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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 12/03/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 14 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 5 Genres: Crime, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller, Gangster Film

This directorial effort from Phil Joanou stars Sean Penn as an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat. Penn is ostensibly on a sentimental journey to his old neighborhood. Actually he's been assigned to infiltrate a criminal gang led by Ed Harris, the brother of Sean's best friend Gary Oldman. Penn suffers the requisite honor vs. duty anguish when he renews his childhood romance with Harris' sister Robin Wright. State of Grace would have had more clout had it been more clear as to time and place: it's supposedly set in the 1990s, but the attitudes and behavior are pure 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Sean Penn - Terry Noonan
Ed Harris - Frankie Flannery
Gary Oldman - Jackie Flannery
Robin Wright Penn - Kathleen Flannery
John Turturro - Nick

Phil Joanou's crime drama about Irish gangsters in New York, State of Grace, comes to DVD with an anamorphic widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround, and a Spanish soundtrack is available in Dolby Digital Mono. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this MGM/UA release is still an excellent presentation of the film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide