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| Product Details |
| A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted young woman confined by the tragedy to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. A morality play without the sermon from EXOTICA auteur Atom Egoyan, based on the acclaimed novel by Russell Banks. |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Directors: |
Atom Egoyan |
| Actors: |
Alberta Watson · Allegra Denton · Arsinee Khanjian · Brooke Johnson · Bruce Greenwood · Caerthan Banks · David Hemblen · Devon Finn · Earl Pastko · Fides Krucker · Gabrielle Rose · James D. Watts · Kirsten Kieferle · Magalena Sokoloski · Marc Donato · Maury Chaykin · Peter Donaldson · Russell Banks · Sarah Rosen Fruitman · Simon Baker · Stephanie Morgenstern · Tom McCamus |
| Stars: |
Ian Holm · Sarah Polley |
| UPC: |
794043462931, 794043465420, 794043469237 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 52min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD, VHS |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended |
| Release Date: |
1997 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS
- 1hr 52min
- New Line Home Video
- May 26, 1998
- R (MPAA)
- 794043462931
- Sound Features: HiFi, Surround, Stereo
, - VHS
- 1hr 52min
- New Line Home Video
- November 09, 1999
- R (MPAA)
- 794043469237
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Atom Egoyan |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/01/2000, p.160, Owen Gleiberman): Ranked #6 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Film of the '90s: -- "...Dizzying....A mesmeric portrait...", (04/01/2004, p.98, Andy Webster): "The director's finest hour...", (05/30/1997, p.51-2, Owen Gleiberman): "...A hypnotically structured, meditative mystery that instantly moves Egoyan to the front rank of world filmmakers...", (11/21/1997, p.9D, Mike Clark): "...Graced by another gripping Ian Holm performance..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars , (11/21/1997, p.E18, Janet Maslin): "...[The] most wrenching film by the brilliantly analytical Atom Egoyan....This eloquent film also carries the exhilaration of crystal-clear artistic vision...", (12/24/1997, p.27, Roger Ebert): "...Ian Holm's performance here is bottomless in its subtlety....This is one of the best films of the year, an unflinching lament for the human condition..." |
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