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Handsome Harry (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bette Gordon

Written By:
Nicholas T. Proferes

Actors:
Jamey Sheridan ..... Harry Sweeney
Steve Buscemi ..... Thomas Kelley
Mariann Mayberry ..... Judy Rheems
Aidan Quinn ..... Prof. Porter
John Savage ..... Peter Rheems
Campbell Scott ..... David Kagan
Titus Welliver ..... Gebhardt
Karen Young ..... Muriel
Jayne Atkinson ..... Kelley's Wife
Bill Sage ..... Pauley
Emily Donahoe ..... Kelley's Daughter
Asher Grodman ..... Bobby Sweeney
Andrew Dolan ..... Sam
Rutanya Alda ..... Mrs. Schroeder
Kevin Reed ..... Young Kagan

Synopsis:

Drama starring Jamey Sheridan and Steve Buscemi. When former Navy officer Harry (Sheridan) gets a phone call from his old colleague Kelly (Buscemi) who is lying in hospital on the brink of death, Harry reluctantly agrees to meet him, fearing he may want to talk about old times. As Kelly tells Harry that he wishes to seek forgiveness from their old friend David (Campbell Scott) for a terrible thing they did to him many years ago, Harry feels it is his responsibility to carry out the task. Harry visits several other former Navy officers in an attempt to piece together the events of that fateful night. Is it always a good idea to dig up the past?

They call him "Handsome" Harry Sweeney. At 52, the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by trade who loves to sing but for some reason he never lets anyone get too close. He's been divorced for a long time, has a son whom he rarely sees, and, although he's engaged in a long-term flirtation with the waitress at the diner, seems destined to remain alone. One day, Harry gets a call from a former Navy buddy, Tom Kelly, whom he hasn't seen in some thirty years. On his deathbed and terrified of going to Hell, Kelly convinces Harry to seek forgiveness on his behalf from a comrade they betrayed long ago, David Kagan. At first, Harry wants nothing to do with Kelly, Kagan or the remnants of his murky past. But guilt and memories have a mysterious grasp on Harry, and he finally relents, driving down the East Coast to call on his old comrades. As he confronts the three other men involved in a long-ago crime, he observes how each man has dealt with his own guilt. The rugged Rheems hides behind righteous moral posturing and economic success. The intellectual Porter has divorced himself from the violent implications of his past in the military. Soft-spoken Gephardt has turned to Jesus. Though they've all grown older, it is unclear whether any of them have really found salvation. As the road stretches out before Harry, two mysteries gradually unfold: what really happened on that night thirty years ago, and the mystery of what it has meant to Harry and how it has shaped his life ever since. It is only through confronting the events of the distant past, and finally confronting David himself, that Harry can begin to truly live again.

An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 04 May, 2015.