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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

1997	Best Adapted Screenplay (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Atom Egoyan
1997	Best Director (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Atom Egoyan
1997	Best Foreign Film (winner)	Independent Spirit Awards	Atom Egoyan
1997	Best Actor (winner)	Toronto Film Critics Association	Ian Holm
1997	Best Actress - Runner-up (winner)	Toronto Film Critics Association	Sarah Polley
1997	Best Director (winner)	Toronto Film Critics Association	Atom Egoyan
1997	Best Orignal Score (winner)	Genie Awards	Mychael Danna
1997	Best Original Song (nominee)	Genie Awards	Sarah Polley
1997	Best Original Song (nominee)	Genie Awards	Mychael Danna
1997	Best Actor (winner)	Genie Awards	Ian Holm
1997	Best Actor (nominee)	Genie Awards	Bruce Greenwood
1997	Best Actress (nominee)	Genie Awards	Sarah Polley
1997	Best Actress (nominee)	Genie Awards	Gabrielle Rose
1997	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	Genie Awards	Tom McCamus
1997	Best Director (winner)	Genie Awards	Atom Egoyan
1997	Best Cinematography (winner)	Genie Awards	Paul Sarossy
1997	Best Editing (winner)	Genie Awards	Susan Shipton
1997	Best Art Direction/Production Design (nominee)	Genie Awards	Patricia Cuccia
1997	Best Art Direction/Production Design (nominee)	Genie Awards	Philip Barker
1997	Best Art Direction/Production Design (nominee)	Genie Awards	Kathleen Climie
1997	Best Costume Design (nominee)	Genie Awards	Beth Pasternak
1997	Best Screenplay (nominee)	Genie Awards	Atom Egoyan
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Genie Awards	Tony van den Akker
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Genie Awards	Ross Redfern
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Genie Awards	Peter Kelly
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Genie Awards	Daniel Pellerin
1997	Best Sound (winner)	Genie Awards	Keith Elliott
1997	Best Sound Editing (winner)	Genie Awards	Andy Malcolm
1997	Best Sound Editing (winner)	Genie Awards	Steve Munro
1997	Best Sound Editing (winner)	Genie Awards	Sue Conley
1997	Best Sound Editing (winner)	Genie Awards	David Dranie Taylor
1997	Best Sound Editing (winner)	Genie Awards	Goro Koyama

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

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