Search - The Safety of Objects

Following up on her 1998 opus Bedrooms and Hallways, Rose Troche directs this ensemble film about suburbia and its discontents. Once an up-and-coming singer/songwriter, Paul Gold (Joshua Jackson) now lies in a coma, attentively nursed by his mother Esther (Glenn Close), who dotes on her son to the exclusion of her husband and her daughter Julie (Jessica Campbell). Meanwhile, Jim Train (Dermot Mulroney) is a workaholic lawyer who is closer to his tortes than to his spouse Susan (Moira Kelly). Their son Jake has taken a morbid fascination with his sister's foot-high girl doll. At the same time, Paul's former lover Annette Jennings (Patricia Clarkson) is trying to pull her life and her family back together after a particularly brutal divorce. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Glenn Close - Esther Gold
Dermot Mulroney - Jim Train
Patricia Clarkson - Annette Jennings
Jessica Campbell - Julie Gold
Joshua Jackson - Paul Gold
Timothy Olyphant - Randy

Rose Troche's 2003 ensemble drama The Safety of Objects comes to DVD for the first time with this release. The disc presents a widescreen 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer of the film that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. Additionally, the English soundtrack has been rendered in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sound, and English and Spanish subtitles are available. Along with the film, the original theatrical trailer is included on the DVD. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

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