Chelsea Walls R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 6, 2002
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Rosario Dawson, Uma Thurman & Kris Kristofferson | |
Performer: | Vincent D'Onofrio, Robert Sean Leonard, Natasha Richardson, Mark Webber, Tuesday Weld, Steve Zahn, Kevin Corrigan, Frank Whaley, Guillermo Diaz & Paz de la Huerta | |
Directed by | Ethan Hawke | |
Music by | Wilco | |
Screenwriting by | Nicole Burdette | |
Produced by | Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian, Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler | |
Executive Production by | Jonathan Sehring & John Sloss |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Hawke's actors are a talented troupe, and even when things get self-indulgent and fuzzy-headed (and boy, do they!), interesting stuff is going on.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Rating: 1/4 --
Hampered -- no, paralyzed -- by a self-indulgent script ... that aims for poetry and ends up sounding like satire.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rating: 1/5 --
Pretentious navel-gazing hoo-hah.
eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 1/4 --
Were Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director Ethan Hawke's strained Chelsea Walls, he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to, 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre.'
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Boston Globe
Rating: 1.5/4 --
As you may know, this film is directed by Ethan Hawke. Nicely shot, well acted, fine direction, well-organized (for what it is), but short on both impact and message.
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Hollywood Report Card
Rating: 3/4 --
Movies like this do not grab you by the throat. You have to be receptive.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: .5/4 --
...a disastrously ill-conceived drama...
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Product Description:
Award-winning actor Ethan Hawke makes his directorial debut with CHELSEA WALLS, an ambitious ensemble film that captures a slice of bohemian life. Inspired by the dozens of brilliant and self-destructive counterculture heroes who have taken refuge at New York's famed Chelsea Hotel--among them Dylan Thomas, Tennessee Williams, and Sid Vicious--the drama interweaves the stories of several fictional tenants. These include Grace (Hawke's ex-wife Uma Thurman), a nervous waitress who is unable to choose the right partner; Bud (Kris Kristofferson), an alcoholic novelist whose inability to love has brought pain to the lives of his two lovers (Tuesday Weld and Natasha Richardson); and Terry (Robert Sean Leonard), a heartfelt musician who has traveled to the Chelsea from the Midwest in the hopes of making it big.
Shot at the hotel in digital video, CHELSEA WALLS has a relaxed quality that draws attention to the performances. Nicole Burdette's lyrical script is filled with poetic, often abstract language which leaves most of the characters outwardly enigmatic, and the actors take full advantage of the interpretive room they are given to strut their stuff. The fine soundtrack, written and performed by Jeff Tweedy from the alt-country band Wilco, provides much of the film's emotional resonance.
Shot at the hotel in digital video, CHELSEA WALLS has a relaxed quality that draws attention to the performances. Nicole Burdette's lyrical script is filled with poetic, often abstract language which leaves most of the characters outwardly enigmatic, and the actors take full advantage of the interpretive room they are given to strut their stuff. The fine soundtrack, written and performed by Jeff Tweedy from the alt-country band Wilco, provides much of the film's emotional resonance.
Keywords:
Live-Action
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Poetry
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Art / Artists
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Theatrical Release
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New York City
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Authors
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Musicians
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Poets
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