Search - Behind the Red Door on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 12/16/2003 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: Showtime Entertainment Total Copies: 1 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama, Reunion Films

Set in New York and New England (but filmed in Newfoundland), Behind the Red Door stars Kyra Sedgwick as Manhattan-based photographer Natalie Haddad, who enjoys success with her strangely gloomy and foreboding camerawork. When her agent and best friend Julia (Stockard Channing) arranges for her to accept a lucrative contract with a Boston ad agency, Natalie discovers that she will be working for her own gay brother Roy (Kiefer Sutherland), whom she hasn't seen in a decade. Although Roy is insufferably snobbish and manipulative, he manages to exert a curious control over Natalie, forcing her to confront several disturbing, long-suppressed memories of her past (shown in black-and-white flashbacks). Before the film is over, Natalie is made to realize why Roy's behavior is so overbearing -- and also, the viewer learns just how intimately Julia is involved in the lives of both siblings. Underwritten by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation as part of an ongoing program to heighten HIV/AIDS awareness, Behind the Red Door made its Showtime cable-network bow on January 12, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Kyra Sedgwick - Natalie Haddad
Kiefer Sutherland - Roy Haddad
Stockard Channing - Julia
Jason Carter - Sonny
Chuck Shamata - Father

This made-for-cable drama about two siblings who find themselves confronting difficult memories from their past after an unexpected reunion gets a simple presentation for its release on DVD. Behind the Red Door has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Surround. The dialogue is in English, with closed captions in English, but no multiple-language options or bonus materials have been included with this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide