Stranger in the Kingdom

Starring:David Lansbury, Ernie Hudson, Martin Sheen, Bill Raymond, Sean Nelson, Jean Louisa Kelly, Tom Aldredge, Rusty De Wees, Larry Pine, Michael Ryan Segal, Jordan Bayne, George Dickerson, Henry Gibson, Carrie Snodgress, Tantoo Cardinal, Jennifer Jerome, David Williams (VII), John Griesemer, Matt Clark, RenÃ©e Estevez
Director: Jay Craven
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Description

Murder wasnt the only crime this town would never forget. Hidden beneath its rustic charm, Kingdom County was a lawless frontier. Inspired by true events, A Stranger in the Kingdom tells the story of a small Vermont town where powerful conflicts arise when a black former Army chaplain arrives as the towns new pastor and, before long, finds himself charged with adultery and murder. A potent and unforgettable mystery with off-beat characters, vivid action, stunning photography, and double-edged wit. By award-winning director Jay Craven (Where the Rivers Flow North.)

Customer Reviews:

Great Vermont Movie.......2006-08-31

Why? Because I'm in it and so is my 1936 DeSoto Airflow. A long day of shooting is about 2 to 5 minutes that are used in the final edit.
Movie was shot in a small town in Vermont Noth of Hanover, NH. Many locals were used.
Fun movie that all should enjoy.

Average customer rating:

good film, definitely worth a rental if you're interested

Stranger in the Kingdom
Starring: David Lansbury , Ernie Hudson , Martin Sheen , Bill Raymond , and Sean Nelson
Director: Jay Craven
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Where the Rivers Flow North

ASIN: B0000214FM
Release Date: 1999-11-30

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Jay Craven has made a little niche for himself in dramas of the American Midwest. His 1993 sleeper Where the Rivers Flow North chronicles the standoff between the WPA and a defiant Vermont farmer during the depression. Stranger in the Kingdom, adapted from the novel by Howard Frank Mosher, finds Craven back in Vermont, circa 1952, where a sleepy little town is awakened by the arrival of worldly black pastor Ernie Hudson, fresh from 15 years of service as an Army chaplain. The community doesn't take to their new two-fisted moral policeman, and tongues wag when he takes in a sexy young French Canadian mail-order maid fleeing from her abusive household. When she's murdered the community points its fingers to the minister. As long as the film stays with Hudson, it's a compelling portrait of small-town provincialism turned ugly, but the film's real protagonist is hometown attorney David Lansbury, a fun-loving scamp who confronts his own arrested adolescence while defending Hudson in a Perry Mason-like climax. The film loses its complexity as it turns whodunit, but until then it's a richly populated, well-sketched portrait of rural paradise polluted by ignorance and hate, beautifully shot in autumnal colors. Sean Nelson (Fresh) costars as the minister's son, and Martin Sheen and Henry Gibson appear as attorneys for the prosecution. --Sean Axmaker

Description

A pretty little town. An ugly little secret. From the director of "Where the Rivers Flow North" comes a powerful thriller in the vein of "Legends of the Fall" and "A River Runs Through It," based on a Howard Frank Mosher novel. Named one of the best films of the year by Stuff Magazine, "A Stranger in the Kingdom" stars Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Jean Louisa Kelly (Uncle Buck) and Academy Award Winner Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now).

Customer Reviews:

good film, definitely worth a rental if you're interested.......2000-11-09

The third in Jay Craven's series of film adaptations of Howard Frank Mosher novels (the others are 'High Water' (1991), 'Where the Rivers Flow North' (1993), and the upcoming 'Disappearances'.) By far Craven's darkest film to date, telling a story of murder and racism in a small, backwards Vermont town, c. 1950. A nice piece of cinema which is at once both a compelling drama and a well executed whodunit, featuring top-drawer performances (particularly Rusty DeWees, Bill Raymond, and Ernie Hudson.), and an appropriately eerie score by the Horse Flies. Not entirely faithful to the book, but how many films are? Worth at least a rental from anybody who likes a good drama.

Average customer rating:

good film, definitely worth a rental if you're interested

Stranger in the Kingdom [Region 2]
Starring: David Lansbury , Ernie Hudson , Martin Sheen , Bill Raymond , and Sean Nelson
Director: Jay Craven
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Where the Rivers Flow North

ASIN: B000058B0Z

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Customer Reviews:

good film, definitely worth a rental if you're interested.......2000-11-09

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