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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 11/16/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 10 Genres: Musical, Avant-garde / Experimental, Period Film, Musical Drama

Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin directs The Saddest Music in the World, reworked from an original screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, the film involves a contest announced by the legless and glamorous Lady Port-Huntly (Isabella Rossellini) to find the saddest music in the world. She's hoping the contest will result in increased sales of her company's brand of beer. American theatrical producer Chester Kent (Mark McKinney) shows up to win the contest with his kooky show-business idea, while brother Roderick Kent (Ross McMillan) returns from the war. Maria de Medeiros plays Narcissa, a sleep walker romantically linked to both brothers. Their father, the alcoholic doctor Fyodor Kent (David Fox), is tortured by his role in Lady Port-Huntly's leg amputation, so he makes her a new glass pair filled with beer. The Saddest Music in the World was shown at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Mark McKinney - Chester Kent
Isabella Rossellini - Lady Port-Huntly
Maria de Medeiros - Narcissa
David Fox - Fyodor Kent
Ross McMillan - Roderick Kent

Guy Maddin's wildly offbeat comedy drama about a music contest sponsored by a brewing magnate with hollow, beer-filled legs has been released on DVD in an edition sure to please Maddin's fans. The Saddest Music in the World has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1; the images have also been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; the dialogue is in English, with optional Spanish subtitles. Bonus materials include three short films by Guy Maddin, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the movie, a look at the film's international cast, and the original theatrical trailer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide