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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 04/20/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Total Copies: 13 Genres: Comedy, Black Comedy, Film Noir, Sci-Fi Comedy

A guy looking for easy money gets a lot more than he bargained for in this noir-flavored independent comedy. John Person (Jon Favreau) is a struggling actor living in Los Angeles who is starting to buckle under the pressure of his own failures. With no acting jobs coming in and a massive credit card debt to pay off, John works part-time as a courier but needs a big payday if he's ever going to get back on his feet. Out of the blue, a strange man in the neighborhood makes John an offer that seems too good to be true -- in exchange for delivering a suitcase to a man in Baker, CA (midway between L.A. and Las Vegas), John will receive $27,000 in cash. John's first tip off that something odd is going on comes when, along with the suitcase, he's given a loaded gun and instructions to defend the package with his life if necessary, but he's just desperate enough to go along. However, things become more complicated when John misses his connection in Baker; he's suddenly followed by a number of threatening eccentrics, is informed by an FBI agent that his benefactor in L.A. has become the victim of a grisly murder, and incurs the wrath of Cowboy (Sean Bean), the ominous trucker who was supposed to pick up the suitcase. The Big Empty features a stellar supporting cast, including Kelsey Grammer, Melora Walters, Daryl Hannah, Joey Lauren Adams, and Rachael Leigh Cook. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Jon Favreau - John Person
Joey Lauren Adams - Grace
Bud Cort - Neely
Daryl Hannah - Stella

Steve Anderson's debut feature, The Big Empty, gets a four-star DVD release with this disc from Lion's Gate Home Entertainment. The film is presented in a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo. The copious supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Anderson, deleted scenes and alternate scenes with optional commentary from Anderson, a making-of featurette, a slide show of still photographs titled "The Big Empty Picture Show" with optional commentary by the director, a gag reel, and trailers. This is a fully loaded disc for a film that was barely seen on the big screen. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide