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This fine but shocking drama (which Ted Turner paid for and then refused to show on his cable outfits), based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, concerns extensive abuse endured by a girl (Jena Malone) at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard), while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. Anjelica Huston made her directorial debut with this film and demonstrates that talent also runs in the family when behind the camera. Difficult to watch but mitigated by Huston's intelligent approach and sense of balance--as well as outstanding performances--this is a significant film best left to the most mature audiences. --Tom Keogh
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Bastard out of Carolina
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh , Ron Eldard , Glenne Headly , Lyle Lovett , and Jena Malone Director: Anjelica Huston Manufacturer: Fox Lorber/Wellspring ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: 1572526807 Release Date: 2000-04-25 |
Amazon.com
This fine but shocking drama (which Ted Turner paid for and then refused to show on his cable outfits), based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, concerns extensive abuse endured by a girl (Jena Malone) at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard), while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. Anjelica Huston made her directorial debut with this film and demonstrates that talent also runs in the family when behind the camera. Difficult to watch but mitigated by Huston's intelligent approach and sense of balance--as well as outstanding performances--this is a significant film best left to the most mature audiences. --Tom Keogh
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Bastard Out of Carolina [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Director: Anjelica Huston Manufacturer: Reel ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000FVCCLE |
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Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), SYNOPSIS: Accomplished actress Anjelica Huston, daughter of John Huston, made her directorial debut with this absorbing, often wrenching story of child abuse in the 1950s American South. Based on a novel by Dorothy Allison, the film (narrated by Laura Dern) tells the tale of Bone (Jena Malone), a poor white girl so named because she was born right after her mother survived a terrifying car crash. While Bone is still a small child, her single mother, Anney (Jennifer Jason Leigh), meets and marries the sweet Lyle (Dermot Mulroney), and the two add another daughter to the family before Lyle dies in an auto accident. Anney is next courted by the less good-natured Glen (Ron Eldard), who takes out his rage on Bone both physically and sexually, as Bone becomes even more disillusioned at her mother's inability to get away from her monstrous husband. Set in South Carolina in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Bastard Out Of Carolina touches on many aspects of life, family, and hardship amidst the poor white of the South. TNT owner Ted Turner refused to air the film, ostensibly because of its difficult subject matter, but the film goes out of its way to handle its material with as little exploitation as possible. SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu,
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Charlie Rose with Anjelica Huston; Nan Goldin, Elisabeth Sussman &Luc Sante; Tracy Chapman (December 17, 1996)
Manufacturer: Charlie Rose ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000IU360I Release Date: 2006-09-28 |
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A dialogue with actor/director Angelica Huston. Huston discusses her directorial debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina. Curator Elisabeth Sussman, author and cultural critic Luc Sante and photographer Nan Goldin discuss the new exhibit of Goldin's photography at the Whitney Museum of Art entitled, Nan Goldin: I'll Be Your Mirror. Finally, three-time Grammy Award-winner folksinger Tracy Chapman discusses her rise to fame and her new album New BeginningDVD:
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