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Land of Plenty (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Wim Wenders

Written By:
Scott Derrickson (story)
Michael Meredith (screenplay)

Actors:
Michelle Williams ..... Lana
John Diehl ..... Paul
Shaun Toub ..... Hassan
Wendell Pierce ..... Henry
Richard Edson ..... Jimmy
Burt Young ..... Sherman
Yuri Elvin ..... Officer Elvin
Jeris Poindexter ..... Charles
Rhonda Stubbins White ..... Dee Dee
Bernard White ..... Youssef
Matthew Kimbrough ..... News announcer
Jeff Parise ..... Coroner's Assistant
Warren Stearns ..... Mortician
Gloria Stuart ..... Old Lady

Synopsis:

The American daughter of missionaries Lana returns to Los Angeles from Palestine to work in a mission helping homeless people. Lana was born in Ohio and raised in South Africa and Middle East, and she is an authentic citizen of the world, connected through Internet and aware of how other people see the lack of culture and knowledge and exaggerated patriotism of average American people. Her unique relative is her unknown uncle Paul, a veteran of Vietnam War that cut relationships with his family and is bigot and paranoid. Paul lives in a surveillance van, lives as if he were a secret agent, sees conspiracy and terrorist cells everywhere, and has a great prejudice against Arabs and other non-American breeds after the September, 11th. They meet each other, and when they see the murder of a poor Pakistanis nearby the mission, they travel together to the small town of Trone to deliver his corpse to the family, where Paul sees a different reality.

The Gospels, preached at a Skid-Row mission, contrast with images of LA's homeless, post-9/11 mistrust, and anti-Muslim violence. Lana cares about the poor - she's just come to LA from the West Bank, staying at a mission. She seeks her uncle Paul, a burned out Agent-Orange-addled Vietnam War vet, now a vigilante security cop, watching for terrorists two years after 9/11, suspicious of everything, including a Muslim carrying boxes of Borax. Lana and Paul drive to Death Valley, Lana to take the body of a murdered homeless Muslim to his brother, Paul to follow the Borax trail. Does family reconciliation resemble something larger?

A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 December, 2005.

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