Ballad of the Sad Cafe - Drama Classic Movies on DVD (1991) Starring Vanessa Redgrave; Directed by Simon Callow; Merchant Ivory : OLDIES.com

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Item Number:
MEIV 1986D

DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.78

Audio:

Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary - Simon Callow - Director

Product Description:

Set in a small milltown in the depression-era south, a solitary, imperious figure (Redgrave) known for her home-brewed liquor and home-spun doctoring becomes the center of a town scandal when her cousin visits and begins to change her, alienating her from her new husband.

Plot Synopsis:

Miss Amelia runs a general store in a small Southern town during the 1930s. One day, into her solitary existence, steps a hunchbacked dwarf who claims to be her Cousin Lymon. Miss Amelia is fascinated by the stranger and the two strike up an unusual relationship. Lymon soon convinces Miss Amelia to transform her shop into a cafe.
Things seem to be going just fine -- until Marvin Macy, the man Miss Amelia once married and then spurned, is released from prison and drops in for a visit...

Plot Keywords:

Betrayal | Drama | Love Story | Theatrical Release | Vengeance

Production Notes:

Shown in competition at the 1991 Berlin Film Festival.
Shown in New York City at the New Directors/New Films series March 28, 1991.
Color by Technicolor.

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Vanessa Redgrave
Directed by		Simon Callow
Performer		Cork Hubbert, Keith Carradine & Rod Steiger

DVD Details:

Label: Merchant Ivory
Originally Released in: 1991
Number of Discs: 1
Rated:
Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: January 18, 2005
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 69,968
Item UPC: 037429198629
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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