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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 09/21/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 9 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Psychological Drama See Also: Heavy

This character drama, set in a local pub in rural New York State, focuses on the lives, thoughts, and emotions of a group of social outcasts. The lead misfit is Victor, a shy and very rotund man in his '30s who works as a pizza maker in a roadside inn. His mother, Dolly owns the establishment. She dominates his life. The senior waitress there is Dolores, an aging woman with a reputation for being easy. Dolores is resentful when Dolly hires the vivacious teenager Callie, who is in love with Jeff, a garage mechanic. Victor develops a painful crush on Callie and fantasizes about rescuing her from a life with Jeff. To help himself, he begins to diet and enrolls at a chef school. His mother becomes suddenly ill. Then Delores makes a pass at him, but he doesn't respond. He does however, feel emboldened to make a play for Callie. His actions lead him into a new world of expression. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Pruitt Taylor Vince - Victor
Liv Tyler - Callie
Shelley Winters - Dolly
Deborah Harry - Delores
Joe Grifasi - Leo
Evan Dando - Jeff

James Mangold's festival favorite debut Heavy comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.78:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a director's commentary track and a theatrical trailer. This film failed to find a wide audience, but fans of Mangold's later work (Cop Land, Girl, Interrupted) will want to give this fine disc a look, as will Liv Tyler's admirers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide