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A Price Above Rubies[Widescreen] - DVD

SKU: 10382873 | Release Date: 1/18/2000

Rating: R for Adult Situations

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Rating: R for Adult Situations
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1998
Length: 116 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Dramas
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

Boaz Yakin (a Sundance winner for Fresh) wrote and directed this drama, set in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community, about a young woman who harbors doubts about continuing to follow the path of her religion. Sonia (Renee Zellweger) gives birth to her first child. She wants to name the boy after her dead brother, but after an argument over the name, she resentfully defers to her husband, scholarly zaddik (holy man) Mendel (Glenn Fitzgerald). Both are apprehensive over the child's circumcision. Hasidic traditions dictate their life, including aspects of making love which leave Sonia sexually frustrated. This leads her into an affair with Mendel's older brother, the materialistic Sender (Christopher Eccleston), who offers her an opportunity to manage his neighborhood jewelry store. Against the wishes of Mendel, she accepts, displaying her flair for the jewelry business and establishing herself as a very good businesswoman. However, after she befriends sensitive Hispanic artist Ramon (Allen Payne), a sculptor and jewelry designer, she upsets everyone, especially Sender, who bars her from the store. Forbidden to see her child, Sonia begins a confused, downward spiral. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Version Details

Sound

Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel/stereo

Languages/Sound

Eng

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng

Additional Features

Theatrical trailer 5.1 Surround Widescreen [1.85:1]

Series

Miramax Classics

Chapters

Chapter Selection
0. Chapter Selection
1. Program Start [:20]
2. Opening Credits [:54]
3. Memories Of Yossi [4:39]
4. The Bris [7:52]
5. A Wife Overwhelmed [2:20]
6. Conflicting Desires [7:10]
7. A Discussion Of Hearts [4:09]
8. Every Touch Burns [5:51]
9. The Passing Of The Rebbe [2:44]
10. Lessons In Sin [5:49]
11. Welcome To 47th Street [5:07]
12. Good But Not Beautiful [3:35]
13. The Ugliest Man Of All [2:17]
14. One Special Ring [5:28]
15. A Talented Jeweler [5:15]
16. In Desperate Need Of Help [7:40]
17. A World Of Possibilities [5:49]
18. Cut Off! [5:13]
19. Freedom With A Price [4:30]
20. Very Little And Nothing [5:55]
21. Breaking Down Walls [5:56]
22. Visit With The Rebbitzn [3:32]
23. An Act Of Reclamation [3:31]
24. Belated Gifts [4:23]
25. End Credits [5:54]

Cast

Julianna Margulies - Rachel
Edie Falco - Feiga
Allen Payne - Ramon
John Randolph - Rebbe
Jackie Ryan - Young Sonia
Shelton Dane - Yossi
Kathleen Chalfant - Beggar Woman
Christopher Eccleston - Sender
Glenn Fitzgerald - Mendel
Kim Hunter - Rebbitzn
Ren�e Zellweger - Sonia

Crew

Cinematographer: Adam Holender
Costume Designer: Ellen Lutter
Production Designer: Dan Leigh
Producer: John Penotti
Set Designer: Leslie Rollins
Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein ,Harvey Weinstein
Director: Boaz Yakin
Screenwriter: Boaz Yakin
Sound/Sound Designer: William Sarokin
First Assistant Director: David Wechsler
Composer (Music Score): Leslie Barber
Casting: Douglas Aibel
Line Producer: Adam Brightman
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Editor: Arthur Coburn
Co-producer: Joann Fregalette Jansen
Composer (Music Score): Lesley Barber

A Price Above Rubies: AMG Review
Jason Clark , AMG

While the initial idea of casting Renee Zellweger as an Orthodox Jewish wife seems fairy ludicrous, her richly drawn, expressive performance is the chief selling point of this often overearnest but sometimes rewarding drama. The central story of the main character's desire to escape her passionless marriage and suffocating existence is older than the Bible, but Zellweger makes the role believable and noteworthy, and sidesteps many of the clich�s a lesser performance might employ. Boaz Yakin has assembled a top-drawer cast besides Zellweger, but the film would have benefited from a tighter script and a resistance to creating soap opera (especially in the form of Zellweger's lover, played by Allen Payne). Director Yakin was greeted with jeers from the Brooklyn Hasidic community depicted in the film, presumably for casting Hollywood beauty Zellweger in the title role and bucking more traditional casting; upon release, even lukewarm reviews were quick to praise her solid portrayal. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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