Search - Red Rock West on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 08/10/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 1 Genres: Crime, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller

John Dahl directed and co-wrote (along with his brother Rick Dahl) this quirky and energetic film noir that, after a well-received screening at the Toronto Film Festival, was consigned to oblivion before resurfacing on cable television. When the owner of a San Francisco movie theater, who was a big fan of the film, arranged for a theatrical release, the film clicked and toured the country as an art house hit. The film concerns eternal loser Michael (Nicolas Cage), down to his last five dollars and looking for work. He finds himself at a bar in the town of Red Rock. The bartender, Wayne (J.T. Walsh) eyes him suspiciously and asks him, "You must be Lyle, from Dallas." Michael, eager to earn some cash, agrees. It seems Wayne has a job for Michael, but what Michael doesn't realize until too late is that the job is to kill Wayne's wife for $10,000. Michael heads out to Wayne's farm with the cash to warn Wayne's wife, Suzanne (Lara Flynn Boyle). Suzanne responds by offering to double Michael's fee if he will kill her husband instead. Michael takes the money and tries to leave town, but when a thunderstorm comes up, he runs over a man who was trying to flag him down. The sheriff arrives on the scene to attend to matters -- who turns out to be Wayne. Wayne proceeds to drive Michael out of town for an execution, but Michael manages to elude him. Flagging down a driver on the road who is driving back into Red Rock, they return to the bar, where the driver offers to buy Michael a drink. As Michael accepts the offer of a drink, he realizes that he is drinking with the real "Lyle from Dallas" (Dennis Hopper) who is awaiting Wayne's return. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Nicolas Cage - Michael
Dennis Hopper - Lyle
Lara Flynn Boyle - Suzanne
J.T. Walsh - Wayne
Timothy Carhart - Deputy Greytack
Dwight Yoakam - Truck Driver

An down-on-his-luck drifter gets tangled in a mysterious web of intrigue and deceit after being mistaken for a hit man in this razor sharp neo-noir journey through the dusty West, presented on DVD from Columbia TriStar Home Video. Viewable in either 1.85:1 widescreen or standard 1.33:1 full-screen pan-and-scan, this release also features an English Dolby Digital Surround soundtrack and an alternate Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo track with optional English, Spanish, and French subtitles. Explore this dark and fascinating journey with director John Dahl (The Last Seduction, 1994) on a director's commentary track and find out what makes this edge-of-your-seat cat-and-mouse thriller tick. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide