Loved / Denise Calls Up / The Daytrippers 3-DVD Set ( Loved / Denise Calls Up / The Daytrippers ) ( En route vers Manhattan )

Loved / Denise Calls Up / The Daytrippers 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Loved / Denise Calls Up / The Daytrippers
Alternate Title: En route vers Manhattan
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Fantasporto Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
281 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1995-1997 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Erin Dignam
Hal Salwen
Writer
Greg Mottola

Written By:
Erin Dignam
Greg Mottola

Actors:
William Hurt ..... K.D. Dietrickson
Sean Penn ..... Man on the Hill (Michael)
Evelyn Dignam ..... Labrador Walker
Anthony Lucero ..... Defendant
Jennifer Watson-Johnston ..... Diana Raines
Natsuko Ohama ..... Harriet
Richard Schiff ..... District Attorney Steve Waters
Mark Bryman ..... Young Attorney #1
Gary Latourette ..... Young Attorney #2
Catherine Wong ..... Female Judge
Jennifer Rubin ..... Debra Gill
Gregg Artz ..... Will
Robin Wright Penn ..... Hedda Amerson
Paul Dooley ..... Leo Amerson
Amy Madigan ..... Brett Amerson
Tim Daly ..... Frank Oliver
Caroleen Feeney ..... Barbara Gorton
Dan Gunther ..... Martin Weiner
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson ..... Gail Donelly
Liev Schreiber ..... Jerry Heckerman
Aida Turturro ..... Linda
Alanna Ubach ..... Denise Devaro
Sylvia Miles ..... Sharon, Gail's Aunt
Jean-Claude La Marre ..... Dalton Philips, cab driver (as Jean LaMarre)
Mark Blum ..... Dr. Brennan, Obstretrician
Hal Salwen ..... Jerry as a Little Boy
Stanley Tucci ..... Louis D'Amico
Hope Davis ..... Eliza Malone D'Amico
Pat McNamara ..... Jim Malone
Anne Meara ..... Rita Malone
Parker Posey ..... Jo Malone
Liev Schreiber ..... Carl Petrovic
Stephanie Venditto ..... Cassandra
Campbell Scott ..... Eddie Masler
Marc Grapey ..... Aaron
Douglas McGrath ..... Chap
Jill Rowe ..... Monica Young
Andy Brown ..... Ronnie
Paul Herman ..... Leon
Amy Stiller ..... Amy Corinne Fairbright-Lebow
Peter Askin ..... Nick Woodman

Synopsis:

Loved:
The mysterious reasoning of women who protect men who hurt them is explored in this psychological drama. Hedda (Robin Wright-Penn) was once involved with a man who had a long history of violence against women (played by Anthony Lucero). Even though Hedda broke up with him after a violent incident that caused her to fall out of a window, she hasn't been able to get him out of her mind, and her sorrow over ending the affair has led her to attempt suicide on more than one occasion. After the man's most recent girlfriend died as an indirect result of his abuse, District Attorney K.D. Dietrickson (William Hurt) has decided to file charges of negligent homicide against him, and he wants Hedda to testify in court to help establish a pattern of abuse. However, for whatever reason, Hedda still loves him, and in her mind she has turned the incident into a situation in which she was at fault. Despite the urgings of Hedda's concerned parents (Joanna Cassidy and Paul Dooley) and her sister, a tough lawyer named Brett (Amy Madigan), Hedda seems unmovable, which makes it all the more difficult for Dietrickson to stop the abuser before he can hurt someone else. Sean Penn, who happens to be Robin Wright-Penn's husband, served as co-producer and has a showy cameo role early in the film.

Denise Calls Up:
Thanks to the technological marvels of wireless phones, answering machines, the internet, and e-mail, it is no longer necessary actually to see anyone you know, and seven friends have taken this notion to its logical extreme in this comedy. Linda (Aida Turturro) throws a birthday party and to her dismay, none of her friends show up. The next day, while making phone calls with several acquaintances (none of whom ever meet face to face), Linda hears the same excuse from everyone: they were busy with work and tied up on the phone. Denise (Alanna Ubach), meanwhile, is pregnant, and she decides to call the father, Martin (Dan Gunther), whom she's never met; he made what he thought was an anonymous donation to a sperm bank, and he isn't so sure he wants to be part of the parenting process. Gale (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) wants to set up a blind date between her friend Barbara (Caroleen Feeney) and Jerry (Liev Schreiber), who exchange photos via fax machine. The group ends up having a wake via conference call when one of their friends dies in a car accident, while talking on a cellular phone, of course. Denise Calls Up was the directorial debut for screenwriter Hal Salwen.

The Daytrippers:
The debut from writer/director Greg Mottola, The Daytrippers follows a Long Island family as they make a disastrous journey into New York City. The impetus is a love letter discovered by suburbanite Eliza (Hope Davis) which seemingly incriminates her publisher husband Louis (Stanley Tucci) in an extramarital affair. To solve the mystery, Eliza, her parents (Anne Meara and Pat McNamara), her oddball sister Jo (Parker Posey) and Jo's boyfriend Carl (Liev Schreiber) all pile into the family station wagon in a misbegotten attempt to track Louis down. Beginning as a playful, satiric look at family dynamics, The Daytrippers occasionally loses its way, becoming increasingly dark and venomous as it rushes towards the revelations of its final moments. For all of its flaws, however, it's often an engaging debut.

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