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House of Sand and Fog DVD
Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly star in the powerful drama HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG as two people fighting over the same house.
Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly star in the powerful drama HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG as two people fighting over the same house. Connelly is Kathy, a troubled young woman struggling with addiction and her husband's departure. Lost in her funk, she fails to check her mail, which includes letters threatening to evict her. After she is thrown out of the house she grew up in--wrongly, it turns out, so she seeks legal representation--Massoud Amir Behrani (Kingsley) buys the property at auction with the goal of selling it at a huge profit so his family can live a better life. Behrani, a former colonel in the Iranian army, is determined to make his family's move to the United States a successful one--nothing matters more to him than his wife and son's well-being. But when he sees Kathy sleeping in a car outside his fence, he knows he is in for a fight.
Based on the book by Andre Dubus III, Vadim Perelman's directorial debut is a fascinating study of family in the United States. Kathy has no one to turn to--her father is dead, her husband has abandoned her, and she's too frightened to seek help from her mother or brother. She falls for Lester (Ron Eldard), a deputy sheriff who claims to no longer love his wife. And Behrani is so dedicated to his wife (Shohreh Aghidashloo in a riveting performance) and son (Jonahtan Ahdout) that he blinds himself to Kathy's dire situation. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG is a relentless, thought-provoking work that will linger with audiences long after the film ends.
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Director: Vadim Perelman
ACTORS: Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly, Ron Eldard, Jonathan Ahdout, Shohreh Aghdashloo
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (DVD)
London`s Royal Shakespeare Company performs this 9-hour marathon version of Charles Dickens` classic tale. Adapted for television from the internationally acclaimed, Tony Award-winning theatrical production, this NICHOLAS NICKLEBY is a triumphant dramatization of one of the classic tales of Victorian England.NR"
ACTORS: Roger Rees
Russell Mulcahy`s Tale of The Mummy (DVD)
A high-tech horror fantasy that reinvents the underlying myth of the mummy that rises from his tomb in startling and unexpected ways.R"
Director: Russell Mulcahy
ACTORS: Jason Scott Lee, Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Michael Lerner
The Slaughter Rule (DVD)
A brave and tender drama from twin filmmakers Alex and Andrew Smith, THE SLAUGHTER RULE tells the story of a young mans conversion to manhood one bleak Montana winter. Roy Chutney (Ryan Gosling), a high school student living in an isolated small town, finds out just days after his fathers death that he has been cut from the football team. Thrown into a whirlwind of confusion, Roy is befriended by local outcast Gideon (David Morse), who recruits him to be the quarterback for his outsider six-man squad. A conflicted man with a shady past, Gideon is at turns overly compassionate and violently angry. The attention he shows Roy initially comforts the conflicted teenager, but as stories leak out about Gideons past, Roy begins to question his true motives. At the same time, Roy finds himself falling in love with Skyla (Clea Duvall), a mature local who senses something genuine in Roy. Eventually, the pressure of these adult relationships takes its toll on the youngster, challenging him in ways he has never been challenged before. THE SLAUGHTER RULE is a sensitive portrait of adolescence, featuring gritty cinematography, a country soundtrack, and an outstanding performance from the always-reliable Morse.
This film was included in the 31st New Directors/New Films 2002 series presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Department of Film and Media of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.NR"
Director: Alex Smith|Andrew Smith
ACTORS: Ryan Gosling, David Morse, Clea DuVall, Kelly Lynch, David Cale
Nuremberg (DVD)
Herman Goering (Brian Cox) and other Nazi war criminals get their day in court in this detailed depiction of the Nuremberg Trials. After World War II, Chief Justice Robert Jackson (Alec Baldwin) travels to the bombed-out city of Nuremberg, Germany to preside over the sentencing of German officers who served under Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust. This program, originally aired on TNT in July 2000, features actual death camp footage, some of which was used in the actual trials. The story is familiar, of course, to anyone who saw the 1961 Spencer Tracey/Stanley Kramer opus JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG.NR"
Director: Yves Simoneau
ACTORS: Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox, Max Von Sydow, Christopher Plummer
