| Product Summary | | Publisher: Warner | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00085391888222 | | Buy.com Sku: 40171546 | | Item#: VDHKRS | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26208 | | Category Keywords: Drugs Money Theatrical Release | Rating:  |
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| | | If you're looking for the truth you've come to the wrong place.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Snitch. Fiend. Addict. Thief. Danny Parker is all these things. Or is he? VAL KILMER plays a man who leads a double life in hopes of trapping the murderers of his wife in this edgy, high-style, neo-noir thriller packed with a rogues' gallery of dealers, drifters, double-crossers, tweakers and good ol' boys.
"...an edgy, triple-twist neo-noir thriller with a brutally cynical sense of humor..." Joe Leydon, The San Francisco Examiner
"D'Onofrio is one the creepiest, most original villains to appear in recent films." Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Editor's Note
Caught up in the permanent nighttime of the habitual methamphetamine user, Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) and his friends close the curtains so they can't tell what time of day it is. But while his associates revel in their highs, Danny is haunted by his previous life as Tom Van Allen, a trumpet player who lost his wife (Chandra West) in the crossfire of a shoot out. In an effort to find his wife's killer, Tom became a police informant, adopting a heavily-tattooed disguise. When he discovers that a Mexican drug lord has put a hit out on him, Danny decides to pull one last score--unfortunately involving Pooh-Bear (Vincent D'Onofrio), a childlike kingpin with a penchant for torture and a yawning void where his nose once was. D.J. Caruso's debut is a beautifully photographed punk-noir set against the backdrop of a gang of speed freaks in contemporary L.A. Opening with a brief history of methamphetamine, THE SALTON SEA immediately establishes an original tone for its kaleidoscopic tour through well-traveled territory. Taking its cue from the wave of mid-1990s crime films, the script by Tony Gayton (MURDER BY NUMBERS) delivers the usual doses of hip "gallows" humor, but also infuses the proceedings with dollops of pain and loss, often shifting the tone to that of the more soulful, responsible crime films of the 1970s.
| Features | Embracing the Chaos: A Conversation with the Cast. | | Meth and Method: Production Design for the Trailer |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/14/2004 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 18882 | | UPC: 00085391888222 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...D'Onofrio creates a rock-the-house villain. He's the fire in the belly of this cool groove of a movie..." 05/09/2002 p.80Box Office
"...It's a sharp movie..." 05/01/2002 p.57 Entertainment Weekly
"...Val Kilmer seems especially refreshed....D'Onofrio goes positively gaga as a monstrous, noseless meth boss who practically dares viewers to watch him..." 05/03/2002 p.63 Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...THE SALTON SEA grabs us from the opening scenes....Gayton has penned a film noir narration that is unusually eloquent and includes touches of wicked humor..." 04/01/2002 p.40-1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...It contains elements of startling originality....D'Onofrio is a gifted actor....Endlessly, grotesquely, inventive..." 05/10/2002 p.31 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
The Salton Sea is dark, as befits its grim subject matter, but not unreasonably so. And it has a sense of humor, although only those with a penchant for warped jokes will absorb Caruso's stabs at comic relief. I would venture to say that most viewers who enjoyed Memento will appreciate what The Salton Sea has to offer. This thriller seems conventional until you start paying attention--and that's when the payoff occurs. - James Berardinelli
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