Fox Searchlight Spotlight Series, Vol. 3 [3 Discs] [With Movie Cash]Fox Searchlight Spotlight Series, Vol. 3 [3 Discs] [With Movie Cash]

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MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

    This DVD set includes: The Last King of Scotland, Antwone Fisher, and Boys Don't Cry.

DVD FEATURES:
  • Region: 1
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope), 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Encoding: NTSC
  • Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, Color
  • Subtitle: French, English, Spanish
  • Features:
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AWARDS
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Best Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Nominated Best Supporting Actress - 1999 (Chloë Sevigny)
  • American Film Institute
  •     Won Top Ten Movie of the Year - 2002
  • Black Reel Awards
  •     Nominated Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Nominated Best Supporting Actress - 2006 (Kerry Washington)
  • Boston Society of Film Critics
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Best Adapted Screenplay - 2006 (Peter Morgan)
  •     Won Best British Film - 2006
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 2006
  •     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 2006 (James McAvoy)
  •     Nominated Best Actress - 2000 (Hilary Swank)
  • British Independent Film Awards
  •     Nominated Best Actor - 2006 (James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker)
  •     Nominated Best British Independent Film - 2006
  •     Nominated Best Director - 2006 (Kevin Macdonald)
  •     Nominated Best Screenplay - 2006 (Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock)
  •     Nominated Best Technical Achievement - 2006 (Anthony Dod Mantle)
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Best Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  • Chicago Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Best Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Won Best Supporting Actress - 1999 (Chloë Sevigny)
  • Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
  •     Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Nominated Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture M - 1999 (Chloë Sevigny)
  • Independent Spirit Awards
  •     Won Best Actor - 2002 (Derek Luke)
  •     Won Best Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Won Best Supporting Actress - 1999 (Chloë Sevigny)
  •     Nominated Best First Feature Over $500,000 - 1999 (Kimberly Peirce)
  •     Nominated Best First Screenplay - 1999 (Andy Bienen, Kimberly Peirce)
  •     Nominated Producers Award - 1999 (Eva Kolodner)
  • Iowa Film Critics Association
  •     Nominated Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Kansas City Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • London Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Nominated Best British Actor - 2006 (James McAvoy)
  •     Nominated Best British Director - 2006 (Kevin Macdonald)
  •     Nominated Best British Film - 2006
  •     Nominated British Producer of the Year - 2006 (Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel)
  • London Film Festival
  •     Film Presented - 2006
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Best Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Won Best Supporting Actress - 1999 (Chloë Sevigny)
  • National Board of Review
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Breakthrough Performance - Male - 2002 (Derek Luke)
  •     Won Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Won Best Directorial Debut - 1999 (Kimberly Peirce)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 1999
  • National Society of Film Critics
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Won Best Actress - Runner-up - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Won Best Supporting Actress - 1999 (Chloë Sevigny)
  • New York Film Critics Circle
  •     Won Best Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  • New York Film Critics Online
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • New York Film Critics Society
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 2006
  • Online Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Phoenix Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 2006
  • Satellite Awards
  •     Won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Nominated Best Picture - Drama - 2006
  • Screen Actors Guild
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  •     Nominated Best Female Actor in a Leading Role - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Nominated Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role - 1999 (Chloë Sevigny)
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Telluride Film Festival
  •     Film Presented - 2006
  • Toronto Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actress - 1999 (Hilary Swank)
  •     Nominated Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Toronto International Film Festival
  •     Film Presented - 2006
  • Washington D.C. Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Actor - 2006 (Forest Whitaker)
  • Writers Guild of America
  •     Nominated Best Original Screenplay - 2002 (Antwone Quenton Fisher)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
REVIEWS:
  • Based on a true story, with a screenplay written by its protagonist, Denzel Washington's directorial debut, Antwone Fisher is a competent tearjerker and self-composed hagiography that's sure to be overpraised for its subtle near-avoidance of racial issues. Talented neophyte Derek Luke stars in the title role, and he's supported by a strong, attractive cast, including director Washington, stolid as he's ever been, as the shrink who helps Fisher come to terms with his past, and the luminous Joy Bryant as the angel of a woman who improbably throws herself at Fisher's feet. Her apparent beatitude is part of the problem with the film. We see the horrific, if overly familiar, privations of Fisher's early life in flashback, but in later life, as the film begins, things seem to fall a bit too quickly and conveniently into place for the young man as he seeks out and battles his demons. The film also risks misinterpretation by accepting the societal racism responsible for many of Fisher's woes as a given. The film doesn't address race directly as an issue in Antwone's life. Of course, more thoughtful viewers will understand that Antwone's oppressors (who are all black) are themselves the products of an internalized racism, but less-thoughtful white viewers may appreciate feeling like they've been let off the hook in this instance because there are no racist, or even unpleasant, white people depicted in the film. Whether or not it's screenwriter Fisher's and/or director Washington's responsibility to explicate the sociopathology of its black oppressors is an interesting question. The fact remains that the film, with its postcard vistas and overblown score, works as drama on only the most rudimentary level. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
  • With what was possibly the most acclaimed independent debut film since Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, first-time director Kimberly Peirce paints an unforgettable portrait of small-town doldrums and gender identity crisis, using the harrowing tale of Teena Brandon, a young Nebraska girl who successfully passed herself off as a male, resulting in a violent attack on her life. Expertly realized by Peirce, the film is straightforward, uncompromised filmmaking, and smartly removes any traces of martyrdom or cheap sentiment in exploring its fascinating lead case study. More than any film about gender identity preceding it, Boys doesn't resort to needless exposition in order to translate the story to the uninitiated. This factor is best actualized by the film's sterling cast, including Hilary Swank in a mesmerizing, dexterous performance as Brandon; Chloe Sevigny, heartbreaking and faultless as Brandon's love interest; and Peter Sarsgaard, hypnotically and believably menacing as one of Brandon's eventual assailants. In a robust Best Actress victory, lead actress Swank managed to beat perennial favorite Annette Bening to the Oscar podium in 1999, proving that being a relatively new talent to motion pictures was by no means a deterrent to the recognition of her significant achievement. (Many noted that not since Simone Signoret's win for 1959's Room at the Top had an actress in an independently-produced film received the statuette.) The events of Boys are also covered in a documentary film about the same subject, The Brandon Teena Story, which recounts some material in a different light. ~ Jason Clark, Rovi
  • More fun that one might expect considering the subject matter, the first 20 minutes of Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland establishes James McAvoy's Nicholas Garrigan as a good looking, charming young rogue. Freshly graduated from medical school, he rebels against his conventional father by traveling to Uganda, where he indulges his desire for grand adventure and casual sex. Realistically embodying both the most repellent and attractive elements of his character, McAvoy evokes both sympathy and disgust in the audience, while Macdonald's expert pacing sacrifices neither momentum nor character development. It's a fascinating premise to explore how such a hedonistic youth becomes the lackey of a brutal dictator, and by the time a series of events brings Garrigan face-to-face with Idi Amin, then just beginning his rise to power, the audience clearly understands how Amin is able to so easily get the cocky doctor under his control. Basking in the attentions of a nation's leader feeds Garrigan's grand vision of himself, and grounds the events that follow in a fascinating psychological framework. Forest Whitaker's intense performance as Amin dominates The Last King of Scotland. His ability to be simultaneously ingratiating yet ceaselessly intense keeps the viewer on edge. The intricate emotional dance performed by the two lead actors gradually builds until Garrigan realizes Amin's deadly paranoia and egomania -- forcing the doctor to recognize the worst elements within himself. They say a good way to discover what a film is about is to look at what changed between the beginning and the end. If we apply this rule to The Last King of Scotland, it would appear that Garrigan is at the center of the story. However, the very end of the film focuses on Amin's downfall rather than Garrigan's return home. This is understandable, as the fate of the authoritarian ruler and his people is too important to ignore. Also, Whitaker's towering performance demands attention -- it's hard not to fixate on his screen presence -- but the movie would need one more scene of Garrigan digesting all that has happened to him in order for the film to maximize its impact on an audience. Fortunately, the remarkable acting by both men, and the stylish directing, makes The Last King of Scotland an engaging tale of humankind succumbing to its own worst instincts. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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