Unstrung Heroes PG

Sometimes you find your heroes in the most unlikely places
Unstrung Heroes
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 3, 2003
  • Originally Released: 1995
  • Label: Walt Disney Video

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Fresh74%

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 2,237
Rating: 4/5 -- A very touching film that features great performances all around. This is the type of movie you'll watch and wonder why you've never heard more about it.
Countingdown.com
Sep 27, 2002
Shows how misfits can be necessary spiritual teachers for youth coming-of-age. Full Review
Spirituality and Practice
Aug 27, 2002
...There are moments so touching that the heart almost stops....And yet the movie for most of the way is a comedy, showing how in all good families there is room for everyone...
Chicago Sun-Times
Sep 15, 1995
...Intelligently affecting direction....The film's charms are small but many. -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 19, 1996
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Unstrung Heroes has been directed by Diane Keaton with an unusual combination of sentiment and quirky eccentricity. There are moments so touching that the heart almost stops. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
Phedon Papamichael did the luminous cinematography. Thomas Newman was nominated for an Oscar for his distinctive score.
Wall Street Journal
Feb 14, 2013
...Surprisingly rich in the feelings it conveys....In its unexpected ability to mix slapstick with subtlety, sadness with mad farce, it touches an unusual and especially emotional chord...
Los Angeles Times
Sep 15, 1995

Product Description:

Steven Lidz lives a happy and secure life in the home of his loving mother and inventor father in 1962 Los Angeles. However, things take a tragic turn when his mom, Selma, becomes terminally ill with cancer. Because Steven's father can't bring himself to deal honestly with Selma's impending death, Steven chooses to live with his two eccentric uncles, Danny and Arthur. While Danny suffers from paranoia and sees anti-Semitic conspiracies everywhere, Arthur is a childlike pack rat who has filled their apartment with stacks of newspapers and hundreds of small items he's found in the streets. Despite their strange lifestyles, the uncles manage to usher Steven through this difficult period of his life, and find a creative way of dealing with his grief. Adapted from the touching childhood memoirs of Franz Lidz. Academy Award Nomination: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score.

Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment:

Unstrung Heroes
Outstanding performances and exciting stars light up this heartwarming motion picture. When a youngster needs a break from the pressures of his parents' household, he moves in with his offbeat uncles (including Michael Richards -- Kramer from TV's SEINFELD). From this unlikely pair, his family soon learns some invaluable lessons about life, love, and pride. Directed by the multi-talented Diane Keaton (star of BABY BOOM, FATHER OF THE BRIDE I & II), and also starring Andie MacDowell (FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) and John Turturro (QUIZ SHOW) -- you're sure to love this heartfelt hit!

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  • UPC: 786936209426
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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