In the Bedroom

Starring:Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, William Wise, Celia Weston, Karen Allen, Frank T. Wells, W. Clapham Murray, Justin Ashforth, Terry A. Burgess, Jonathan Walsh, Diane E. Hamlin, Camden Munson, Christopher Adams (IV), Henry Field, Deborah Derecktor, Harriet Dawkins, Bill Dawkins
Director: Todd Field
Studio: Miramax
Product Type: DVD

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When a film with such emotional resonance and visual poise as In the Bedroom makes it to the screen, it seems an unexpected gift meant to remind us of the medium's possibility for sensitivity and epiphany. First-time director Todd Field, who adapted the film from a story by Andre Dubus with screenwriter Rob Festinger, quietly observes the loss, rage, and inexorable desire for revenge that follows the murder of a 21-year-old son. The film opens with Frank (Nick Stahl), back from college for the summer, taking up with Natalie (Marisa Tomei), a slightly older, sexually alluring woman with two boys and an estranged husband prone to violence. It is the tender portrayal of love between Frank and his parents, even as Frank and Natalie's relationship reveals the prejudices of all involved, that makes the subsequent anguish of the film so acute. Matt and Ruth Fowler (Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek), middle-class denizens of a Maine lobster town where everyone knows each other, toil through weeks of devastation and blame following Frank's murder before their outrage obliterates all else. Field's exact handling of jealousy, class division, and grief is abetted by career-highlight performances from Wilkinson and Spacek. In the Bedroom is, along with You Can Count On Me, one of the best American dramas to grace the new millennium so far. --Fionn Meade

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Nominated for 5 Academy Awards(R) including Best Picture (2001), this universally acclaimed film features Academy Award-winners Sissy Spacek (Best Actress 1980, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, 1980) and Marisa Tomei (Best Supporting Actress 1992, MY COUSIN VINNIE), and Academy Award-nominee Tom Wilkinson (Best Actor, IN THE BEDROOM, 2001). When young Frank Fowler (Nick Stahl) becomes romantically involved with an older single mother (Tomei), his parents (Spacek and Wilkinson) are concerned. But when the relationship takes a sudden and tragic turn, the Fowlers are forced to confront the harsh reality of their situation and the inescapable consequences of their actions. An uncommonly suspenseful and disturbing film powered by a remarkable cast, IN THE BEDROOM has been hailed by critics everywhere as one of the year's finest motion pictures.

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Which kind of tears?.......2007-04-16

About midway thru a theatrical viewing of this film, after giving way to several bored yawns, I glanced down my row past several empty seats and saw a lady with her cheek awash with tears. No one keeps it more firmly in mind than I that people have different tastes, but the DEGREE of disagreement over this film surprises me.

I attended the film because of Marisa Tomei and because of the blanket praise for this film. I still love and worship Marisa, but I didn't find her as interesting as in her other flicks. I have no doubt that it isn't her fault since nothing about this film seemed to go right.

The story had compelling plots ploints. A sympathetic adultery, a killing, a squabbling older couple in the killing's aftermath, vigilantism. But it was all dulled dulled dulled! The story had no momentum. Or rather, the momentum was killed by dwelling on the mundane and the incidental. The moments relevent to the plot were too isolated to build dramatic tension.

Like that lady at the movie theater, many people found this film a cheek full of tears. Well, I know that some others, like myself, were so bored that we nearly gave way to tears too.

Very powerful film about abuse.......2007-04-05

This film had me glued to my seat throughout the length of this film. It is a great "coming of age" story about a young man that falls in love with an older woman that is not quite divorced. Her husband gets very jealous of his wife's new boyfriend because he actually wanted to get back together with her. You would think that the "ex-husband" would cool down and accept the divorce of his wife, but quiet on the contrary, only gas gets added to the fire of the trio. This is a close to real-life story about the abuse that some people withstand in all relationships and how that abuse affects the people around us. This movie is highly recommend to anyone that likes an "in-depth" drama with alot of meaning.

Beware the reviewer! (Herstory in particular)........2007-02-19

Be careful judging this film based on what you read on Amazon. People with little or no clue or contact with reality have written reviews of this film. In fact one person says that this film ends with a reunion that does not take place! Please do not make any judgements based on the ranting of people who clearly are not even watching these films, they are simply grinding out absurd, polemical hogwash. Caveat Emptor.

One of my all-time favorites.......2007-01-26

Anybody who has seen "Little Children" should check this movie out....it is the director's first film and in my opinion, much better than his current film. (Although I would highly recommend "Little Children" also.

The plot is real and raw and the acting - of all characters - is superb.

not what you think.......2007-01-25

At first it seems this film is about a summer romance between Frank Fowler and an older woman Natalie, but in a plot twist we discover that the film is about the parents, Matt and Ruth Fowler, whose outer world and inner emotions are ripped apart by events beyond their control. They are stuck inside themselves, `in the bedroom', and struggle to emerge.

Sundance Film Festival Collection: Celebrating 25 Years

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Release Date: 2005-12-13

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This limited edition, special collectors' DVD set celebrates 25 years of the Sundance Institute. It contains ten ground-breaking films that embody the sprit of independence, creative risk-taking, and diversity that define the Sundance Film Festival. Bonus materials include a booklet and an 11th disc with behind-the-scenes footage from the Sundance Institute Labs and never-before-seen interviews with filmmakers and founder Robert Redford.

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Which kind of tears?
Very powerful film about abuse
Beware the reviewer! (Herstory in particular).
One of my all-time favorites
not what you think

In the Bedroom
Starring: Tom Wilkinson , Sissy Spacek , Nick Stahl , Marisa Tomei , and William Mapother
Director: Todd Field
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Customer Reviews:

Which kind of tears?.......2007-04-16

Very powerful film about abuse.......2007-04-05

Beware the reviewer! (Herstory in particular)........2007-02-19

One of my all-time favorites.......2007-01-26

not what you think.......2007-01-25

Charlie Rose with Henry Siegman; Tom Wilkinson; Valery Gergiev & Dmitri Hvorostovsky (March 14, 2002)

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Charlie Rose with Henry Siegman; Tom Wilkinson; Valery Gergiev & Dmitri Hvorostovsky (March 14, 2002)

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Henry Siegman of the Council on Foreign Relations provides analysis of Ariel Sharon's leadership in Israel and looks ahead to the next Arab summit. Also, actor Tom Wilkinson discusses his performance in In the Bedroom, for which he received an Oscar nomination. Finally, a talk about the opera War and Peace with the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, and baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

Charlie Rose with Ken Auletta; Hassan Abdel Rahman; Sissy Spacek (December 5, 2001)

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Charlie Rose with Ken Auletta; Hassan Abdel Rahman; Sissy Spacek (December 5, 2001)

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Guest Ken Auletta of the New Yorker Magazine provides an analysis of Gerald Levin's decision to retire as the CEO of AOL Time Warner. Next, Palestinian Authority ambassador to the United States Hassan Abdel Rahman talks about the future for Yasser Arafat. Finally, Charlie Rose talks with actor Sissy Spacek about her performance in the new film, In the Bedroom.

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Charlie Rose (February 18, 2002)

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In these rebroadcasted interviews Charlie has conversations with three women who were all nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.||First, a rebroadcast of a converstion from December 5, 2001 where Sissy Spacek discusses her performance in In the Bedroom.||Then, Halle Berry talks about her role in Monster's Ball in a rebroadcast of an interview from January 8, 2001.||Last, Renee Zellweger speaks about her portrayal of the title character in Bridget Jones's Diary in a rebroadcast of a conversation that originally aired on April 16, 2001.

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In the Bedroom [Region 2]
Starring: Tom Wilkinson , Sissy Spacek , Nick Stahl , Marisa Tomei , and William Mapother
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