| Product Summary | | Publisher: Foxvideo | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00024543019862 | | Buy.com Sku: 40154693 | | Item#: VHYRM6 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25668 | | Category Keywords: Straight-To-Video | Rating:  |
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| | | Some secrets should be taken to the grave
Features: DVD
When a buttoned-down insurance salesman John Nolan (Jeff Goldblum) runs into a holdup gone wrong, a criminal named Auggie Rose winds up dying in his arms. The salesman, bored with his own life, decides to take on the ex-con's identity, meeting the pen-pal girlfriend (Anne Heche) who has never met him face-to-face and hiding everything from his real girlfriend. Delving deeper and deeper into an existence that is not his own, Nolan is unprepared when the consequences of his actions become clear and he is forced to justify his deception. This is an unusual thriller about one man's quest for identity.
"...odd and interesting..." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
When hotshot insurance agent John Nolan walks into a deli/liquor store and sends back a bottle of wine because the label was scratched, he never realized such a small act could lead to tragedy. While ex-con Auggie Rose goes into the back for a new bottle, an armed robber walks in and eventually shoots Auggie. John feels responsible, so he takes Auggie in his arms and accompanies him to the hospital. But when Auggie eventually dies, John becomes determined to find out as much as he can about who Auggie was and whether there is anyone who will claim the body. Slowly, Auggie's life starts taking over his own--to the point that when Auggie's prison pen pal comes to town, John actually says that he is Auggie Rose. Matthew Tabak's debut thriller is a spooky look at obsession and second chances. Jeff Goldblum excels as John Nolan, with good turns by Nancy Travis as his longtime live-in girlfriend, Ann Heche as Auggie's pen pal, Richard T. Jones as a cop who is suspicious of John, and Joe Santos as Auggie's wacky neighbor across the hall.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Cast & Crew Biographies | | Trailer | | Alternate Ending | | English 5.1 Surround, Dolby Surround | | French Dolby Stereo | | Behind-The-Scenes Interviews | | Widescreen Version | | Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Matthew Tabak & Actor Jeff Goldblum | | Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Matthew Tabak And Producer Daniel Stone |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 4/15/2003 |
| Running Time: 109 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2001 | | Catalog ID: 2001986 | | UPC: 00024543019862 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...[An] intriguing mystery-cum-character study....Quietly absorbing..." 06/11/2001 p.18-9Los Angeles Times
"...Jeff Goldblum and Anne Heche arguably give their best performances to date....The way AUGGIE ROSE plays out is consistently imaginative and persuasive in its plotting and writing..." 06/22/2001 p.1 New York Times
"...[Heche] has a directness that feels like freshness..." 11/16/2001 p.E12 |
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