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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity, Drug Content Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 09/17/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 52 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 3 Genres: Drama, Buddy Film, Odd Couple Film

Playwright and character actor Tom Gilroy made his feature directorial debut with this dialogue-driven character study set against the backdrop of the changing seasons. Liev Schreiber plays Paul, a short-fused ex-con who finds unlikely comfort, stability, and camaraderie when he takes an odd job in park maintenance. On his first day, he's teamed with Murph (Ned Beatty), a groundskeeping veteran who manages to defuse an outburst between Paul and their snide supervisor (Campbell Scott). Paul sticks with the job, and, as the months pass, he and Murph work their way through events both mundane and monumental, all the while sharing their hopes, regrets, and ambitions. Shot in sequence over a one-year period, Spring Forward received a third-place mention for best first feature at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Ned Beatty - Murph
Liev Schreiber - Paul

Tom Gilroy's tale of an unlikely friendship between an ex-con and an old man, Spring Forward, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Surround. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but MGM has done a fabulous job of presenting this little seen film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide