Michael Pitt stars in a Seattle-set rock & roll drama as a musician whose life and career is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain's
From the acclaimed director of My Own Private Idaho Elephant and Last Days. When Alex a 16-year-old skater plucks up the courage to go to Paranoid Park - Portland's most challenging and infamous urban skateboard destination - he didn't expect his night to end with the death of a railway security guard. Deciding to say nothing about the incident Alex does all he can to lead a normal life but is troubled by a crushing burden of guilt which impacts on his relationship with one of his school's most sought after girls and his relationship with his parents. Soon he finds he needs to tell somebody his secret but with the police closing in his choice of confidant could mean the difference between being caught and staying free.
Gus Van Sant presents a powerful and emotional coming of age story, a remarkable film told with honesty and originality that will leave audiences moved.
When a security guard is killed outside Portland's notorious skate park, the titular "Paranoid Park", it's clear that 16 year old skateboarder Alex knows more than he's letting on.
In Promised Land Matt Damon stars as Steve Butler a corporate salesman whose journey from farm boy to big-time player takes an unexpected detour when he lands in a small town where he grapples with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors. Gus Van Sant helms the film from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski and Matt Damon from a story by Dave Eggers. Steve has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner Sue Thomason (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand). The town has been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years and the two consummate sales executives see McKinley's citizens as likely to accept their company's offer - for drilling rights to their properties - as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job and a short stay for the duo becomes complicated - professionally by calls for community-wide consideration of the offer by respected schoolteacher Frank Yates (Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook) and personally by Steve's encounter with Alice (Rosemarie DeWitt). When Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) a slick environmental activist arrives suddenly the stakes both personal and professional rise to the boiling point. Special Features: Extended Scene The Making of
Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Director prizes at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival Gus Van Sant's realistic drama takes us inside an American high school on one single ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic...
When a security guard is killed outside Portland's notorious skate park, the titular "Paranoid Park", it's clear that 16 year old skateboarder Alex knows more than he's letting on.
Gus Van Sant's previously unavailable and now fully restored first feature film Mala Noche marks an auspicious debut feature from the director of Elephant and Paranoid Park. Walt (Tim Streeter) is working in a liqueur store when he encounters two handsome Mexicans Johnny and Pepper. Immediately Walt develops an obsession with Johnny who is an illegal immigrant with little knowledge of English. The desire may be one-sided but it soon becomes a friendship of mutual needs and desires.
Two friends both named Gerry become stranded in the desert during a hiking on a wilderness trail.
Elephant (2003): Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Director prizes at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival Gus Van Sant's realistic drama takes us inside an American high school on one single ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic... Last Days (2005): Introspective artist Blake is buckling under the weight of fame professional obligations and a mounting feeling of isolation. Many people are looking for Blake - his friends his managers and record label even a private
Feeling Minnesota (Dir. Steven Baigelman, 1996): She met the man of her dreams. Then her husband showed up and ruined everything. Brotherly love takes a beating in this wickedly funny romance starring Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Vincent D'Onofrio (Men in Black), and Cameron Diaz (There's Something About Mary). Jjaks (Reeves) is a drifter who has come home for his brother's wedding. But when he steals the bride (Diaz), the bonds of brotherhood are cut forever. Now the groom (D'Onofrio)...
Bugsy: Benjamin Bugsy Siegel ( Warren Beatty) is the legendary power broker whose disarming charm and elegant good looks hide a violent and dangerous personality. Virginis The Flamingo Hill ( Annette Bening) is a stunning glamorous starlet with a wise guy wit and tough past. Their attraction is magnetic - together sex risk and danger to fight their underworld bosses and builds their dream of a city in the desert - Las Vegas drive them. To Die For: Suzanne Stone (Kidman) has always dreamed of being on TV - and she's dead-set on making that dream come true. But there is just one obstacle: Larry Maretto her husband (Dillon). So Suzanne convinces a love-struck teenager (Phoenix) to get Larry out of the way - for good. Circus: 'Circus' is a modern crime thriller of cross double-cross and triple-cross. Set in Brighton away from the funfair and day-trippers it is a violent and darkly humorous tale that twists like an epileptic Boa Constricter riding a helter skelter.
Gus Van Sant Double Pack (2 Discs)
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