American Dream, An - DVD

A surging tsunami-crash of creativity and beauty that leaves you gulping for breath. - Robbie Collins, The Telegraph From Japan's cutting-edge STUDIO4°C (Tekkonkinkreet, MFKZ) and director Ayumu Watanabe, this stunningly beautiful adaptation of the prize-winning manga features a score from legendary composer Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away). When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad worked. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora, who were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does. As the kids get caught up in the mystery behind the sudden worldwide disappearance of the ocean's fish, they uncover cosmic connections that will change them forever.

America's Dream captures the joy, the pain, the struggle to survive in a land where dreams can be lost...and found. In "Long Black Song," a hard-working farmer (Danny Glover) invests what little he has in a gift for his wife, while back home she falls for the advances of a traveling salesman. In "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black," a small town principal (Wesley Snipes) must risk his career to defend a young boy's image of a black Christ

Contractor brothers Nicky (Michiel Huisman) and Scott (Luke Bracey) sunk their all into the apartment building they were developing-and when every reputable lender blew off their six-figure loan request, they were stuck going to dangerous Russian mobster Yuri (Nick Stahl). Unfortunately, the sibs fell behind in their payments... and they're going to discover that Yuri's all business about enforcing the penalties. Crackling crime drama also stars Agnieszka Grochowska, Samantha Ressler, Elya Baskin. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.