Mother Night

Starring:Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, Bernard Behrens, Anna Berger, Arye Gross, Norman Rodway, Frankie Faison, Gerard Parkes, Vlasta Vrana, Zach Grenier, Kirsten Dunst, Anthony J. Robinow, Michael McGill, Shimon Aviel, Bill Corday, Bronwen Mantel, Brawley Nolte, John Goodman, Louis Strauss
Director: Keith Gordon
Studio: New Line Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The third movie from director Keith Gordon (The Chocolate War, A Midnight Clear). The 35-year-old director who started as an actor (Christine) has turned into one of the more assured directors working today. His films are ambitious in plot and tone. With Mother Night he works with his first major star, Nick Nolte.

In 1961, the fictitious Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American by birth, shares the same deserted prison with Adolph Eichmann. As he prepares to stand trial for war crimes, the former playwright scribes his memoirs. Now this is the same Howard W. Campbell Jr. who was a notorious voice on German radio during the war, tearing into American policy and spreading Nazi propaganda. Was he a willful participant or an American spy? Campbell, who romanticizes at the drop of a hat, tells his story of indifference, morality, and love. His days of notoriety in Berlin give way to anonymity back in the States. He purrs about his true love (Sheryl Lee) and tells truths with his shrewd neighbor in New York (Alan Arkin).

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The third movie from director Keith Gordon (The Chocolate War, A Midnight Clear). The 35-year-old director who started as an actor (Christine) has turned into one of the more assured directors working today. His films are ambitious in plot and tone. With Mother Night he works with his first major star, Nick Nolte.

Customer Reviews:

Be Careful.......2007-06-13

An interesting DVD. The movie was good but the extras were even better. The interview with Vonnegut and Nolte was quite interesting, as was an idea for trailer that was eventually modified before being used. It occurred to me that the original trailer (still admired by the producers) violated the warning of the movie by being something that should not even be pretended at.

In the end, we are what we pretend to be...........2006-10-05

As an avid fan of Kurt Vonnegutt, I have been somewhat disappointed in some of the movie adaptations of his work. This, however, is an exceptional film and very true to the novel. It may be Mr. Nolte's best performance in any role. He is believable, frightening, and pitiable at the same time. A moving and enlightening work that reminds us all that we are what we pretend to be in the end.

Better with each watching........2006-04-06

The first time I watched this film I liked it. The second time I loved it. The third time I worshipped it. The characters grow on me more each time - I could spend two hours just watching Alan Arkin and Nick Nolte talking about nothing over a bottle of wine.

I'm a Vonneut fan, and this is the only film to capture not just his wit and plot but the wonderful, wonderful characters he creates.

It Doesn't Suck!.......2006-03-11

I was skeptical about this movie. Movies based on novels are almost always severely lacking or they mess up the whole theme making it suitable for hollywood. Mother Night is not one of those movies. It follows the book pretty closely and uses the medium of film to take it a step further. I'd still recommend reading the book by Kurt Vonnegut, but this movie won't disappoint.

Mother Night Novel vs. Film.......2006-02-24

The adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night from novel to film could not have been any better than this. It's likely the best film from a book ever. Highly recommended to Vonnegut fans and fans of the movies.

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stupid
IT'S NOT THAT BAD...REALLY
Awesomely Bad!
BAD DVD
COOL LIL VAMPIRE COMDEY

Children of the Night
Starring: Karen Black , Peter DeLuise , Ami Dolenz , Maya McLaughlin , and Evan MacKenzie
Director: Tony Randel
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Description

A chilling horror film about a town stalked by a vampire! When a vampire is released from his long imprisonment in a crypt, the unsuspecting town becomes the target of his unearthly blood lust. One by one, the entire population becomes either vampire or helpless victim. Stars Karen Black (House of 1000 Corpses), Peter DeLuise (TV's "21 Jump Street") and Ami Dolenz (She's Out of Control).

Customer Reviews:

stupid.......2007-01-04

this movie was SOOO stupid! i couldn't even get through all of it because it was that dumb! but i DID watch most of it so you can't say, "oh, you don't know what its like cos you didn't watch it all." so what?! i had had enough! it was supposed to be a horror movie but it wasn't terrifying at all. most of the blood and stuff looked really fake and during many parts i asked myself, "is this horror or comedy??" but maybe you will like it. i don't know. maybe, 1)i'm not one for vampire films, or maybe 2)this really IS a stupid movie. i would have to say the answer is probably 2. but this is only my opinion. and i think this movie is pretty cheesy.

IT'S NOT THAT BAD...REALLY.......2005-01-19

Come now...How can you not like a horror movie which features the talents of Karen Black, Ami Dolenz, Peter DeLuise, and Garret Morris? Well I suppose you can hate it but I actually thought it wasn't that bad and had one very genuinely creepy scene.

Set in a small town called Allburg, two girls Lucy (Dolenz) and Cindy (Maya McLaughlin) visit an old abandoned church. A creepy looking old gothic cathedral. The legend goes that you can actuall swim in an old crypt beneath the church so the girls give it a try. Well, Cindy loses her crucifix as it floats to the bottom of the crypt and awakens a vampire from his sleep and he immediately kills her while Lucy escapes.

Meanwhile a former priest (DeLuise) has heard the legends of the vampires and comes to Allburg to invesigate and runs into Lucy as she is escaping from the vampire. The pair along with the town drunk, (Garret Morris) have to find a way from stopping the vampire from spreading is bite as already dozens of townspeople have been turned into vampires themselves. One of those, played by Karen Black, is imprisoned in the house of another priest who she constantly torments with her taunts and screams.

The acting is nothig to write home about. Black and Morris are both way over the top, but in kind of a fun and b-movie way. The scene in the old gothic church was quite creepy although why ANYONE would ever want to go swim in a mold invested crypt is beyone me. For a change the vampire isn't some sauve, GQ pretty boy but a rather decrepit, pasty faced, demonic looking thing.

Children of the night was no classic but you could do much worse.

Awesomely Bad!.......2004-09-30

A vapire flick that is worth seeing more than once about a small town being overrun by vampires and the humans who are left standing are in the fight of their lives. But in the end good triumphs over evil and the story ends yet doesn't.

BAD DVD.......2004-09-10

I LOVE this film. I am a karen Black Fanatic and had to have it even though the dvd is grainy looking and presented in "fullscreen" ONLY! The story and film itself is creepy and a good dose of old school vampire horror film making but the transfer here is ULTRA sloppy and just plain sad!

Too bad Anchor Bay or Blue Underground didnt get a hold of this good vampire flick! I heap this in the pile with other Great Vamp films like "Lost Boys" and "Near Dark" it has dark humor and good old fashioned creepiness!

I give the film a 4 star rating, the dvd a 2

COOL LIL VAMPIRE COMDEY.......2000-12-31

HEY I DUG THIS MOVIE IT WAS MORE FUNNY THAN SCARRY A UNIQUE TWIST ON VAMPIRE LORE WHERE THE VAMPS SURVIRE UNDER WATER INSTEAD OF A COFFIN THEY SPIT THERE LUNGS OUT AND USE THERE LUNGS AS GILS.....PRETTY COOL, I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF IT. ALSO IT THIS ONE SCENE WHERE KAREN BLACK COCOONS HER SELF IN HER OWN BODY FLUIDS ITS DISGUSTING BUT REALLY COOL. ALSO THEY GUY WHO PLAYED STAN ON THE MARTIN SHOW WAS VERY FUNNY AS THE TOWN DRUNK WHO SEEMS TO KNOW ALOT MORE THAN HE LET ON....ALL IN ALL ITS GOOD LIL MOVIE FOR LAUGH AND IF YOU LIKE VAMPIRE MOVIES YOU'LL LIKE THIS!

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Survive the Night
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Starring: Václav Havel , Vera Jirousová , Ester Krumbachová , Marta Kubisová , and Karel Roden
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ASIN: B0007Z9QVC
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Customer Reviews:

Run Amok.......2005-12-12

Nemec provided me with some of cinema's most sublime 60s cinema, and this in a very fertile period of European product. 'Diamonds of the Night' remains a cherished experience. But then came the Fall and, as we discover in this film, Nemec, when confronted by the Russians with the prospect of internment or enforced exile, opted for the latter, and settled in America. It was a decision that unhinged Nemec, certainly on the evidence submitted on this film. Nemec's courage to tell all in this rambling reconstruction is to be applauded. But only the most devout follower of his work would claim it as much more than this.

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Charlie Rose (November 19, 1996)

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Description

First, writer Kurt Vonnegut discusses the big screen adaptation of his 1961 novel, Mother Night, starring Nick Nolte. Next, on the day of the announcement of Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz's retirement, Charlie airs a prior interview with Holtz in which he states he does not plan to resign in the near future. Finally, Olympic Gold Medal winning sprinter Michael Johnson discusses his past and future as an athlete.

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Held for Murder Aka Her Mad Night
Starring: Mary Carlisle , William B. Davidson , Irene Rich , Conway Tearle , and Ken Thomson
Director: E. Mason Hopper
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ASIN: B0009OL8U8
Release Date: 2005-07-27

Charlie Rose with Nick Nolte; Jerry West (November 14, 1996)

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Charlie Rose with Nick Nolte; Jerry West (November 14, 1996)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose
ProductGroup: DVD
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Description

First, actor Nick Nolte discusses his current role in the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 classic book, Mother Night. Then, Jerry West, General Manager of the L. A. Lakers discusses signing basketball superstar Shaquille O'Neal to the team with a seven-year $120 million contract.

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Be Careful
In the end, we are what we pretend to be....
Better with each watching.
It Doesn't Suck!
Mother Night Novel vs. Film

Mother Night [Region 2]
Starring: Nick Nolte , Sheryl Lee , Alan Arkin , Bernard Behrens , and Anna Berger
Director: Keith Gordon
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Customer Reviews:

Be Careful.......2007-06-13

In the end, we are what we pretend to be...........2006-10-05

Better with each watching........2006-04-06

It Doesn't Suck!.......2006-03-11

Mother Night Novel vs. Film.......2006-02-24

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