Search - Shadows and Fog on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 06/05/2001 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 25 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Comedy of Errors, Comedy Thriller

Woody Allen's black-and-white curiosity piece is a mixture of influences -- from German silent film expressionism to Franz Kafka's nightmare worlds to the contemporary fables of Wim Wenders. Woody Allen plays the nebbish clerk Kleinman (in a throwback to his characters from Sleeper and Love and Death), who is awakened in the middle of the night by a vigilante group who want him to help capture a serial killer on the loose. Kleinman reluctantly agrees, but when he gets to the street, the vigilantes are gone and Kleinmen spends most of the film wandering the shadowy back alleys in search of the citizen's brigade. Meanwhile, a circus is in town. When sword-swallower Irmy (Mia Farrow) catches her creepy clown husband (John Malkovich) getting familiar with trapeze artist Marie (Madonna), she packs her bags and heads for town, where she meets up with Kleinman. This meeting sets up a number of plot lines that has Irmy befriending a trio of prostitutes (Jodie Foster, Lily Tomlin and Kathy Bates) at the local brothel and accepting $700 from a university student (John Cusack) who wants to sleep with her. She finally meets up with her husband, and they then find an abandoned baby which they decide to raise as their own. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Woody Allen - Kleinman
Mia Farrow - Irmy
John Malkovich - Clown
Kathy Bates - Prostitute
Madonna - Marie
Donald Pleasence - Doctor
Lily Tomlin - Prostitute

Join an all-star cast in Woody Allen's classic comedy, arriving on DVD courtesy of MGM/UA Home Video. Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and featuring multiple audio options including closed-captioned English Dolby Digital Mono, Spanish Dolby Digital Mono and French Dolby Digital Mono, this release also offers optional Spanish and French subtitles. Extra features include a collectible booklet and a theatrical trailer. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide