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Dostoevsky's revolutionary novella is a psychological exploration of the psyche belonging to a man growning increasingly unhinged as his alienation from the rest of humanity becomes complete; this cinematic adaptation brings one of history's most important pieces of existential literature to life. Henry Czerny plays the Underground Man, a civil servant whose contempt for himself is paralleled only by that which he feels for the world around him. Arrogant and afflicted, he is nonetheless intelligent and extremely well-read, but holds the opinion that any such man in contemporary utilitarian society could be nothing but miserable when faced with the conditions of the world. The shame he feels for his life and actions finds an outlet in a video diary, in which he details his most troubling experiences, from dinner with old school friends whom he despises, to his relations with a prostitute, Liza (Sheryl Lee, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME). John Favreau (SWINGERS) and Seth Green (GREG THE BUNNY) round out the extremely talented cast of this critically acclaimed Sundance Film Festival Official Selection.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseLetterboxedSingle-Side, Dual-LayerAudio: (unspecified) - English Subtitles - English - Closed CaptionedAdditional Relese Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Gary Walkow - Director, Henry Czerny - Star, Peter Ellis - Film Editor














2. Professor Joseph Frank of Princeton UniversityText/Photo Galleries: Original Critical Essay by Professor Deborah Martinsen of Columbia University Photo Gallery Lecture Commentary by Professor Joseph Frank of Princeton University (with Slide Imagery)DVD-ROM: Original Critical Essay by Professor Deborah Martinsen of Columbia University .PDF of Original Critical Essay by Professor Deborah Martinsen of Columbia University Weblinks
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A tale of dark secrets, lost innocence and newfound love along the Bayou.
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Stevie (Van Hoy) is an ordinary thirteen year-old boy who finds his mother's gun and impulsively decides to rob a bank with his girlfriend, Rocky (Barton). The holdup escalates into a media circus, with an FBI negotiator (Reynolds) unable to stop the madness and the hostages inside the bank causing trouble as well. A raw, intense look at what happens when kids who have seen too many movies get a taste of celebrity and power.DVD Features:Region 1 Encoding
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King Vidor described his adaptation of Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-winning play as one of his experiments like OUR DAILY BREAD and THE CROWD, films from which he did not expect huge box-office numbers. Retaining the play's unities of time and place, the film is set in a lower middle class New York neighborhood during the 1920s. It stars Sylvia Sidney as Rose Maurrant, a young woman whose parents' marriage is heading for disaster. All the neighbors are well aware that her mother
(Estelle Taylor) is carrying on with bill collector Steve Sankey (Russell Hopton), but her alcoholic husband, Frank (David Landau), is still in the dark. All that changes when he returns to his apartment by surprise and catches the pair en flagrante. The fallout from this tragedy has a devastating effect on all members of the family, particularly Rose. Vidor powerfully evokes the stifling claustrophobia of young people trapped in such a neighborhood, and as he records the varying reactions of the neighbors to the incident, one feels oneself being enclosed in a prison of prying faces.DVD Features:Region 0Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English
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Back to back teenage angst, obsession, lust, and pranks all rolled into one collection.
Titles included are JOYRIDE and SWIMFAN.
See individual titles for synopses.DVD Features:Region 12-Disc SetKeep Cases Packaged Back to BackSingle Side - Dual LayerRegion 1JOYRIDEKeep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene AccessSWIMFANRegion 1Keep CaseDual Side - Single LayerSide 1:Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. John Polson - Director Deleted Scenes (10 With Audio Commentary)Side 2:Full Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. John Polson - Director Featurette - 1. THE GIRLFRIEND FROM HELL
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