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Affliction (Pan & Scan)

Affliction (Pan & Scan)

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Based on the novel by Russell Banks, AFFLICTION is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is a middle-aged ineffectual sheriff in a small New Hampshire town, where he and his brother, Rolfe (Willem Dafoe), were raised. When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade is forced to confront the past and reexamine his life, attempting a reconciliation with his abusive, alcoholic dad, Glen (James Coburn), by moving back home to look after him. This quietly intense, haunting, and beautifully filmed story unfolds against the harsh snow-white backdrop of a town where everyone knows each other. But more than anything, it is the brilliant performances of its cast that mark this film.

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Affliction (Pan & Scan)

General
Director

Paul Schrader

Starring

Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek

Awards

Academy Awards

Best Supporting Actor

1998

Winner

James Coburn

Genre

Dramas

Video Format

Pan & Scan

UPC

031398830627

Release Date

05/20/2003

Running Time

1 hour 55 minutes

MPAA Rating

R

Language

English

Number of Discs

1

Media Format

DVD

Special Features
General
DVD Features:

Region 1

Keep Case

Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

Trailers

Interactive Features:

Scene Selection

Interactive Menus

Format
Video Format
Pan & Scan

Closed Captioned
English

Cast & Crew
Cast
Nick Nolte; James Coburn; Sissy Spacek; Willem Dafoe; Mary Beth Hurt; Jim True

Director
Paul Schrader

Producer
Linda Reisman

Composer
Michael Brook

Cinematographer
Paul Sarossy

Miscellaneous
Muze Description
Based on the novel by Russell Banks, AFFLICTION is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is a middle-aged ineffectual sheriff in a small New Hampshire town, where he and his brother, Rolfe (Willem Dafoe), were raised. When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade is forced to confront the past and reexamine his life, attempting a reconciliation with his abusive, alcoholic dad, Glen (James Coburn), by moving back home to look after him. This quietly intense, haunting, and beautifully filmed story unfolds against the harsh snow-white backdrop of a town where everyone knows each other. But more than anything, it is the brilliant performances of its cast that mark this film.

Synopsis
Based on a novel by Russell Banks, AFFLICTION is a bleak New England tale of a man trying to come to terms with abuse and corruption. As a policeman investigating a hunting accident, Wade Whitehouse is almost brought down when he attempts to preserve the town and what's left of his family. In the process it becomes clear that he is made powerless when fighting these inferior elements with the skills he learned from his violent, alcoholic father, played brilliantly by an Oscar-winning James Coburn.

Production Notes
AFFLICTION was filmed outside Montreal in harsh farmland.

Novelist Russell Banks said he saw Wade as "a kind of classic Greek hero."

Banks agreed that only Paul Schrader could direct the adaptation of his book.

Product Quotation/Excerpt
"I think there's some dirty business going on in this town."--Wade (Nick Nolte)

"At least I was never afflicted by that man's violence."--Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) "That's what you think."--Wade

Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
"...Nolte and Coburn are magnificent in this film....It is revealing to watch them in their scenes together....[Coburn] rises to occasion with a performance of power..."

02/05/1999 | p.31 | Roger Ebert

USA Today
"...[James Coburn gives] what may be the best performance of his career..."

12/30/1998 | p.3D | Mike Clark

Los Angeles Times
"...Intense....This is a great performance by Nolte....AFFLICTION is one of the year's strongest dramas..."

12/30/1998 | p.C1 | Jack Mathews

Entertainment Weekly
"...The meatiest performance of [Nolte's] career....Exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited..." -- Rating: A

01/22/1999 | p.82 | Lisa Schwarzbaum

New York Times
"...[Nolte acts] with fierce, anguished intensity....[He] gives the performance of his career in Paul Schrader's quietly stunning new film..."

12/30/1998 | p.E4 | Janet Maslin

Box Office
"...Engrossing....Nolte, in peak form in one of the best performances of his career, is supported by a top cast....AFFLICTION is a gripping story..."

02/01/1998 | p.51 | Ed Scheid

Rolling Stone
"...Nolte is at his riveting, ravaged best..."

12/24/1998 | p.171 | Peter Travers

Sight and Sound
"...[AFFLICTION] boasts a central performance of unmatched rawness and conviction..."

03/??/1999 | p.36 | Kevin Jackson

Premiere
"...Beautifully shot....Schrader's deeply felt film concludes with an image that pays homage to Tarkovsky's THE SACRIFICE..."

12/01/1998 | p.32 | Glenn Kenny


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