Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain is a 2003 epic war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger in leading roles as well as Natalie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Melora Walters, Jena Malone, Donald Sutherland, Brendan Gleeson, Ray Winstone, Jack White, Kathy Baker, Cillian Murphy and Giovanni Ribisi in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a wounded deserter from the Confederate army close to the end of the American Civil War who is on his way to return to the love of his life.

Links To Peel
On his 28 January 2004 show, Peel and the team had been to the cinema earlier that evening to see the film "Cold Mountain":


 * "Whereas the rest of the team were not terrifically keen on it - 'very Hollywood' they said, which obviously is true - but nevertheless it was enough to have me sniffling away at the back of the cinema throughout most of its duration, which is considerable by the way."