Garden State - BLU-RAY

David Mamet's sly and charming comedy is set in a quaint New England town where a Hollywood production team takes residence to shoot the period drama InchThe Old Mill.Inch A series of surprising entanglements ensue-romantic and otherwise-involving the cast, crew, and townspeople. Alec Baldwin, William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julia Stiles, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Charles Durning head the top-notch ensemble cast. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary by Parker, Macy, others; theatrical trailer.

Some people revel and play in the rain;other dread it and hide at first drop. For high school student Takao, a summer shower is a source of artistic inspiration... but when he skips school in order to sketch in a rainy garden. Takao finds an ever greater muse in Yukino, an older woman who seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages and lives, they strike up a comfortable relationship that slowly evolves as they randomly meet in the same garden whenever it rains. But with the rainy season coming to a close, Takao wonders if there's enough time left to put his feelings into actions and words. What will happen between a young man and woman when the rain falls once again in THE GARDEN OF WORDS?

Liev Schreiber (SALT) heads an all-star cast in this warm and wise comic drama as Ned, a loving husband and devoted father dealing with life's curveballs. He's got a stressed-out wife (Helen Hunt, AS GOOD AS IT GETS) an independent teenage son (Ezra Miller, CITY ISLAND), and an embittered father-in-law (Brian Dennehy, SILVERADO) who's turning his home upside down. Ned's job writing a scandalous TV series for a demanding boss (Eddie Izzard, VALKYRIE) is unfulfilling, and late night rewrites with a sexy co-worker (Carla Gugino, ENTOURAGE) might just push him over the deep end. This modern family story by NIP/TUCK producer/writer Richard Levine is filled with heart, humor and life's unexpected twists that teach Ned that marriage and parenthood don't always go according to the script. Cast Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino, Eddie Izzard, Brian Dennehy, Ezra Miller.