The Virgin Suicides ( Sofia Coppola's the Virgin Suicides ) ( The Lisbon Sisters )

The Virgin Suicides (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Sofia Coppola's the Virgin Suicides
Alternate Title: The Lisbon Sisters
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Sofia Coppola

Written By:
Jeffrey Eugenides
Sofia Coppola

Actors:
James Woods ..... Mr. Lisbon
Kathleen Turner ..... Mrs. Lisbon
Kirsten Dunst ..... Lux Lisbon
Josh Hartnett ..... Trip Fontaine
Michael Paré ..... Adult Trip Fontaine (as Michael Pare)
Scott Glenn ..... Father Moody
Danny DeVito ..... Dr. Horniker
A.J. Cook ..... Mary Lisbon
Hanna Hall ..... Cecilia Lisbon
Leslie Hayman ..... Therese Lisbon
Chelse Swain ..... Bonnie Lisbon
Anthony DeSimone ..... Chase Buell (as Anthony Desimone)
Lee Kagan ..... David Barker
Robert Schwartzman ..... Paul Baldino
Noah Shebib ..... Parkie Denton

Synopsis:

A dark comedy punctuated by moments of drama, The Virgin Suicides explores the emotional underpinnings of a family starting to come apart at the seams in 1970's Midwestern America. The Lisbons seem like an ordinary enough family; Father (James Woods) teaches math at a high school in Michigan, Mother (Kathleen Turner) has a strong religious faith, and they have five teenage daughters, ranging from 13-year-old Cecilia (Hannah Hall) to 17-year-old Therese (Leslie Hayman). However, the Lisbon family's sense of normalcy is shattered when Cecilia falls into a deep depression and attempts suicide. The family is shaken and Mother and Father seek the advice of psychiatrist Dr. Hornicker (Danny DeVito), who suggests the girls should be allowed to socialize more with boys. However, boys soon become a serious problem for Cecilia's sister Lux (Kirsten Dunst). Lux has attracted the eye of a high-school Romeo named Trip (Josh Hartnett), who assures Father of his good intentions. But Cecilia finally makes good on her decision to kill herself, throwing the Lisbons into a panic; and after attending a school dance, Trip seduces and then abandons Lux. The Lisbons pull their daughters out of school, as an emotionally frayed Mother keeps close watch over them. Meanwhile, Lux continues to attract the attentions of the local boys, and she responds with a series of clandestine sexual episodes with random partners as often as she can sneak out of the house. The debut feature from Sofia Coppola (whose father, Francis Ford Coppola, co-produced this film), The Virgin Suicides also features supporting performances from Scott Glenn and Giovanni Ribisi. The film was shown as part of the Directors Fortnight series as the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.

On the surface the Lisbons appear to be a normal 1970s family living in a middle-class Michigan suburb. Mr. Lisbon is a quirky math teacher, his wife is a strictly religious mother of five attractive teenage daughters who catch the eyes of the neighborhood boys. However, when 13-year-old Cecilia commits suicide, the family spirals downward into a creepy state of isolation and the remaining girls are quarantined from social interaction (particularly from the opposite sex) by their zealously protective mother. But the strategy backfires, their seclusion makes the girls even more intriguing to the obsessed boys who will go to absurd lengths for a taste of the forbidden fruit.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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