Dancer in the Dark (US Version) DVD Region 1

The final installment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of heightened pseudorealism, fabricated melodrama, and the priciples of the Dogme 95 genre to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Björk), a Czech immigrant living in 1964 Washington State with her 12-year-old son, Gene (Vladan Kostic). On the verge of blindness, Selma spends her days working in a factory, as well as performing other odd jobs, in order to save up enough money to pay for an operation that will cure Gene of the same disease. To pass the time, Selma fantasizes that her own life is a musical, one in which her friends join her in sweeping song-and-dance routines. After her neighbor Bill (David Morse) discovers Selma's hidden savings and steals them from her, she is forced to perform an act of salvation that will condemn her forever. As the innocent Selma, Björk is one of the most fragile and heartbreaking presences the screen has ever seen. Her unbearably moving performance is enough to keep the viewer mesmerized throughout, even amid the story gaps and inconsistencies. Featuring compassionate supporting turns by Catherine Deneuve and Peter Stormare, DANCER IN THE DARK is an unrelenting gut punch that will have sympathetic audiences quivering with uncontrollable emotion.

"...Utterly overpowering....Björk, in her movie debut, seems to be inventing a new style of film acting, if not an entirely new kind of human being..." - A. O., Scott (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 09/22/2000

"...Highly original..." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 09/22/2000

"...[Bjork delivers] a performance that is warm, heart-breaking and harrowing....This'll be the most involving and traumatic cinematic experience of your year..." -- 5 out of 5 stars - Dan, Jolin (Total Film Critic), Total Film, 10/01/2000

"...[The] musical numbers celebrate and reinvigorate convention....DANCER IN THE DARK is graced with a particular genius..." -- Rating: A - Lisa, Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 09/22/2000

Ranked #1 in Entertainment Weekly's "Lisa Schwarzbaum's BEST MOVIES OF 2000" - Lisa, Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 12/22/2000

"...The spellbinding DANCER IN THE DARK aims right for the heart and aces its target. And Bjork is thrilling, possessed of a face the camera embraces and an emotional range as compelling and varied as her music..." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 10/12/2001

"...It smashes down the walls of habit that surround so many movies. It returns to the wellsprings..." - Roger, Ebert (Critic and screenwriter), Chicago Sun-Times, 10/20/2000

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Product Title:	Dancer in the Dark (US Version) Dancer in the Dark (US Version) Dancer in the Dark (US Version) Dancer in the Dark (US Version) Dancer in the Dark (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Leonardo DiCaprio (Actor) | David Morse (Actor) | Mike White (Actor) | Manon Seymour (Actor) | Lars von Trier (Actor) | Udo Kier (Actor) | Jean-Marc Barr (Actor) | Vibeke Windelov (Actor) | Michael Skarsgaard (Actor) 狄卡比奧 里安納度 (Actor) | 大衛摩斯 (Actor) | Mike White (Actor) | Manon Seymour (Actor) | 拉茲馮特艾爾 (Actor) | 尤度吉爾 (Actor) | 積馬克巴亞 (Actor) | Vibeke Windelov (Actor) | Michael Skarsgaard (Actor) 狄卡比奥 里安纳度 (Actor) | 大卫摩斯 (Actor) | Mike White (Actor) | Manon Seymour (Actor) | 拉兹冯特艾尔 (Actor) | 尤度吉尔 (Actor) | Jean-Marc Barr (Actor) | Vibeke Windelov (Actor) | Michael Skarsgaard (Actor) レオナルド・ディカプリオ (Actor) | Ｄａｖｉｄ　Ｍｏｒｓｅ (Actor) | Ｍｉｋｅ Ｗｈｉｔｅ (Actor) | Manon Seymour (Actor) | Ｌａｒｓ Ｖｏｎ　Ｔｒｉｅｒ (Actor) | ウド・キアー (Actor) | Jean-Marc Barr (Actor) | Vibeke Windelov (Actor) | Michael Skarsgaard (Actor) Leonardo DiCaprio (Actor) | David Morse (Actor) | Mike White (Actor) | Manon Seymour (Actor) | Lars Von Trier (Actor) | Udo Kier (Actor) | Jean-Marc Barr (Actor) | Vibeke Windelov (Actor) | Michael Skarsgaard (Actor)
Director:	Lars von Trier 拉茲馮特艾爾 拉兹冯特艾尔 Ｌａｒｓ Ｖｏｎ　Ｔｒｉｅｒ Lars Von Trier
Producer:	Vibeke Windelov Vibeke Windelov Vibeke Windelov Vibeke Windelov Vibeke Windelov
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Release Date:	2001-03-20
UPC Code:	794043519925
Language:	English
Subtitles:	English, Slovak
Country of Origin:	Denmark
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Color Information:	Color
Sound Information:	DTSStereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, SurroundSound
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Warner Home Video
Package Weight:	131 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004454388

Director: Lars von Trier

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Song Access:
1. Jump to a Song with Commentary by Bjork
Documentary:
1. 100 CAMERAS: CAPTURING LARS VON TRIER'S VISION
2. CREATING VINCENT PATERSON'S DANCE SEQUENCES
Alternate Scenes:
1. CVALDA
2. Alternate version of I'VE SEEN IT ALL
3. Second Alternate version of I'VE SEEN IT ALL
Audio Commentary:
1. Lars Von Trier - Director, Wibeke Windloev - Producer, Per Kirkeby - Artist, Peter Hjorth - Technical Supervisor
2. Vincent Paterson - Choreographer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies: Cast & Crew
DVD-ROM Features:
Web Access