DVD : Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780783274454
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783274459
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 25, 2003
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 785
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/13/2007 Run time: 117 minutes Rating: R
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In Road to Perdition, Tom Hanks plays a hit man who finds his heart. Michael Sullivan (Hanks) is the right-hand man of crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman), but when Sullivan's son accidentally witnesses one of his hits, he must choose between his crime family and his real one. The movie has a slow pace, largely because director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) seems to be in love with the gorgeous period locations. Hanks gives a deceptively battened-down performance at first, only opening up toward the very end of the film, making his character's personal transformation all the more convincing. Newman turns in a masterful piece of work, revealing Rooney's advancing age but at the same time, his terrifying power. Jude Law is also a standout, playing a hit man-photographer with chilling creepiness. This movie requires a little patience, but the beautiful cinematography and moving ending make it well worth the wait. --Ali Davis
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The only direction from there is down. Sam Mendes' sophomore feature film effort isn't quite as expensive or unsatisfying as Michael Camino's junior effort, Heaven's Gate, but it comes close. This is the problem of, pardon the expression, shooting your wad too soon. Where to start?
Miscasting: Daniel Craig being the only exception. How can you waste Jennifer Jsson Leigh in a bit part? Barely a bit part! Just because an actor can handle a part it doesn't mean you can or should cast them in the part. Newman was extraordinarily perfect (yes I know the problem with that) as Sid Mussburger in The Hudsucker Proxy. That's casting genius. This is casting by numbers. Tom Hanks, Jude Law and Tyler Hoechlin were just plain wrong. That's not even casting by the numbers. You've got to know your box office.
Intentions: Seems as if Mendes wanted to make something to compare with The Godfather Saga and, IMHO the superior, Miller's Crossing. In the way both of those had inimitable style, Mendes tried, unsuccessfully, to create one for his saga. He would have been better off playing it straight and not strayed from the already meticulous representation given to the period. The scenes of violence were so arty that they lacked impact and didn't bring-it-home, so to speak.
Raw Material: Frankly, I didn't care for the story. It didn't run in a logical manner and seem to plod along without a lot of reason. I'm not going to drag it out but one example would be ... Read More
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The "Road to Perdition" is a film about relationships, family, ethnicity, community and very much about America. More specifically, it is a story about a son, one of two, and his father. It is film with a lot of drive that gets it from the action in the story, more than from the dialogue. Overall, it has an honesty that comes across from the direction, the actors, the costumes and the scenery/locations. Most recognized in the awards the film gathered was the cinematography by Conrad Hall, which probably contributed most of all to the touching and haunting quality of the music for the film score. The acting in the film was superb in that the "stars" (Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Jude Law, Daniel Craig) were wonderfully balanced, resulting in an almost ensemble effect. My sense is that even though Sam Mendes, director and the principals did not walk off with Oscars, future audiences "Road to Perdition" will grow in appreciation, as time goes on. Don't miss it.
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This is another film of great subtlety where I think Tom Hanks really plays one of his most daring roles as a father of two boys that also works for the mob during prohibition era.
The movie is really about a son and father struggling to know one another and being forced together after the loss of the rest of the family.
Jude Law also plays one of his darkest characters as a sick assassin for hire.
The directing and lighting are absolutely flawless, and when I first saw the climax scene in the theater, I was amazed at how the silence and darkness were used to make such an atmosphere.
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Nothing I can say about this great movie hasn't already been said, but I love it so dearly I must write about it. It is ultimately a story of love and betrayal, duty and devotion, tempered by the stark black-and-white sensibilities of 30s-era crime lords and the social auras of that time.
Tom Hanks - who can play anything flawlessly, from drama to comedy - is Michael Sullivan, a man who came under the wing of John Rooney (Paul Newman, in a stellar turn for a stellar career), boss of the Irish mafia in the Midwest, when his father died. His characterization of the role is perfect; austere, careful, guarded, foreboding, he is John Rooney's chosen, even over Rooney's actual son, Connor (played by Daniel Craig, also to perfection, prior to his emergence as the new Bond). Connor seethes with jealousy about this which is quite clear. He knows he is less in his father's eyes than Michael is; not as smart, not as good at his job, almost subservient to his adopted brother. We see Michael in the role of enforcer only twice, and neither instance comes off as planned, but it is also clear that this is a man canny in the way of his profession and who knows exactly what needs to be done.
Michael has worked for John Rooney all his life, and has been rewarded with a good living and a nice house. He is married to a lovely woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh, in a small but effective role) and has two boys, Peter and Michael Jr. Both boys have a burning curiousity about what their ... Read More
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Road to Perdition (Full Screen Edition) I really love this movie. It is so dramatic and sad. The unspoken love of a dad for his son and the adventures they experience, though frightening, bring them closer together up to the sad ending that suprised my family and I.
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starring: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken, Jennifer Jason Leigh
directed by: Sam Mendes
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780783274454
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783274459
Label: Dreamworks Video
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Dreamworks Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 25, 2003
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 785
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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