The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)/Adaptation (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) DVD Region 1

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE: Noah Baumbach's THE SQUID AND THE WHALE is an excruciatingly humane, often hilarious portrait of a disintegrating family in mid-1980s Brooklyn. Set in the stately yet off-kilter neighborhood of Park Slope, the film tells the story of the Berkmans, a quintessentially New York family struggling to keep things together. Family patriarch Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is a published author and writing teacher whose insecurity over his diminished reputation continues to plague him. Meanwhile, his wife, Joan (Laura Linney), is grappling with her own dissatisfactions. Their sons, who are caught in the crossfire, express their confusion in different ways: 16-year-old Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) tries to pass off Pink Floyd's "Hey You" as his own hit in the school talent show, while his 12-year-old brother, Frank (Owen Kline), begins to explore his budding sexuality. When Bernard and Joan finally decide to separate, the family must confront their unraveling situation head on. Rarely has family dysfunction been captured so frankly and honestly as in THE SQUID AND THE WHALE. Baumbach claims his film is only semi-autobiographical, but, from the pitch-perfect writing and nostalgic tone, it feels as if we're watching home videos of the writer-director's past. Featuring an outstanding pop-music soundtrack (Bert Jansch, The Feelies, Lou Reed), the film also boasts performances that seem certain to earn end-of-the-year accolades. ADAPTATION: Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman himself and his fictionalized identical twin brother, Donald Kaufman. While the boisterous Donald freeloads off his sibling and works on a serial-killer movie script, Charlie is tormented by both his own army of neuroses and his new project, adapting THE ORCHID THIEF by Susan Orlean into a screenplay. As Charlie struggles to shape the nonfiction novel into a film, he begins writing himself into the story of Orlean (Meryl Streep), a sad-eyed journalist, and her subject, renegade Florida flower expert John Laroche (Chris Cooper). The resulting tale extends far beyond the scope of the book, stretching from Hollywood to New York to...Hollywood four billion years ago. Equally as inventive as BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION revels in its gloriously absurd premise. Kaufman and Jonze skillfully sidestep the pitfalls of such a seemingly self-indulgent project, creating a multilayered film that focuses on the writing process as well as the nature of beauty, the beauty of nature, and dozens of other significant themes. Cage makes a stunning return to pre-Bruckheimer form in the roles of the Kaufman brothers, giving their identical appearances completely different personalities and making them believable to boot. Meanwhile, the consistently excellent Streep and the often underrated Cooper are perfectly matched as Orlean and Laroche. Even the less central roles are played by great actors--Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Ron Livingston. Careening wildly between the hilarious, the ridiculous, and the poignant, Kaufman and Jonze's ADAPTATION is another fine example of their bravura yet sincere style of cinema.

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Product Title:	The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)/Adaptation (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)/Adaptation (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)/Adaptation (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)/Adaptation (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version) The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)/Adaptation (2-Disc Set; Side by Side) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	William Baldwin (Actor) | Laura Linney (Actor) | Charlie Kaufman (Actor) | Jeff Daniels (Actor) | Cameron Crowe (Actor) | Richard Kelly (Actor) | Doug Liman (Actor) | Patti D'Arbanville (Actor) | Owen Kline (Actor) | Anne Carey (Actor) | Katie Litefoot (Actor) 威廉寶雲 (Actor) | 羅娜蓮妮 (Actor) | Charlie Kaufman (Actor) | Jeff Daniels (Actor) | Cameron Crowe (Actor) | Richard Kelly (Actor) | 德格里文 (Actor) | 柏茜亞達班維爾 (Actor) | 奧雲格連 (Actor) | Anne Carey (Actor) | Katie Litefoot (Actor) 威廉宝云 (Actor) | 罗娜莲妮 (Actor) | Charlie Kaufman (Actor) | Jeff Daniels (Actor) | Cameron Crowe (Actor) | Richard Kelly (Actor) | 德格里文 (Actor) | Patti D'Arbanville (Actor) | Owen Kline (Actor) | Anne Carey (Actor) | Katie Litefoot (Actor) William Baldwin (Actor) | ローラ・リニー (Actor) | Ｃｈａｒｌｉｅ Ｋａｕｆｍａｎ (Actor) | Ｊｅｆｆ ジェフ・ダニエルズ (Actor) | Ｃａｍｅｒｏｎ Ｃｒｏｗｅ (Actor) | Ｒｉｃｈａｒｄ Ｋｅｌｌｙ (Actor) | Doug Liman (Actor) | Patti D'Arbanville (Actor) | Owen Kline (Actor) | Anne Carey (Actor) | Katie Litefoot (Actor) William Baldwin (Actor) | Laura Linney (Actor) | Charlie Kaufman (Actor) | Jeff Daniels (Actor) | Cameron Crowe (Actor) | Richard Kelly (Actor) | Doug Liman (Actor) | Patti D'Arbanville (Actor) | Owen Kline (Actor) | Anne Carey (Actor) | Katie Litefoot (Actor)
Director:	Brian Cox 葛斯 白賴仁葛斯 葛斯 白赖仁 Ｂｒｉａｎ Ｃｏｘ Brian Cox
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Release Date:	2006-03-21
UPC Code:	043396146556
Language:	English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Other Information:	2 DVDs
Package Weight:	195 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004355734

Director: Brian Cox

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Region 1
2 Pack Side by Side