The matador [videorecording] / Stratus Film Company and DEJ Productions present ; in association with Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co KG II ; a Furst Films, Irish Dreamtime production ; produced by Pierce Brosnan ... [et al.] ; written and directed by Richard Shepard.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 79159 | Weinstein Company Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: Spanish Publication details: [New York, N.Y.] : Weinstein Co. Home Entertainment ; Solana Beach, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, c2006.Edition: Widescreen formatDescription: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1594441200
- 9781594441202
- Director of photography, David Tattersall ; editor, Carole Kravetz-Aykanian ; music by Rolfe Kent.
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Northport Library | DVD | DRAMA Matador | Available | 33111007855519 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A chance meeting between two middle-aged men leads one into a life of crime in this offbeat comedy. Danny Wright (Greg Kinnear) is an American businessman whose life has been going through a sour patch after he and his wife, Carolyn (Hope Davis), lost their young son. During a business trip to Mexico City, Danny strikes up a conversation in a hotel bar with fellow out-of-towner Julian Noble (Pierce Brosnan), and while Julian's loud and brassy manner initially puts Danny off, in time the two become friends, and Julian feels comfortable enough with Danny to tell him what he does for a living. It seems Julian is a hired killer working under the auspices of underworld kingpins Lovell (Dylan Baker) and Mr. Randy (Philip Baker Hall), and Julian tries to persuade Danny to help him with his latest assignment. Danny refuses, but a few months later a distraught Julian appears unannounced on Danny's doorstep. It seems Julian has blown his two most recent assignments due to a variety of psychosomatic illnesses, and now Lovell and Mr. Randy want him dead. Julian has also done something to put Danny in his debt, and the previously non-criminal businessman is forced to help his friend stage a hit, with Julian's presence in his home upsetting the precarious balance of Danny and Carolyn's marriage. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features: optional audio commentary by Shepard; optional audio commentary by Brosnan, Kinnear & Shepard; 11 deleted & extended scenes, with optional audio commentary by Shepard (16 min. total); "Making 'The Matador'" featurette (7 min.); Shepard discusses the film on NPR's "The business" with Claude Brodesser (2005-02-21) & KCRW's "The treatment" with Elvis Mitchell (2006-01-11); theatrical trailer (3 min.); TV spot (1 min.).
Director of photography, David Tattersall ; editor, Carole Kravetz-Aykanian ; music by Rolfe Kent.
Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, Dylan Baker, Adam Scott.
A struggling salesman forms an unexpected bond with a lonely hit man who suspects he's "lost his touch."
MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content and language.
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
"For private home viewing only"--Container.
Closed-captioned.
In English, with optional Spanish subtitles.