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The Mighty - DVD

SKU: 3651211 | Release Date: 7/13/1999

Rating: PG-13 for Adult Situations, Adult Humor

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Rating: PG-13 for Adult Situations, Adult Humor
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1998
Length: 100 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Dramas
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

In the tradition of My Left Foot (1989), Peter Chelsom directed this emotional drama of outcasts, adapted from the Rodman Philbrick's popular young-adult novel Freak the Mighty. Although burly, slow-paced eight-grader Maxwell Kane (Elden Hensen), who narrates, is learning disabled, he nevertheless has a poetic soul, as evidenced when he meets the bright and brainy Kevin Dillon (Kieran Culkin), crippled by a birth defect. The physically deformed Kevin, who wears leg braces and uses crutches, suffers from Morquio's Syndrome, which causes physical growth to stop after the age of six. Illiterate Max gets Kevin as a reading tutor, and the two misfits soon become friends, sharing a vision of life as a contemporary Camelot. Gena Rowlands and Harry Dean Stanton appear as Max's grandparents and guardians. Max is portrayed by 19-year-old Emerson College filmmaking student Henson, while Sharon Stone has the role of Gwen Dillon, Kevin's mother. Boston-born author Philbrick, who winters in Key West, otherwise resides in Seacoast, New Hampshire (the setting of the book). The movie was filmed at a soundstage in Toronto, the University of Toronto, Cincinnati, and Covington, Kentucky. Exhibited out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Eng

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Additional Features

cc Widescreen1.85:1 apsect ratio Dolby Digital 5.1 audio Production featurette Sting music video Chapter search

Chapters

Side #1 --
1. Program Start/ Dinosaur Brain [5:32]
2. New Neighbors [3:55]
3. Reading King Arthur [7:16]
4. "That's How it Started" [7:20]
5. A Knight of the Realm [2:32]
6. High Above the World [5:37]
7. The Stolen Purse [5:06]
8. "The Spitting Image" [4:30]
9. Freak the Mighty [5:58]
10. Falling Down to Earth [5:24]
11. A New Body [6:44]
12. "I'm Just Like Him!" [1:19]
13. Down the Chinmney [10:50]
14. Killer Kane [7:33]
15. Christmas (A Week Later) [1:36]
16. The Empty Book [7:28]
17. What Loretta Said [3:58]
18. Once and Future King [2:40]
19. End Credits [4:53]

Cast

Jenifer Lewis - Mrs. Addison
Meat Loaf - Iggy
Gena Rowlands - Gram
Gillian Anderson - Loretta Lee
Kieran Culkin - Kevin Dillon
Harry Dean Stanton - Grim
Sharon Stone - Gwen Dillon
Joe Perrino - Blade
Elden Henson - Maxwell Kane
James Gandolfini - Kenny Kane

Crew

Composer (Music Score): Trevor Jones
Production Designer: Caroline Hanania
Cinematographer: John DeBorman
Casting: Barbara Cohen
Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein ,Harvey Weinstein
Editor: Martin Walsh
Casting: Mary Gail Artz
Costume Designer: Marie-Sylvie Deveau
First Assistant Director: David Webb
Sound/Sound Designer: Bruce Carwardine
Executive Producer: Julie Goldstein
Producer: Jane Startz
Set Designer: Cal Loucks
Director: Peter Chelsom
Co-producer: Don Carmody
Art Director: Dennis Davenport
Producer: Simon Fields
Screenwriter: Charles Leavitt
First Assistant Director: David J.Webb
Production Manager: Amy Ostrower
Book Author: Rodman Philbrick

The Mighty: AMG Review
Derek Armstrong , AMG

Ably sidestepping treacle, the modern fairy tale The Mighty succeeds on the strength of true performances by the pituitary-challenged Elden Henson and Kieran Culkin (showcasing far more natural ability than ever displayed by his older brother, McCauley). That the latter child actor rides around on the shoulders of the former for much of the movie, together one complete boy, makes them a defiant rather than pitiable twosome, shrugging off the everyday abuses that dot their lives. John DeBorman's inventive camerawork draws out the wonder from Charles Leavitt's clean adaptation, while Peter Chelsom's solid direction further strengthens the package. The decision to split the narrative into chapters, each dressed up with medieval flourishes, also effectively translates the epic spirit of the children's storytelling. What doesn't seem quite so neat is that the boys' adventures actually take on the life-or-death quality of knightly combat; fellow eighth graders come at them with knives, really meaning to cut them, and they become embroiled with an escaped convict who wants their blood. One wouldn't think a boy on crutches and a harmless giant would warrant such heavy artillery. The quiet moments of friendship are better, making it easy for a viewer to dream away into the world they create. The Mighty is a minor film, to be sure, but it's a pleasing one. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

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