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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 03/20/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: New Line Home Video Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Avant-garde / Experimental, Psychological Drama, Family Drama

In his second directorial effort, writer/director Harmony Korine embraces the hyper-realist aesthetic of Lars Von Trier's Dogma 95 film movement, which mandates handheld photography using only available lighting, among other restrictions. As in the controversial Gummo (1997), Korine abandons traditional narrative for a series of vignettes about bizarre characters, in this case centered on Julien (Ewen Bremner), a schizophrenic who works in a school for the blind. Julien lives at home with his pregnant sister Pearl (Chloe Sevigny); his brother Chris (Evan Neumann), who wrestles in his spare time; and their violent father (Werner Herzog), who slaps his children around, hoses them down with water, and offers to pay Chris ten dollars to dress up in his late mother's clothes and dance. Eventually Julien escapes from his home and interacts with people on the street (some of whom, reportedly, were not professional actors and had no idea that Bremmer was an actor playing a scene). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Ewen Bremner - Julien
Chloë Sevigny - Pearl
Werner Herzog - Father
Evan Neumann - Chris
Joyce Korine - Grandma

Harmony Korine's disturbing psychological drama Julien Donkey-Boy comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a theatrical trailer, deleted scenes, cast and crew filmographies, and an odd featurette. Whatever one thinks about the very difficult film, New Line has done a very good job with this release. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide