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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 08/24/2004 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 57 mins Studio: Lions Gate Total Copies: 6 Genres: Drama, Avant-garde / Experimental, Period Film, Melodrama

Set in a small fictional town in the U.S. during the 1930s, Lars von Trier's Dogville was filmed in a studio with a minimal set and features narration by John Hurt. On the run from a group of gangsters, Grace (Nicole Kidman) arrives in the small mining town of Dogville. Town philosopher Tom Edison (Paul Bettany) takes her in and strikes a deal with her: She'll work for the townsfolk in exchange for a safe place to hide; after two weeks the people will vote for her to either stay or go. Grace agrees to the terms and ends up meeting the locals, including the town doctor (Philip Baker Hall), shopkeeper (Lauren Bacall), and apple farmer (Stellan Skarsgård). Eventually, Grace's standing in the town takes a downward shift as the search for her intensifies. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Nicole Kidman - Grace
John Hurt - Narrator
Paul Bettany - Tom Edison
Philip Baker Hall - Tom Edison Sr.
James Caan - The Big Man
Stellan Skarsgård - Chuck
Jeremy Davies - Bill Henson
Chloë Sevigny - Liz Henson

Lars von Trier directs an all-star cast in his controversial Dogville, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by von Trier and his cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. Von Trier is one of the most polarizing figures in world cinema and this commentary track will appeal to his fans and aggravate his detractors in equal measure. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide