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Monster's
Ball
VHS Tape from Lions Gate Home Ente
starring Billy
Bob Thornton, Halle Berry
directed by Marc Forster
The unflinching realism and searing performances of Monster's
Ball are stunning in all the connotations of the word. Hank (Billy Bob
Thornton) and Leticia (Halle Berry) inhabit stark, queasy realities of
the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as
the soon-to-be widow of an inmate (Sean Combs) whose execution Hank helps
conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to
tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond. In the hands of lesser participants,
the fateful plot might strain credibility and seem tailored to allow for
liberal sermonizing about the obvious wrongs of our legal justice system,
but director Marc Forster and cinematographer Roberto Schaefer balance
the contentious nature of the film's issues--the death penalty, racism
both overt and subtle, interracial couples--with a flawless attention to
character and visual detail that completely convinces. The moral ambiguity
of both central characters is given full voice as our sympathy is drawn
out reluctantly at first but all the more resolutely in the end. Thornton
draws from seemingly limitless resources to deliver yet another outstanding
performance, but it is Halle Berry who is a revelation as she sustains
throughout the complex tenor of brutality witnessed and raw courage defined.
--Fionn Meade - Amazon.com
Published: 18 February, 2003 |
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Cool
Hand Luke
VHS Tape from Warner Studios
starring Paul Newman,
George Kennedy, Strother Martin
directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Published: 03 June, 2003 |
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Escape
From Alcatraz
VHS Tape from Paramount Studio
starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan
directed by Don Siegel
Published: 22 March, 1990 |
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Birdman
of Alcatraz
VHS Tape from Mgm/Ua Studios
starring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden
directed by John Frankenheimer
Published: 03 August, 1999 |
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