persona.
	www.joblo.com /messenger.htm (1655 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc"- Comments1
		For me Joan was crazy from the first time we see her grown up and I wasn't surprised by the turn of events where her sanity is challenged.
		Joan had balls bigger than the average man and on that note she is probably smarter than most of them too, even though she was illiterate.
		Milla untalented and misguided as Joan of Arc to Oscar-buzz.
	www.joblo.com /messenger1.htm (1353 words)

	The Messenger: A Hollywood Jesus Visual Film Review.
		Joan is burned at the stake in such a way as to leave the audience numb.
		In this film Joan of Arc is fatally struck by an arrow in the midst of battle.
		Or when Joan is in the Church, and she is framed by the door behind her, then the camera pans to the stained glass window in front of her, in parallel to her own backdrop...
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /joanofarc_messenger.htm (6041 words)

	Buy Joan Of Arc [1999] DVD at the Best UK Price (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Joan of Arc is a difficult subject for a film because everyone knows the ending and so many other films of Joan's life have been made.
		This film deals with the ending problem by putting it as the begining as well as the end and showing Joan's life between the parentheses of her martyrdom at the stake.
		Lee Lee Sobieski brings a youthful freshness to the role of Joan and skillfully manages to convince as someone who the soldiers would follow but someone who is human enough to be terrified of death at...
	dvd-search.co.uk /B00004TBTT/Joan_Of_Arc_1999.html (447 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Joan of Arc: The Messenger
		"Joan of Arc" is a startling film that certainly tries to be a little different.
		Such sniping may happily fill the celebrity pages of film magazines, but it is hardly reasoned debate as to the structural failure of a movie.
		But while this film might not have worked out for Besson, he has a raft of fine movies to counterbalance it against.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2000/11/27/joan_of_arc_messenger_1999_review.shtml (394 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Joan Of Arc [1999] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A star-studded epic drama based on the tragic true story of Joan Of Arc - the fifteenth-century French peasant girl who's life was changed dramatically when she started hearing the voices of Saints Catherine, Michael and Margaret.
		The historical Joan of Arc remains a controversial figure, with learned men and women interpreting her life and story in a couple of quite divergent ways.
		This movie's Joan is the bravest and most pious of souls, and she meets her fate willingly as a martyr and not a victim; her faith in God's plan for her never wavers.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004TBTT (1412 words)

	Messenger:The Story of Joan of Arc, The (1999): Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Inexplicable as it is, the Joan of Arc story encourages contemplation of ourselves as a species.
		May be the grandest looking film ever made on the subject, but it lacks the most essential element of all: passion.
		It's Joan of Arc as bitch that barks.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/messenger (1207 words)

	Live in Chicago, 1999
		This may be said of Joan of Arc's "Live in Chicago, 1999" as a whole, it eats itself up within the grounds of pop and indie music, while constantly devouring itself as an experiment in the listeners ear.
		As in Joan of Arc's previous albums, the artwork and design are superb.
		It is Joan of Arc's gift to pierce language and music at their cores, reducing them to their simple terms and reworking them to create a new life-force.
	www.angelfire.com /sk/joanofarc (286 words)

	Visions of Saint Joan Syllabus
		Her story has been the subject of a number of film treatments, most recently the 1999 film, The Messenger, and a made-for-television film, Joan of Arc, on CBS.
		She is the subject and agent of her own destiny." We will seek to view Joan through the eyes of theologian, playwright, and historian this semester.
		The paper should be the student's effort to resolve the enigma of Joan using the methods of theology, history, and/or theatre.
	homepages.stmartin.edu /fac_staff/dsuter/RLS303JoanMCSpring2001.htm (932 words)

	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
		Joan of Arc Special Effects - Not much has been said about special effects for this film but a French Effects company called Duboi has had their hand in part of the post production for JOA.
		The new release date is November 5th and the trailer for Joan of Arc can be seen on some prints of The Haunting.
		This castle was used during the filming of the movie and the pictures give you a perfect view of the castle inside and out.
	www.movie-page.com /1999/JoanOfArc.htm (663 words)

	A new Joan of Arc film on its way. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 2004, "Joan of Arc: the Virgin Warrior", a new Joan of Arc motion picture will be released.
		I voiced some concern for the choice of Mira Sorvino as Joan though, at 36 years of age she is a little old in my opinion to portray the 19 year old Joan, but it appears she is no more for the film.
		Hopefully too this film will be big budget, a problem with the 1999 Joan movies were they appeard so small time, so straight to video/tv.
	www.angelfire.com /rebellion/historicalheros/joanmovie.html (250 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" review (1999)
		Joan of Arc, arguably history's most famous peasant girl, get a monster-budget makeover in "The Messenger," an appropriately over-produced, but not necessarily overwrought, grandiose epic biography from the indulgent mind of director Luc Besson.
		In addition to Malkovich, the cast includes Faye Dunaway as the rightful king's manipulative mother and Dustin Hoffman in the ponderous role of Joan's conscience -- a voice and vision that drums her head with doubts after she's abandon by France and tried, then burned at the stake by the English for heresy.
		One moment she's 8 years old, hiding in a cabinet while her sister is raped and murdered by barbaric Brit invaders, and in the next scene she's aged a decade and is demanding an audience with the Dauphin, setting the entire court is abuzz with stories of her popularity and legend.
	www.splicedonline.com /99reviews/messenger.html (444 words)

	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
		Most other versions of the Joan story have remained at a discreet distance from commenting on the actuality of Joan’s visions (and the inevitable question that goes with it of whether she was insane or divinely guided) and have concentrated instead on the historical events surrounding her - not so Besson.
		And the end result in questioning every single detail of Joan’s motivation creates so much confusion that the film disappears into a morass of doubt as to whether she is deluded and self-aggrandizing or whether her visions were genuine.
		That may well be exactly the way the historic Joan appears when you try to get a grasp on her as a character, but as a film it makes for a muddle.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/messenger.htm (922 words)

	MillaJ.com :: The Official Milla Jovovich Website :: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
		Plot summary: The film follows Joan's short but incredible life - her rise from peasanthood to hero as she led the French Army against the invading British in early 15th century France.
		Joan was made a Saint 500 years later in 1920.
		In one scene, Milla Jovovich as Joan tells English invaders: "Go home to your island!" Some viewers wrote, "What island was she talking about?" "I told them, um, it's England," sighs Besson.
	www.millaj.com /film/joan.shtml (337 words)

	SFBG A+E \| November 10, 1999 \| Being Joan of Arc (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The negative of Carl Dreyer's 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc went up in flames nights after the film's premiere, Dreyer pieced a new one together from outtakes, it went up in flames too, and he had a nervous breakdown and, as the story goes, spent time recovering in the Joan of Arc Clinic.
		There was that CBS miniseries with Leelee Sobieski and there's the upcoming theatrical version with Mira Sorvino, making Joan this year's volcano or killer meteor, and then there was the Besson-Jovovich split – not even God, played by Dustin Hoffman in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, could reconcile them.
		Besson fails to portray a Joan of Arc with a soul, of all things, but this is the whole cynical point of the movie: to portray this legend in the crassest, most unserious, most "entertaining" manner.
	www.sfbg.com /AandE/34/06/joanie.html (662 words)

	Amazon.com: Joan of Arc (1999): Video: Leelee Sobieski,Jacqueline Bisset,Powers Boothe,Neil Patrick Harris,Maury ...
		At the heart of the story is the conflict between the teenager's simple but fierce faith and the more complex political and theological issues that influence her downfall, a theme fleshed out through the portrayals of the young warrior's liege, the Dauphin (later King) Charles, and the Bishop Cauchon.
		As played by Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut), her evolution from naive farm girl to seasoned soldier is convincing, as is her gradual awakening to the underlying agendas of church and state.
		Having opposed Joan as a threat to orthodoxy, the Bishop recognizes her purity too late; O'Toole turns this moment into a dreadful epiphany that resonates through the story's inevitable, fiery denouement.
	www.amazon.com /Joan-Arc-Leelee-Sobieski/dp/6305535582 (459 words)

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		Joan of Arc in history, literature, and film : a select, annotated bibliography (New York : Garland, 1990).
		The faces of Joan's judges are hallowed by the white walls he shot against, so that they seem to be floating in Joan's imagination; among them are Michel Simon and the young Antonin Artaud.
		Robert Bresson's vérité depiction of the trial of Joan of Arc is adapted from actual court transcripts and features nonprofessional actors recreating the trial and execution of France's most famous martyr.
	classes.maxwell.syr.edu /his401 (1145 words)

	Review: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To be fair, the model-turned-actress (who was married to director Besson at the time of filming, although they have since split up) is close to the right age to play the part, and she willingly allows herself to be shown in a very unflattering light (covered in dirt with a nearly shaven skull).
		As is often true of French-made films (as opposed to their Hollywood counterparts), The Messenger's adherence to history is good (although, as with all narrative features, a certain amount of dramatic license has been taken).
		The film looks great (as one would expect from the director of La Femme Nikita and The Fifth Element, both handsome productions), but, in terms of intensity and spectacle, what we're given here is just a pale shadow of Braveheart.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/m/messenger.html (1366 words)

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