Search - The Sweet Hereafter [Platinum Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 05/27/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: New Line Home Video Members Wishing: 10 Genres: Drama, Disaster Film, Psychological Drama, Ensemble Film

Atom Egoyan's haunting adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter was the Canadian filmmaker's most successful film to date, taking home a Special Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and scoring a pair of Academy Award nominations, including Best Director. Restructured to fit Egoyan's signature mosaic narrative style, the story concerns the cultural aftershocks which tear apart a small British Columbia town in the wake of a school-bus accident which leaves a number of local children dead. Ian Holm stars as Mitchell Stephens, a big-city lawyer who arrives in the interest of uniting the survivors to initiate a lawsuit; his maneuvering only drives the community further apart, reopening old wounds and jeopardizing any hopes of emotional recovery. Like so many of Egoyan's features, The Sweet Hereafter is a serious and painfully honest exploration of family grief; no character is immune from the sense of utter devastation which grips the film, not even the attorney, whose interests are in part motivated by his own remorse over the fate of his daughter, an HIV-positive drug addict. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Ian Holm - Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley - Nicole Burnell
Bruce Greenwood - Billy Ansell
Gabrielle Rose - Dolores Driscoll

Deception and forbidden desire follow a seasoned lawyer into a small town as he investigates a tragic school bus accident in director Atom Egoyan's haunting psychological drama, presented in this feature-packed special edition release from New Line Home Video. In addition to a 2.35:1 widescreen visual presentation and English and French Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks, optional subtitles are offered in English, Spanish, and French. New Line has pulled out all the stops in regards to extra features on this disc, offering an exhausting variety of insightful options, including U.S. and Canadian theatrical trailers, biographies, filmographies, an isolated score by Robert Browning illustrated by Kate Greenaway, an interview with Egoyan from The Charlie Rose Show, a Q&A with members of the cast, a director's audio commentary track with Egoyan and novelist Russell Banks, and a "Before and After The Sweet Hereafter" discussion with Egoyan and Banks about the book and the film. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide