The Gift (2000) - DVD

A woman (Lauren Bacall) who learns that she doesn't have long to live decides to adopt a young girl so her husband (Robert Stack) will never be lonely. But will the child with the active imagination win over the scientifically minded man?

Comedy legend W.C. Fields is up to his hilarious antics again alongside Baby Leroy in It's a Gift. Harold Bissonnette (Fields), an inept grocer who is constantly badgered by his family, dreams of escaping to the California sunshine. A small inheritance from his Uncle Bean tempts Bissonette to sell everything and buy his dream orange ranch - sight unseen. After making the journey to California, the family quickly realizes they have bee

Il Dono (The Gift) is director Michelangelo Frammartino's gorgeous debut feature, a lyrical ode to his hometown of Caulonia (also the subject of his masterful Le Quattro Volte). It is a portrait of depopulation, as Caulonia saw a dramatic decrease in inhabitants from roughly 15,000 in the 1950s to just a few hundred people at the time of the film's making. In painterly, dialogue-free long takes Frammartino pieces together the fragments of a place guided by slow rhythms, capturing the traditions, rituals, charms, and ruins of this beautiful village that has endured the relentless ravages of time. 4K restoration courtesy of Coproduction Office, Cineteca di Bologna at L'Immagine Ritrovata, and Augustus Color Laboratories, from the original camera and sound negatives, under the supervision of Michelangelo Frammartino.