The Sweet hereafter /
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| Edition: | Widescreen version. |
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| Imprint: | [S.l.] : New Line Home Video, c1998. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language: | English French |
| Series: | New Line platinum series |
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| Format: | DVD Video |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6097188 |
| Summary: | Atom Egoyan's haunting adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter was the Canadian filmmaker's most successful film to date, taking home a Special Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and scoring a pair of Academy Award nominations, including Best Director. Restructured to fit Egoyan's signature mosaic narrative style, the story concerns the cultural aftershocks which tear apart a small British Columbia town in the wake of a school-bus accident which leaves a number of local children dead. Ian Holm stars as Mitchell Stephens, a big-city lawyer who arrives in the interest of uniting the survivors to initiate a lawsuit; his maneuvering only drives the community further apart, reopening old wounds and jeopardizing any hopes of emotional recovery. Like so many of Egoyan's features, The Sweet Hereafter is a serious and painfully honest exploration of family grief; no character is immune from the sense of utter devastation which grips the film, not even the attorney, whose interests are in part motivated by his own remorse over the fate of his daughter, an HIV-positive drug addict. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Interactive menus includes cast biographies, filmgraphies and more. Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. Based on a novel by Russell Banks. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Audience: | Rated R. |
| Awards: | "Winner 1997 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix." |
| ISBN: | 0780622251 |
