Sweet Land

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Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen
Rating:
PG — for brief partial nudity and mild language
Language:
English
Studio:
20th Century Fox
UPC:
024543449744
Year of Release:
2005
Item Number:
FXD044974
Release Date:
07/10/2007
Genre:

Drama –

Period Film –

Romantic Drama
Format:

DVD

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A European exile finds herself a stranger in a strange land when she comes to the United States in this independent romantic comedy-drama. As a man ponders what to do with his family's estate after the death of his grandmother, he thinks back to how she first came to America shortly after World War I. Olaf (Tim Guinee) is a Norwegian-American farmer looking for a wife to share his home on the Minnesota prairie, and with eligible women in short supply locally, he sends away for a mail-order bride. Inge Ottenberg (Elizabeth Reaser) soon arrives at Olaf's doorstep, but while she's pretty, smart, and amiable, he's taken aback to discover she's not Norwegian but German, which after several years of anti-German propaganda does not make her popular with her new neighbors. Inge isn't very good with English, making it even harder to keep her background a secret, and the local pastor, Rev. Sorrensen (John Heard), is so outraged at the presence of a presumed Hun he refuses to perform their wedding. But Inge struggles to make friends with her new neighbors, in particular Olaf's best friend, Frandsen (Alan Cumming), a gadget fancier whose wife, Brownie (Alex Kingston), is better with mechanical items than he is. In time, Inge's cheerful nature and love of music begin to make an impression on the community as she shares her favorite tunes on her ever-present gramophone. Sweet Land was the first feature film from writer and director Ali Selim. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

DVD FEATURES:

Region: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (Alternate Wide Screen)
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
Encoding: NTSC
Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, Color
Subtitle: French, English, Spanish
Features:
- Commentary by cast and crew
- Sweet Land: A Labor of Love Story featurette
- Theatrical trailer