Search - Human Stain [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 07/20/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 46 mins Studio: Miramax Total Copies: 12 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Psychological Drama

For his first film since 1998's Twilight, acclaimed director Robert Benton helmed this tense drama written by Fatal Attraction co-scribe Nicholas Meyer and based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. Set in the late '90s at the height of the Clinton sex-scandal, The Human Stain stars Anthony Hopkins as Coleman Silk, a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman (Gary Sinise), a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeper and deeper into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when an affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley (Nicole Kidman) is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming public. Ed Harris, who previously worked with Benton in 1984's Places in the Heart, also stars. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Anthony Hopkins - Coleman Silk
Nicole Kidman - Faunia Farley
Ed Harris - Lester Farley
Gary Sinise - Nathan Zuckerman
Wentworth Miller - Coleman Silk as a young man

Robert Benton's adaptation of Philip Roth's The Human Stain failed to generate much attention at the box office, but perhaps it will find its audience on DVD. The disc boasts a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The image is well presented, providing a fitting final tribute to cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier, who died after finishing his work on this film. He is the subject of a fine featurette in the extras section of this disc, which also offers a making-of documentary. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. French and Spanish subtitles are accessible. This is a fine disc from Miramax. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide