The Ballad of Jack and Rose

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

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

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Rebecca Miller

Written By:
Rebecca Miller

Actors:
Camilla Belle ..... Rose Slavin
Daniel Day-Lewis ..... Jack Slavin
Catherine Keener ..... Kathleen
Ryan McDonald ..... Rodney (as Ryan Mcdonald)
Paul Dano ..... Thaddius
Jason Lee ..... Gray
Jena Malone ..... Red Berry
Beau Bridges ..... Marty Rance
Susanna Thompson ..... Miriam Rance

Synopsis:

The Jack of all trades in the new film "The Ballad of Jack and Rose," played by the brilliant actor Daniel Day-Lewis, is no ordinary man. A proud survivor of the 1960's and its utopian promise, Jack lives alone on an island with his only daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle), a doe-eyed beauty with the milky skin and ruby lips of a fairy-tale heroine. Shrunk to near-skeletal size, his bones poking right angles through his clothes, Jack suffers from two heart conditions. One will soon put him six feet under. But before that, the other may send the terminal outsider and his daughter down the path of disaster, though one shaped more by the tao of Oprah and Dr. Phil than the tragedy of Lear and Cordelia. A story about the limits of love, "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" is also about the limits of idealism as well as, rather unfortunately, those of its restlessly ambitious writer and director, Rebecca Miller.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 April, 2008.