DVD Movie Reviews of "In the Bedroom," "Iris," "Amelie," "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "The Shipping News."
IN THE BEDROOM
Golden Globe Award-Winner for Best Actress,
Sissy Spacek, Stars With an All-Star Cast in the Gripping
Thriller, Nominated for 5 Academy Awards(R) and 3 Golden Globe
Awards(R)
For her role in Miramax Home Entertainment's shocking thriller IN
THE BEDROOM, Academy Award(R)-winner Sissy Spacek (Oscar-winner "Coal
Miner's Daughter") has recently received the 2002 Golden Globe
Award(R) for Best Actress. Critics everywhere are raving about this
masterpiece film which received 5 Academy Award(R) nominations and 3
Golden Globe Award nominations.
Starring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, William
Mapother, William Wise, Celia Weston and Marisa Tomei, IN THE BEDROOM
is directed by Todd Field from a screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd
Field based on a story by Andre Dubus.
In IN THE BEDROOM, Frank Fowler is a young man home from college.
He develops a special relationship with Natalie (Tomei), an older
woman who has two children from her marriage to an abusive husband. As
their love blossoms in their small New England town, Natalie's ex
continues to meddle in this budding relationship. Despite warnings
from his parents (Spacek and Wilkinson) to stay away, Frank stands by
his woman. Their romance ends tragically when Frank is shot and killed
during a confrontation with Natalie's ex. Caught up in legalities,
Frank's father takes the law into his own hands and brings justice for
his grieving wife.
IN THE BEDROOM has received widespread acclaim, including:
5 Academy Award(R) nominations, including Best Picture, Best
Actor (Tom Wilkinson), Best Actress (Sissy Spacek), Best
Supporting Actress (Marisa Tomei; Oscar(R)-winner "My Cousin
Vinny) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Rob Festinger and Todd
Field) Winner, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek) 3 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Spacek), and Best Supporting Actress (Tomei) Winner, the American Film Institute Female Actor of the Year Award (Spacek) Winner, LA Film Critics Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress (Spacek) 3 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Ensemble, Best Actress (Spacek) and Best Actor (Wilkinson)
The DVD is presented in widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) enhanced
for 16X9 televisions. The DVD has a double-viewing option offering the
film in its original form, and a version dubbed with a French Language
Track. DVD features subject to change.
IN THE BEDROOM is rated "R" For Some Violence And Language by the
Motion Picture Association of America and has a running time of
approximately 130 minutes.
IRIS -- The Poignant True Story
Academy Award(R)-Winner & Golden Globe(R) Award-Winner for Best Supporting Actor Jim
Broadbent Stars in a Triple Academy Award(R)-Nominated and
Triple Golden Globe(R) Award-Nominated Cast With Judi Dench
and Kate Winslet
For his role in Miramax Films' IRIS, the poignant true story of a
woman whose lust for life knew no boundaries, Jim Broadbent has
received the Academy Award(R) for Best Performance By An Actor In A
Supporting Role, and recently received the Golden Globe Award(R) as
well for Best Supporting Actor. Triple Academy Award(R) nominations
and triple Golden Globe Award(R) nominations were given to the stellar
cast, including Academy Award(R)-winning actress Judi Dench
(Oscar(R)-winner "Shakespeare In Love"), Broadbent ("Moulin Rouge,"
"Bridget Jones's Diary"), and Kate Winslet ("Quills," "Titanic").
IRIS is the true story of Iris Murdoch, the acclaimed English
novelist and philosopher and her life with novelist John Bayley.
Directed by Richard Eyre from a screenplay by Richard Eyre and Charles
Wood, the story is based on two of John Bayley's novels ("Elegy for
Iris" & "Iris and Her Friends") about their life together, and focuses
on Iris' lust for life and for words. In their older years it becomes
clear that Iris is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. For a novelist,
this is the worst condition to have as she slowly loses her thought
process and ability to communicate with the outside world. But Iris'
spirit knew no bounds and her story is told thoughtfully and
provocatively through her husband's eyes.
The DVD is presented in widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) enhanced
for 16X9 televisions, includes a French Language Track and a
Behind-The-Scenes Featurette -- "A Look at Iris." Additional bonus
materials are TBA. IRIS is rated "R" For Sexuality/Nudity and Some
Language by the Motion Picture Association of America and has a
running time of approximately 90 minutes.
AMELIE
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards and 1 Golden Globe,
Miramax Home Entertainment Proudly Presents the Magical and
Heartwarming Journey of AMELIE
From Miramax Home Entertainment comes the magical journey AMELIE.
Nominated for five Academy Awards and one Golden Globe Award, the critically acclaimed AMELIE
stars newcomer Audrey Tautou in this thoroughly charming feel-good
tale. In French with English subtitles, AMELIE features special DVD
bonus materials
AMELIE was nominated for five 2002 Academy Awards including "Best
Foreign Language Film," "Best Cinematography," "Best Sound," "Best
Original Screenplay" (co-written by the film's director Jean-Pierre
Jeunet) and "Best Art Direction." The film was also nominated for a
2002 Golden Globe Award for "Best Foreign Language Film."
AMELIE is the story of a young Parisian woman who is looking for
love, and perhaps for the meaning of life in general. Growing up in a
slightly dysfunctional family, Amelie is waiting tables in a tiny
Paris cafe and interacting in a curious fashion with her neighbors and
customers.
Amelie's life changes when she discovers the immense joy of
bringing happiness to others through random, anonymous and secret acts
of kindness. Her life goes on until she meets an intriguing young man
and must discover if she will find the same happiness for herself.
In French with English subtitles, AMELIE is rated "R" by the
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) For Sexual Content and
has a running time of 122 minutes.
BONUS DVD MATERIALS:
The "AMELIE Effect" (English) Featurette The "Look of AMELIE" (English) Featurette Fantasies of Audrey Tautou (French with English subtitles) Q & A with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (English) Q & A with Director and Cast (French with English subtitles)
Auditions -- Audrey Tautou, Urbain Cancelier, Yolande Moreau (French with English subtitles) Storyboard Comparison An Intimate Chat with Jean-Pierre Jeunet (French with English
subtitles) Home Movies -- "Inside the Making of AMELIE" (French with
English subtitles) "A Quai" Music Video Trailers and TV Spots (French and U.S. trailers and TV spots) Cast and Crew Filmographies (still pages) The AMELIE Scrapbook -- "Behind the Scenes," French Poster
Concepts, "The Garden Gnome's Travels" and Storyboards
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
The Academy Award Nominated and
Critically Acclaimed, Golden Globe Winning Comedy.
An All-Star Ensemble Cast Includes Danny Glover, Gene Hackman,
Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller,
Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson
In THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, family isn't a word, it's a sentence, and
so goes the hilariously funny, award-winning hit coming to video and
DVD on July 9, 2002 from Touchstone Home Entertainment. Named "The
Best Film of the Year" by many reviewers, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS has
been included on over 100 film critics' "Top Ten Lists."
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, the co-writers of THE ROYAL
TENENBAUMS, were nominated for a 2002 Academy Award for "Best Original
Screenplay." In addition, veteran actor Gene Hackman received the 2002
Golden Globe Award for "The Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion
Picture -- Musical or Comedy" for his role in the film.
Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS stars
Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson. The film was
directed by Wes Anderson, who, along with co-writer Owen Wilson, were
also the playwrights behind the critically lauded, eccentric comedy
RUSHMORE.
In THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, wayward family patriarch, Royal Tenenbaum
(Hackman), is the father of a dysfunctional family that he abandoned
years earlier. After his departure, his quirky offspring became young
prodigies under the aegis of their supportive, if removed, mother
Etheline (Huston). Today, his children include a successful and gifted
-- but odd -- playwright Margot (Paltrow), wealthy financier and
grieving widower Chas (Stiller) and has-been tennis pro Richie (Luke
Owen).
Determined to make things right with his estranged family, Royal
Tenenbaum makes amends for his actions by attempting to reunite with
his alienated brood -- even if it means faking a terminal illness. He
moves back into his wife's house, where their children are also
boarding, and together again under one roof, the family deals with
their convoluted past and complicated present.
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS is rated "R" by the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA) For Some Language, Sexuality/Nudity And
Drug Content and has a running time of 109 minutes.
THE SHIPPING NEWS
THE SHIPPING NEWS, the critically acclaimed and inspiring film
featuring a star-studded cast including Academy Award(R) winners Kevin
Spacey ("American Beauty" & "K-PAX"), Julianne Moore ("Hannibal" & "An
Ideal Husband"), Judi Dench ("Shakespeare In Love," "Chocolat" and
"Iris"), Scott Glenn ("Training Day" & "Vertical Limit") and Cate
Blanchett ("The Talented Mr. Ripley" & "The Lord of The Rings").
The story about second chances in
life and a man's journey of self discovery is based on the Pulitzer
Prize winning novel of the same name. Lasse Hallstrom, who directed
"Chocolat" and "The Cider House Rules," also directed this critically
acclaimed hit.
After tragedy strikes, Quoyle (Spacey), a hapless, lonely upstate
New Yorker decides to move himself and his daughter to his ancestral
home in Newfoundland. In the small fishing village of Killick-Claw,
Quoyle secures a job as a reporter at the local newspaper. With each
article he writes, Quoyle's sense of this quirky community sharpens,
along with his sense of himself. Gradually, a romance develops with
Wavey (Moore), a woman who lives with her own personal demons. As his
new life unfolds in Newfoundland -- a place of magic, uncompromising
beauty and hardship -- his past melds with his present and Quoyle is
transformed.
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