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A group of children in a depressed town join forces to cover up a tragedy...

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ProducerSacha W. Mueller, R. Craig Zobel, David Gordon Green, Erin Aldridge, Lisa Muskat

EAN5035673005279

eBay Product ID (ePID)3950535

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleGeorge Washington

DirectorDavid Gordon Green

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2002

FeaturesDirectors Commentary\Deleted Scene\Two Short Films\Documentary at Berlin Film Festival, Widescreen, Closed Caption

Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen

GenreDrama, General

Run Time86 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Number of Discs1

Director of PhotographyTim Orr

Costume DesignerMichael Tully

Production DesignerRichard Wright

ReviewsSight and Sound - ...Fresh, poetic, tender, utterly individual and richly atmospheric..., New York Times - ...The picture [is] bursting with talent from its young cast....Mr. Green has found a style that's defiantly his own....This may be the best-photographed film of the year..., Box Office - ...As poetry is to prose, so is this movie to most other current offerings..., Film Comment - ...Beautifully filmed....Green is feeling his way into tender territory...

Special EffectsChristof Gebert

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationDavid Gordon Green makes a stunning directorial debut with GEORGE WASHINGTON, a highly poetic drama that tells the story of the inhabitants of a small, impoverished southern American town. Focusing on a group of five adolescent friends--George (Donald Holden), Nasia (Candace Evanofski), Buddy (Curtis Cotton III), Vernon (Damian Jewan Lee), and Sonya (Rachel Handy)--Green uses the town's barren landscape to provide a bleak, yet beautiful, backdrop for their day-to-day lives. After Nasia breaks up with Buddy for George, an introverted youth with an extremely sensitive fontanel, tragedy strikes and the friends are forced to come to terms with the situation. The resulting internal struggles send each individual into a search for redemption in intensely personal, yet very different, ways.<BR>Green's film is reminiscent of Terrence Malick's THE THIN RED LINE in its potent blend of naturalistic acting, lush photography, and nostalgic voice-over. The 24-year-old shows a maturity that many older directors rarely attain. It is this overriding optimism that makes the film such an uplifting moviegoing experience, even amidst such somber circumstances. Also, there is an understated humor--most notably Paul Schneider's portrayal of Rico Rice--that keeps matters hopeful throughout. GEORGE WASHINGTON is an honest, thoughtful, and deeply transcendent motion picture.

Movie/TV TitleGeorge Washington

ComposerBrian McBride, Andrew Gillis, David Wingo, Michael Linnen, Mazinga Phaser

Executive ProducerSam Froelich

ScreenwriterDavid Gordon Green

EditorZene Baker, Steven Gonzales