Songwriter (Retro VHS Packaging) - BLU-RAY

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when his is forced to rebuild his small-market team on a limited budget. Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane - with the help of a young, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist (Jonah Hill) - develops a roster of misfitsand along the way, forever changes the way the game is played.

Based on a true story, Shadowlands stars Anthony Hopkins as world-renowned writer and professor C.S. Lewis. Unmarried, Lewis leads a gentleman’s life filled by intellectual pursuits, remaining untouched by any great passion until he meets Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). Joy is a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée whose sharp-edged, no-nonsense attitudes take Lewis by surprise. Bursting unexpectedly into Lewis’s world, Joy shocks his associates and awakens him to deep emotions he has written about but never experienced. Slowly, he opens his heart to this woman and their romance shatters the walls of his world. He soon discovers that life is made up of delicate balances and he must confront a terrible truth that a heart awakened to great love is also opened to great pain. Starring Anthony Hopkins; Debra Winger; Julian Fellowes Reviews “InchShadowlands,Inch directed by Richard Attenborough, based on the stage play by William Nicholson, is intelligent, moving and beautifully acted.” – Roger Ebert rogerebert “An engaging encounter between adults, it's also about lost childhoods, questions of God, intellect versus emotion, pain versus pleasure and other far-reaching themes. Perhaps most significantly, InchShadowlandsInch is illuminated from beginning to end by Hopkins. This may be the best thing he's ever done.” - Desson Howe The Washington Post

Featuring elements of fantasy, Walter Hill's warm-hearted drama stars Ralph Macchio as Eugene Martone, a spoiled young classical guitarist whose interest in the blues takes him on the road with elderly sideman Willie Brown (Joe Seneca). As the unlikely pair travel to the Mississippi Delta, they are brought together by their shared love for music. Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, and guitar great Steve Vai co-star; score by Ry Cooder. 99 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English. Includes retro VHS packaging.