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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 1992 DVD Release: 01/27/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy

A pair of brothers dodge the law while trying to locate their long-lost father in this third feature from independent New York filmmaker Hal Hartley. Robert John Burke stars as Bill McCabe, a failed computer thief who's just been doublecrossed by his girlfriend and partner. Vowing revenge on the next beautiful blonde he encounters, Bill meets up with his younger brother Dennis (William Sage), a philosophy student concerned about their father William (John A. MacKay). It seems the McCabe paterfamilias was a former major league shortstop who became an anarchist bomber in the 1960s, nearly blowing up the Pentagon. On the run for twenty-three years, William was recently caught by the FBI but escaped again. Based on information from their mother, the McCabes travel to Long Island, where William may be hiding. Along the way, the brothers meet the epileptic Elina (Elina Lowensohn) and her friend Kate (Karen Sillas), a beautiful blonde with whom Bill is instantly smitten. While Dennis figures out that Elina is somehow connected to William, Bill contends with Kate's ex-con husband Jack (Joe Stevens) and Jack's best friend Martin (Martin Donovan), both of whom are also in love with her. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Robert John Burke - Bill McCabe
Bill Sage - Dennis McCabe
Karen Sillas - Kate
Elina Löwensohn - Elina
Mark Chandler Bailey - Mike
Martin Donovan - Martin

This typically off-kilter satiric comedy from filmmaker Hal Hartley has been given a simple, but effective, presentation for its release on DVD. Simple Men has been given a letterboxed transfer in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Viewers have a choice of two audio formats: Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. The dialogue is in English, with optional English subtitles. As a bonus, this edition also includes the film's original trailer and a short documentary on the making of the movie. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide