| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Billy Bob Thornton |
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| Laura Dern |
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| Ben Affleck |
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| Brenda Blethyn |
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| Jamie Lee Curtis |
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| Andy Griffith |
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| Kelly Preston |
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| Movie Details |
| Director |
Billy Bob Thornton |
| Producer |
J. Geyer Kosinski; Larry Meistrich |
| Writer |
Billy Bob Thornton |
| Studio |
Disney / Buena Vista |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
1 hr 41 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Billy Bob Thornton's white-trash comedy has loads of appeal, beginning with a delightful cast playing the most dysfunctional Southern family outside a Faulkner novel. Thornton and Laura Dern play married couple Claude and Ruby Montgomery, whose true love is stymied by petty jealousies over her old boyfriends and his long-ago romance with Ruby's sister, Rose (Kelly Preston). When Claude's Uncle Hazel (Jim Varney) is arrested, the duo join their extended clan in Little Rock to provide support for him and his defense team (a stormy couple sharply played by Jamie Lee Curtis and Ben Affleck). But cooperation is an alien concept to this family; in no time they're bickering, drinking, and deflating dreams. Typical of Thornton, this is serious yet funny stuff, and the actors--including Andy Griffith, John Prine, Diane Ladd, and Brenda Blethyn--work that fine line between drama and comedy with admirable inspiration. --Tom Keogh |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
85 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single side, Single layer |
| UPC |
717951004987 |
| Release Date |
6/1/2004 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Behind-the-Scenes Special
Commentary with Writer/Director Billy Bob Thornton, Co-Producer Bruce Heller and Producer Robert Salerno
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
The Return of Kari
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