Grand Canyon [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; a Lawrence Kasdan film ; producers, Charles Okun, Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Grillo ; screenwriters, Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan ; director, Lawrence Kasdan ; produced and released by Twentieth Century Fox.
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FilmPublisher number: DV24353 | Anchor Bay EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2012]Description: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Art director, Thomas A. Duffield ; cinematographer, Owen Roizman ; composers, Bill Conti, James Newton Howard.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Director Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon is a gathering of random events, uniting the film's wildly divergent protagonists. Driving home from an LA Lakers game, Mack (Kevin Kline), an immigration attorney, is stranded in an unsavory part of town when his car breaks down. He is rescued from a gang of hoods by Simon (Danny Glover), an African-American tow truck driver, inaugurating a friendship between these two men. Mack offers to repay Simon's kindness by helping his sister (Tina Lifford) find an apartment in a better neighborhood, and by arranging a blind date between Simon and Jane (Alfre Woodard), a friend of Mack's secretary Dee (Mary Louise Parker). Woven into this fabric are the tribulations of Mack's best friend, a pompous exploitation movie producer (Steve Martin), who is later wounded in a robbery similar to the one threatening Mack at the beginning of the film; of Mack's wife Claire (Mary McDonnell), who adopts an abandoned baby, and disenfranchised son Roberto (Jeremy Sisto); and of Simon's nephew (Patrick Malone), who is contemplating joining a street gang. The title is symbolic, referring to the class-imposed chasms which would normally separate the characters. Kasdan co-wrote the screenplay with his wife Meg. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Release date: Jan. 31, 2012.
Art director, Thomas A. Duffield ; cinematographer, Owen Roizman ; composers, Bill Conti, James Newton Howard.
Alfre Woodard, Kevin Kline, Mary Louise Parker, Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell.
When a lawyer's car breaks down in a dangerous Los Angeles neighborhood, a tow-truck driver arrives just in time to save his life. The two men begin a deep friendship that sets off a chain of unsettling and surprising events involving their families and friends for years to come. Lawrence Kasdan's powerful, uplifting film about the harsh realities of contemporary urban life.
MPAA rating: R: for language ; Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
DVD ; NTSC ; Region 1 ; Widescreen (2.35:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1.
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)