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Director James D. Stern debuts with this darkly comedic, archly ironic look at America's obsession with guns. The film opens with Helen and Warren Harding (Joan Allen and Jeff Daniels) awaking one night to the sounds of their suburban trophy getting broken into. Warren grabs his trusty handgun and blows away the intruder, only to complain about the blood spots on his newly purchased bathrobe from Sundance. The unlucky guy turns out to be Warren's business partner, and it does not take long for him to wonder out loud if his wife and the dead man were having an affair. Meanwhile, Warren's lawyer Tim (Andre Braugher), whose civil-rights leading father was gunned down when he was a boy, receives a handsome gun from his film fanatic boyfriend Chris (David Schwimmer). Others involved include the young nymphet Annabel Lee (Anna Paquin) and her thuggishly violent brother Sidney (Giovanni Ribisi); Mr. Morgan (Gary Sinise), an eccentric and extremely paranoid Internet tycoon; and Tennel (Josh Brolin), a video store manager turned poet. All of these characters have their own personal axes to grind and all have easy access to guns. The result is as violent as it is senseless. All The Rage was screened at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Joan Allen - Helen Harding
Andre Braugher - Tim Sullivan
Josh Brolin - Tennel
Jeff Daniels - Warren Harding
Robert Forster - Tyler

Jim Stern's debut, the black comedy It's The Rage, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer that faithfully reproduces the original theatrical aspect ratio. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a Spanish soundtrack is recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are available in those two languages as well. Supplemental features include a commentary track by the neophyte director, biographies and filmographies for the illustrious cast as well as the filmmakers, a "making of" featurette, and a theatrical trailer. Those who missed this barely released effort might find the DVD a refreshing change of pace. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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