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Playing by Heart - DVD

SKU: 3720067 | Release Date: 8/17/1999

Rating: R for Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations

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Rating: R for Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1998
Length: 121 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Dramas
Studio: Walt Disney Video

Synopsis

Sophomore writer/director Willard Carroll weaves together an all-star cast in interlocking stories about finding love in Los Angeles. The film's theme is spoken by young club-hopper Joan (Angelina Jolie). Taken by the mysterious Keenan (Ryan Phillippe), she tells him that "talking about love" is like "dancing about architecture" (the original title until the studio thought it would be confused with Dancing at Lughnasa), meaning speech is not the medium to adequately express the details of love. They all try, anyway. Others up for the dance include a TV cooking-show hostess (Gena Rowlands) and her husband (Sean Connery) who still fight over his one brief infidelity 25 years earlier; two lovers (Madeline Stowe, Anthony Edwards) who discuss their unhappy marriages; and a theater director (Gillian Anderson) and her architect, Mr. Right (Jon Stewart). Also searching are Dennis Quaid, Nastassja Kinski and Patricia Clarkson. For a familial sort of love, there's Ellen Burstyn as the estranged mother to her son (Jay Mohr) dying of AIDS. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide

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Sound

Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel/stereo

Languages/Sound

Eng

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng

Additional Features

Widescreen [2.20:1] Dolby Digital 5.1 audio Chapter search

Chapters

Side #1
0. Chapter Selection
1. Program Start [:15]
2. "Talking About Love" [1:02]
3. Opening Credits [1:51]
4. Hannah and Paul [1:37]
5. Meredith/Gracie [2:10]
6. "Alone in Hell" [3:18]
7. "In the Kitchen" [1:07]
8. "My Small Crowd" [2:18]
9. "Meet the Architect" [1:37]
10. "As If Nothing's Changed" [:53]
11. Negotiations [3:00]
12. Cheats [2:25]
13. "Good Riddance to Harry" [3:45]
14. "Intercourse, PA" [1:40]
15. "Not Very Good at This" [2:21]
16. The Game [2:07]
17. "My House Is Black Tie" [2:55]
18. "My Better Half" [3:23]
19. "Without Baggage" [1:18]
20. The Monologue [3:21]
21. "Feeling Inadequate" [5:37]
22. "It Wasn't an Affair" [:59]
23. "A Newish Twist" [2:05]
24. "And You Didn't Want To" [3:02]
25. "Message Received" [2:41]
26. "Three Sheets to the Wind" [4:05]
27. "The Old You" [2:29]
28. "Don't Bring the Dog" [2:31]
29. "Do You Dream?" [2:27]
30. Dancing About Architecture [2:47]
31. "Better at Lies" [4:12]
32. "Damaged Goods" [2:13]
33. Giving It a Try [3:01]
34. "Goodnight Moon" [1:43]
35. "Love Each Other Forever" [3:34]
36. "The Right Choice" [4:14]
37. Taking Direction [4:23]
38. "Like His Mother Again" [4:08]
39. "Sleeping Arrangements" [3:23]
40. Family [1:22]
41. Vows [3:54]
42. "Hell of an Imagination" [:03]
43. End Credits [1:33]

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Director: Willard Carroll
Screenwriter: Willard Carroll
Musical Direction/Supervision: Timothy R. Sexton

Playing by Heart: AMG Review
Jason Clark , AMG

Willard Carroll's uneven but disarming L.A. tale does nothing new for the ensemble drama, and some of its actors come off better than others, but it remains heartfelt and suffused with noble intentions. The multi-character story line lacks the bravura touches of similar efforts by such directors as Robert Altman and Paul Thomas Anderson, but thankfully the film doesn't really aspire to be more than it is, which makes it more enjoyable than a more pretentious effort might be. The highlight of the fine cast is Angelina Jolie; her spirited and touching performance enriches the film's most intriguing story line, which depends almost exclusively on her undeniable spunk and appeal. Other plot lines are less effective (especially a nearly unnecessary AIDS tale that feels instantly dated and overly sentimental), and Carroll's writing sometimes lacks the assurance it needs to truly convey its points about fate and happenstance, but the film is agreeable entertainment throughout. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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