Gus Van Sant Collection - 5-DVD Box Set ( Milk / Paranoid Park / Last Days / Elephant / Bad Night (Mala Noche) )

Gus Van Sant Collection - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Milk / Paranoid Park / Last Days / Elephant / Bad Night (Mala Noche)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
457 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 - 2008 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Gus Van Sant

Written By:
Dustin Lance Black
Gus Van Sant
Blake Nelson
Walt Curtis

Actors:
Sean Penn ..... Harvey Milk
Emile Hirsch ..... Cleve Jones
Josh Brolin ..... Dan White
Diego Luna ..... Jack Lira
James Franco ..... Scott Smith
Alison Pill ..... Anne Kronenberg
Victor Garber ..... Mayor Moscone
Denis O'Hare ..... John Briggs
Joseph Cross ..... Dick Pabich
Stephen Spinella ..... Rick Stokes
Lucas Grabeel ..... Danny Nicoletta
Brandon Boyce ..... Jim Rivaldo
Howard Rosenman ..... David Goodstein
Kelvin Yu ..... Michael Wong
Jeff Koons ..... Art Agnos
Gabe Nevins ..... Alex
Daniel Liu ..... Detective Richard Lu
Jake Miller ..... Jared
Taylor Momsen ..... Jennifer
Lauren McKinney ..... Macy
Scott Patrick Green ..... Scratch
John Michael Burrowes ..... Security Guard
Grace Carter ..... Alex's Mom
Jay 'Smay' Williamson ..... Alex's Dad
Christopher Doyle ..... Uncle Tommy
Dillon Hines ..... Henry
Emma Nevins ..... Paisley
Brad Peterson ..... Jolt
Winfield Jackson ..... Christian
Joe Schweitzer ..... Paul
Michael Pitt ..... Blake
Lukas Haas ..... Luke
Asia Argento ..... Asia
Scott Patrick Green ..... Scott
Nicole Vicius ..... Nicole
Ricky Jay ..... Detective
Ryan Orion ..... Donovan
Harmony Korine ..... Guy in Club
Rodrigo Lopresti ..... Band in Club
Kim Gordon ..... Record Executive
Adam Friberg ..... Elder Friberg #1
Andy Friberg ..... Elder Friberg #2
Thadeus A. Thomas ..... Yellow Book Salesman
Chip Marks ..... Tree Trimmer
Kurt Loder ..... TV Voiceove
Alex Frost ..... Alex
Eric Deulen ..... Eric
John Robinson ..... John McFarland
Elias McConnell ..... Elias
Jordan Taylor ..... Jordan
Carrie Finklea ..... Carrie
Nicole George ..... Nicole
Brittany Mountain ..... Brittany
Alicia Miles ..... Acadia
Kristen Hicks ..... Michelle
Bennie Dixon ..... Benny
Nathan Tyson ..... Nathan
Timothy Bottoms ..... Mr. McFarland
Matt Malloy ..... Mr. Luce
Ellis Williams ..... GSA Teacher
Tim Streeter ..... Walt
Doug Cooeyate ..... Johnny
Ray Monge ..... Roberto Pepper
Nyla McCarthy ..... Betty
Sam Downey ..... Hotel Clerk
Robert Lee Pitchlynn ..... Drunk Man
Eric Pedersen ..... Policeman
Marty Christiansen ..... Bar Friend
George Conner ..... Wino
Don Chambers ..... Himself
Walt Curtis ..... George
Kenny Presler ..... Street Hustler
Conde Benavides ..... Arcade Amigo
Cristo Stoyos ..... Greek Singer
Matt Cooeyate ..... Boxcar Amigo

Synopsis:

Milk (2008)
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.

Paranoid Park (2007)
A teenage skateboarder wrestles with his conscience after accidentally killing a security guard, and then deciding to keep it a secret.

Last Days (2005)
A Seattle-set rock & roll drama about a musician whose life and career is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain's.

Elephant (2003)
A day in the lives of a group of average teenage high school students. The film follows every character and shows their daily routines. However two of the students plan to do something that the student body won't forget.

Mala Noche / Bad Night (1986)
A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really strange and undesirable.

Milk (2008)
Upon moving to San Francisco from New York City in 1972, forty year old Harvey Milk gains focus in his life as a gay activist in the city's Castro district. Gay rights activism turns to political activism as Milk decides he can be a more effective voice for the gay community as a politician, elected or not. Through several elections and losses both for a city seat and a state assembly seat, Milk becomes the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected to political office when he wins a San Francisco supervisor seat in 1977. His many political battlefronts include one with the national anti-gay Save the Children crusade, led and fronted by singer Anita Bryant. Closer to home, Milk has a continuing struggle with his fellow supervisor, Dan White, a staunch social conservative.

Paranoid Park (2007)
The teenager and skateboarder Alex is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu that is investigating the death of a security guard in the rail yards severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skate board. While dealing with the separation process of his parents and the sexual heat of his virgin girlfriend Jennifer, Alex writes his last experiences in Paranoid Park with his new acquaintances and how the guard was killed, trying to relieve his feeling of guilty from his conscience.

Last Days (2005)
Introspective artist Blake is buckling under the weight of fame, professional obligations and a mounting feeling of isolation. Dwarfed by towering trees, Blake slowly makes his way through dense woods. He scrambles down an embankment to a fresh spring and undresses for a short swim. The next morning he returns to his house, an elegant, if neglected, stone mansion. Many people are looking for Blake--his friends, his managers and record label, even a private detective--but he does not want to be found. In the haze of his final hours, Blake will spend most his time by himself. He avoids the people who are living in his house, who approach him only when they want something, be it money or help with a song. He hides from one concerned friend and turns away another. He visits politely with a stranger from the Yellow Pages sales department, and he ducks into an underground rock club. He wanders through the woods and he plays a new song, one last rock and roll blowout. Finally, alone in the greenhouse, Blake will look and listen--and seek release.

Elephant (2003)
The story is about two high school students, Alex (Alex Frost) and Eric (Eric Deulen), two close friends and students in a suburb of Portland, who calmly plan and perform a mass execution of their classmates and school administrators in the course of one day. Eric and Alex are seemingly ordinary, and very much a part of the fabric of the high school and its array of student actions. In fact, it's hard to distinguish them from all the other students. Alex plays classical piano whereas Eric plays video games. They calmly watch Nazi programs on TV and purchase firearms over the Internet. They seem just as ordinary and interesting as any of the other students. They analytically draw up plans for their merciless killing spree, indicating that they have enough bombs and ordinance to last the afternoon. They walk through the school, killing several of their school peers, and there is no rescue from the authorities.
Mala Noche / Bad Night (1986)
The debut film of director Gus Van Sant, this independent, low-budget comedy-drama based on an autobiographical novel by Walt Curtis was produced on black-and-white 16 mm film for only $25,000. Tim Streeter stars as Walt, the manager of a seedy liquor store in Portland, OR. Walt, who is gay, has fallen desperately in love with Johnny (Doug Cooeyate), a teenage illegal Mexican immigrant who doesn't speak English. Although Johnny is utterly unaffected by Walt's attentions, the boy does agree to sleep with his suitor for $25, but Walt can't come up with the cash. Introduced to Walt's sister Betty (Nyla McCarthy), it becomes clear that Johnny prefers her romantic company. Walt settles for Johnny's best friend Roberto Pepper (Ray Monge), becoming the boys' protector and patron, teaching them how to drive and trying to learn Spanish, despite their cruel indifference toward him. After Roberto is killed by the police, however, Johnny disappears and Betty moves to Alaska to become an exotic dancer, leaving a broken-hearted, lonely, but none the wiser Walt behind. Despite the fact that Mala Noche (1987) was a hit on the festival circuit, even winning Best Independent Film from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, it was released theatrically only after the success of Van Sant's next film, Drugstore Cowboy (1989).

Milk (2008)
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.

Paranoid Park (2007)
A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard.

Last Days (2005)
Filmmaker Gus Van Sant wrote and directed this meditation on stardom and its costs, inspired in part by the life and death of rock musician Kurt Cobain. Blake (Michael Pitt) is the leader of an influential alternative rock band who has unexpectedly won a large degree of fame and fortune. Depressed and unsure of what to do with himself or his success, Blake wanders about the run-down mansion he calls home and the visits the woods nearby. While a handful of friends live with Blake, he prefers to avoid them, as they often seem more interested in money or help with their music than in his friendship; meanwhile, Blake is also confronted by a handful of fans, his agent, and a gentleman who sells advertising space in a telephone directory and has no idea who Blake is. As Blake goes through the motions of his day, he tries to decide what he should do next, and what might finally free him from his ennui. Shot and edited in the same languid, low-key manner as his films Elephant and Gerry, Last Days also stars Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Green, Ricky Jay, and Harmony Korine. Kim Gordon of the band Sonic Youth also appears in the film, while her husband and bandmate Thurston Moore was a consultant for the musical score; both were friends of Kurt Cobain and toured in tandem with Nirvana on several occasions.

Elephant (2003)
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

Mala Noche / Bad Night (1986)
Walt lives with his understanding sister. He is gay and develops a crush on a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the Mexican prefers Walt's sister, so Walt has to settle for his friend.

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