- Actors: Hugo Weaving, Genevive Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell, Jeffrey Walker
- Directors: Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Writers: Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: New Line Home Video
- Release Date: Nov 2 2004
- Run Time: 86 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0002XNT12
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Proof, a brilliant allegory about trust, is at once mordantly funny, chilling, and touching. It keeps us off balance from the beginning, challenging our assumptions about everything from the art of filmmaking to the nature of human relationships. The tone is reminiscent of David Mamet and Harold Pinter, but Australian writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse has a quirky outlook all her own. Hugo Weaving (later known as the villainous Agent Smith in The Matrix), plays Martin, a blind photographer who compulsively shoots photos as proof of the actuality of his existence. He relies on his spiteful housekeeper, Celia (Geneviève Picot), to tell him what's in his snapshots. But can he trust her to tell him the truth? Celia rearranges the furniture so Martin will trip over it. Why? Because she's in love with him. But Martin won't let her into his heart; he's never been able to trust anyone. Into this quagmire of mutual torment walks Andrew, a regular guy personified, to become the first real friend Martin has ever had. At this point the picture jumps up a notch, for Andrew is played by hunky, appealing young Russell Crowe, whose emotional range and star quality are already unmistakable. Just when we think that Proof has devolved into yet another feel-good buddy picture, the ground shifts again beneath our feet. There are no easy answers in this movie; that's the pleasure in it. --Laura Mirsky
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Russell Crowe helps a blind man for "Proof".,
By James McDonald (Lancaster, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Proof (VHS Tape)
Russell Crowe (as "Andy") works in a restaurant. Out the backdoor, he helps a cat with the left-over food. A blind man, Martin, (played by Hugo Weaving, Lord Of The Rings: [2001, 2002, 2003]) walks by with his cane and knocks over the food and the crate the cat was hiding in. Russell Crowe takes notice of the blind man and also that the cat has died from the accident. One day, Martin is in the restaurant. Even pouring a glass of wine is difficult. Later that night, Crowe tells Martin about the cat being killed. Martin insists it is not and he knows a vet that can help the cat. Crowe offers him a ride. At the vet, Crowe discovers Martin takes pictures with a camera. A blind photographer. When the pictures are developed, Martin asks Crowe to describe each photograph. To Martin, the pictures are "proof" that what he sensed, is what Crowe saw through his eyes. "The truth". A helpful friendship begins until a woman (played by Genevieve Pichot) gets in the middle.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A rare terrific movie !,
By frenchygeek "frenchygeek" (france) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Proof (VHS Tape)
Absolutly amazing this movie ! It's one of the best movies I've ever seen !Hugo Weaving is great, starring the character of Martin, a blind loner cold man full of bitterness who trusts anyone more probably because of his strange relationship with his mother.Really talented this man ! Geneviève Picot is also very good at the character of Celia, Martin's housekeeper. She's a strange perverse woman who is secretly in love with Martin completly obsessed by him. Russel Crowe 's starring Andy who becomes the only person Martin trusts in. The actors, the script all are great. I recommand this movie. Thanks for this really rare entertainement. I ask some kind of movie more and more...
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great, small movie,
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This review is from: Proof (VHS Tape)
Utterly compelling, meticulously performed and unsettlingly true. Watch this one carefully!
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