Affliction - BLU-RAY

Writer/director Paul Schrader's absorbing drama stars Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse, an emotionally scarred and embittered sheriff, the only law in a small New Hampshire town, who sees his investigation of a wealthy man's death during a hunting trip as a chance to prove himself to his family and community. James Coburn won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award as Whitehouse's drunken, abusive father; with Sissy Spacek, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt. 114 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.