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Nobody's Fool (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Benton

Written By:
Richard Russo
Robert Benton

Actors:
Paul Newman ..... Sully Sullivan
Jessica Tandy ..... Beryl Peoples
Bruce Willis ..... Carl Roebuck
Melanie Griffith ..... Toby Roebuck
Dylan Walsh ..... Peter Sullivan
Pruitt Taylor Vince ..... Rub Squeers
Gene Saks ..... Wirf Wirfley
Josef Sommer ..... Clive Peoples Jr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman ..... Officer Raymer
Philip Bosco ..... Judge Flatt
Catherine Dent ..... Charlotte Sullivan
Alexander Goodwin ..... Will Sullivan
Carl J. Matusovich ..... Wacker Sullivan (as Carl John Matusovich)
Jay Patterson ..... Jocko
Jerry Mayer ..... Ollie Quinn

Synopsis:

Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination (and won citations from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Berlin International Film Festival) for his performance in this well-drawn comedy-drama. Sully (Newman) is a 60-year-old man who emotionally seems to have never quite emerged from adolescence; scraping by on part-time work in construction, Sully has built a life around avoiding responsibility. He hasn't spoken with his ex-wife (Elizabeth Wilson) in years, he lives in a rooming house owned by his eighth-grade teacher Mrs. Beryl (Jessica Tandy), his best friend is a mildly retarded handyman, Rub (Pruitt Taylor Vince), and he has a crush on Toby (Melanie Griffith), who is half his age and married to Carl (Bruce Willis), who sometimes gives him work. One day, Sully nearly runs into his son Peter (Dylan Walsh) and discovers that he has a grandson he never knew about; for the first time, Sully finds himself thinking that he ought to start behaving like a grown-up -- or at least get to know his family before it's too late. Nobody's Fool also features Gene Saks as Sully's lawyer Wirf, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the overly-enthusiastic Officer Raymer.

Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother's life.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 11 May, 2009.