The war [videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents an Island World picture ; writer, Kathy McWorter ; producers, Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner ; director, Jon Avnet.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20533 | Universal StudiosLanguage: engfre Summary language: English Original language: English Publication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Video, c1999.Description: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783233507
- 9780783233505
- Music, Thomas Newman ; co-producers, Martin Huberty, Lisa Lindstrom ; co-executive producer, Kathy McWorter ; executive producers, Eric Eisner, Todd Baker ; editor, Debra Neil ; production designer, Kristi Zea ; director of photography, Geoffrey Simpson.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA War | Available | 33111005334806 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Jon Avnet's The War is set in the rural south and brimming with lessons on social consciousness, much like his previous effort, Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). During the summer of 1970 in backwoods Mississippi, Stephen Simmons (Kevin Costner) is struggling to be a breadwinner for his family while still suffering post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in the Vietnam War. His wife Lois (Mare Winningham) provides most of the family income. Stephen gets a job in a mine and saves a friend who has been injured, helping him erase his guilt over abandoning another friend during a firefight in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the Simmons children, Stu (Elijah Wood) and Lidia (Lexi Randall) are feuding with an even poorer family of neighbors, the Lipnickis, over access to a tree fort that Stu and Lidia built. Mr. Lipnicki (Raynor Scheine) is drunken and abusive and helps escalate the disagreement into a major battle for the fort. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Dolby digital 5.1 both languages.
Originally released as motion picture in 1994.
Special features include interactive menus, scene selections, production notes, cast & filmmakers bios, film highlights, theatrical trailer, Web links.
Music, Thomas Newman ; co-producers, Martin Huberty, Lisa Lindstrom ; co-executive producer, Kathy McWorter ; executive producers, Eric Eisner, Todd Baker ; editor, Debra Neil ; production designer, Kristi Zea ; director of photography, Geoffrey Simpson.
Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Lexi Randall.
It's Mississippi, the summer of 1970, and two children are determined to build the ultimate treehouse with their friends, while their father, a newly returned Vietnam vet, has equally high hopes to rebuild his life.
DVD format.
Audio tracks in English and French.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.