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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Watch With Your Teen, Youth Substance Use Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 03/12/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 5 Genres: Drama, Teen Movie, Coming-of-Age

Teen movie icon John Hughes returns to the genre he helped revolutionize as producer of the first screenplay written by his son James Hughes. Maddox (Blake Shields) is an intelligent but moody teenager growing up in a suburb of Chicago. High school student Maddox believes schools aren't designed to educate so much as they're used to control young people and bend them to the will of the state. Maddox wants to throw off the yoke of the school's authority, especially after he hears tales of a student named Stanton who attended the same school years before; Stanton openly defied the school system and was sent to a mental hospital for his troubles. Maddox and his friends try to find out the truth about the legendary Stanton as they plot a large-scale rebellion of their own. New Port South features a cast of young faces, including Brad Eric Johnson, Will Estes, Melissa George, and Gabriel Mann; the film also marks the directorial debut of Kyle Cooper, who previously directed music videos and designed title sequences for a number of major motion pictures. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Questionable motivations ignite a heated classroom rebellion in Disney /Buena Vista's release of the provocative thriller New Port South. Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widecreen and offering the choice of closed-captioned English Dolby Digital and DTS audio, this release promises a dark voyage down the halls of Americas schools. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide