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SIDNEY – Review

With each passing year, the stars and filmmakers that were part of Hollywood’s “Golden Age” depart, often to, as some have said with a whimsical wink, “that great late show in the sky”. And yet there was little levity evident near the beginning of 2022 when the arts lost a man who was more than merely a “matinee idol”. He was a true inspiration for millions, the first black actor to take home a competitive Best Actor Academy Award. That was 1964, and the man was Sidney Poitier. Now, over nine months since his passing, a talented team of documentarians have joined forces in a retrospective and a celebration of the life and legacy of SIDNEY.

So, who is the best choice to take us through that decades-spanning career, and give us a glimpse of his early years of poverty and struggle? Why none other than the man himself. But it’s not just assembled clips from interview archives, although there are some truly choice bits seen here. No, this is some of the last footage of Mr. Poitier, seated in front of a muted blue-hued backdrop and talking right to us. His cadence is a bit slowed and his thinning hair peppered with grey doesn’t detract from his commanding screen presence. Every word, every phrase is riveting as those still sparkling eyes bore into the viewer. He begins with a most powerful opening tale: he was not expected to live, since he “arrived” two months early. Historical footage and photos illustrate his early impoverished life on Cat Island in the Bahamas, soon moving to Nassau. His move to Miami proved a harsh “wake-up call” as he was exposed to ugly acts of bigotry, even encountering the Ku Klux Klan. New York City proved more nurturing, especially in Harlem, as Sidney learned to read while working as a dishwasher, and eventually got bitten by the “acting bug”. Lots of hard work and a few “lucky breaks” sent him to Hollywood for a major role in the 1950’s NO WAY OUT. As he began a family with his bride Juanita, Sidney would bounce between stage and screen, all leading to the golden statue for LILLIES OF THE FIELD. He wasn’t content to stay isolated in the studio system as he became actively involved in the civil rights movement of the mid-1960s. More triumphs occurred as he became a top ten box office champ, was one of the founders of the First Artists movie studio, and eventually moved behind the camera to become an acclaimed and successful film director. Quite the resume for a man who barely survived childbirth on the islands.

We can almost feel the waves of respect and affection for the film’s focus washing over us due to the expert direction of Reginald Hudlin and the scripted structure from Jesse James Miller. But it’s not just a “mash note” as the doc delves into the darker side of stardom and doesn’t shade away from the “rough spots” in Poitier’s personal and professional life. Surprisingly they got his first and second wives to speak about him as Sidney’s long affair with a former film co-star is examined. Plus we learn that there were complaints about his screen image along with the praise, with cries of “Uncle Tom” aimed his way as he became a 60s screen superstar. It’s inferred that his too “pristine and clean-cut” characters, even dubbed too slick and non-threatening for the general moviegoing public, paved the way for the 1970s “blaxploitation” flicks. But few of those interviewed had huge “beefs’ with his choices (Spike Lee still has a problem with THE DEFIANT ONES). We hear from so many Oscar-winners including Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, and Barbra Streisand (one of the other “First Artists”). Plus there are several clips of fan turned friend Oprah Winfrey, who’s also a producer on this. But the most endearing anecdotes may come from perhaps Sidney’s BFF for over 70 years, Harry Belafonte. Though the sadness glistens in his eyes, he comes alive speaking of their early rivalry, often going out for the same role (Harry thought one script was “stupid” until Sidney won an Oscar with it), their many “falling outs” (just as a longtime married couple one person remarks), and how he steered Poitier into the “third act” as a producer/director. But the most-gripping stories are those surrounding their work for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., earning a “target on their backs” (the tale of a nighttime car chase in the South might give you chills). Of course, along with the two Mrs. Poitiers, we get to hear loving memories from all six of his daughters as they narrate some sweet home movies and videos. As for the film fans, some of his movies may get “short shrift” or left out, but the clips are “ID’d with release years, and we hear from his GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER co-star, and Lulu belts out a few bars of that film title theme classic. What’s not to love? Like the man himself…very little. Film fanatics and historians alike should revel (and add some movies to their “streaming queues”) after savoring the splendid profile of the man known to his family and friends as SIDNEY.

3.5 Out of 4

SIDNEY opens in select theatres and streams exclusively on AppleTV+ Friday, September 23, 2022

Natalie Wood and Robert Redford in INSIDE DAISY CLOVER Available on Blu-ray From Warner Archive

Natalie Wood and Robert Redford in INSIDE DAISY CLOVER is now available on Blu-ray From Warner Archive. Ordering info can be found HERE

“You’re Gonna Hear from Me,” 15-year-old gamine Daisy Clover sings from the silver screen to an adoring public, although in the 1930s, “star treatment” can go all the way from being discovered to being discarded. Natalie Wood plays the title role with gusto in this blend of Hollywood stardust and melodrama from the producer/director team (Alan J. Pakula and Robert Mulligan) that had already sublimely showcased her in Love with the Proper Stranger. Also heard from are Wood’s costars Robert Redford (as the vain movie star who weds Daisy) and Ruth Gordon (as Daisy’s mother), both winning Golden Globes® for their work here (Gordon earned an Oscar nomination as well).

Natalie Wood plays the title role in this tale of a 1930s child star who goes from discovered to discarded in a stunningly short amount of time. The producer/director team of Alan J. Pakula and Robert Mulligan blend hard-edged cynicism and tear-jerking sentiment in this coming of age tale set during Hollywood’s Golden Age. 15-year-old gamine Daisy Clover doesn’t have much – an impoverished life on the pier with her off-kilter mom (Ruth Gordon, amazing as always), the attentions of boys and men that have aged her beyond her years, and singing. The recording of a novelty song for her birthday leads to a different kind of attention – that of a studio agent (Roddy McDowall) and powerful producer (Christopher Plummer). As Daisy is crafted into being America’s favorite singing street urchin, she gets seduced by matinee idol Wade Lewis (Robert Redford) …and her nightmare is just beginning. Set in the past, but clearly commenting on the burgeoning youth rebellion in the ’60s, Inside Daisy Clover arrives looking sparkling and new thanks to this exquisite 1080p presentation on Blu-ray Disc.

THE OLD MAN & THE GUN – Review

As a seasoned moviegoer (as I trust you are also), when I saw these five words on this new movie’s poster (and later in the actual film’s first frames) alarms went off in my head (not unlike “Spidey-sense”): “This story is mostly true”. First off, many films “inspired by true events”, another warning label, aren’t that compelling and often seem better suited for the small screen. Then there’s that pesky “mostly”, which indicates a certain forced whimsey, maybe even preciousness. Ah, but not to worry. After a few seconds, we spot a most familiar face. Really familiar, due to his still commanding star power, barely dimmed after fifty plus years as a movie leading man (for a couple of decades he truly personified the glitz and glamor of Hollywood). Now many strands of his golden locks have gone grey, and his jaunty clip has slowed a bit. During his publicity stint for this flick, he’s announced that it will be his last film work in front of the cameras (he is an Oscar-winning director, too). Somewhat appropriately the title of his “swan song” is THE OLD MAN & THE GUN.

Indeed, seconds after the above-mentioned preface fades, the story takes us to a small bank at the center of a dusty, tiny Texas town circa 1981. A dapper gentleman (three-piece suit, tie, fedora) enters. Cut to a bank teller hurriedly filling a leather case with cash, then handing it to…let’s call him FT (Robert Redford), in order not to spoil a moniker that will tickle classic movie and TV fans. FT is wearing glasses, a fake bushy mustache, and has an ear piece (a hearing aid, perhaps) with a wire leading down into a coat pocket. As he gets in his car, we learn that the device is attached to a tiny police scanner. FT drives down a dingy alley, switches cars, and speeds to the highway. Ah, the getaway can wait a bit, as FT spots a “damsel in distress”. Actually, it’s a woman having truck trouble. Since he can’t fix the engine problem, FT gives the lady, a widow named Jewel (Sissy Spacek), a lift to a garage. Over pie and coffee at a diner, the two flirt and eventually exchange numbers. Meanwhile, in a nearby town, police detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck) is feeling “burnt out” from “cleaning up messes”. Hunt (clever, eh) has a gorgeous wife and two adorable kids, but he’s in a funk. One morning, on the way to drop the kids of at school, he drops in at his local bank, just minutes after FT has entered. After FT departs, the bank manager announces the robbery and detains the patrons. When his fellow officers arrive, Hunt joins the investigation with a suddenly renewed vigor. Hunt’s main mission is to arrest the “gentleman” robber. Well, it seems that FT has decided to go after bigger banks in cities, so he meets up with his partners, Teddy (Danny Glover) and Waller (Tom Waits). Together they’re plotting the big score. And during their free moments, FT is spending lots of time with Jewel at her tranquil farm and ranch. Could this blossoming romance lead to the other dreaded “r-word”, retirement for FT? Or will Detective Hunt truck him down before the big (perhaps final) bank job?

As you may have guessed, this film is a showcase for the still engaging Mr. Reford. He slips into the title role as if he were easing into a pair of slightly-worn cowboy boots. And even though eighty or so years are deeply etched in that face, RR truly make the being “craggy” attractive. It helps that he wratches up his charm meter well past “11”. He doesn’t resort to big theatrics (no sobbing or ranting), rather he lets his laid-back, easy-going attitude pull us in. Sure he brandishes a weapon on his “jibs”, but we, like the many bank employees, are pretty sure that he’s not going to use it. Still, Redford shows us FT’s conflict as he wonders if he can give up his old “life” to spend his last years, with his likely last love. Truly tough choice since that love is the wonderful Ms. Spacek, who has been busy on TV but much missed on the big screen (at least in a major role). She and Redford engage in a very mature, but still frothy romantic dance. You can feel the heat, from their first meal as they observe and question, prod and verbally poke, across that dingy diner table. They’re a terrific team, as is Redford and Affleck, minus the flirty chemistry and screen time. John Hunt seems barely alive, straining to keep his eyes open while strolling those the petty crime questioning. When FT comes into his orbit, the sleepy cop is jolted awake, dashing home with boxes of evidence and reports, eager to do something important once more. And like FT, he’s inspired rather than conflicted, by his own love mate, the radiant Tika Sumpter as encouraging, no-nonsense Maureen Hunt. Speaking of partners with chemistry, some of the film’s most entertaining scenes are those that with FT’s “guys” (and the ads make it look like he’s a “solo act”). Glover and Waits are “grumpy old men” who bicker and taunt like a long-time married couple but stick together particularly when the news media refers to them as the “over the hill gang”. These crooks have pride, ya’ know?

David Lowery directs his own screenplay (based on the New Yorker article by Davis Grann) with a sure steady hand, letting the dialogue and crime scenes move with a leisurely pace. It’s unhurried, but hardly dull, though an extra ten or fifteen minutes might have stretched the story too thin. It’s quite a change from the strange, dreamy previous two flicks with Affleck (AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS and A GHOST STORY) or his previous work with Redford on the dreary remake of PETE’S DRAGON. There are a couple of clever montages, one with robbery victims nearly telling the same story, and later when FT relates many previous clashes with “John Law” (keen-eyed viewers will spy a vintage bit of film). Late in the film, there’s an effective confrontation scene smartly staged in what seems to be the longest W.C. ever. And though it’s said to be a “swan song”, this is more of a celebration of the enduring Redford. He’s still got “it” (as in that screen something going way back to Clara Bow and others), but doesn’t want to be the last one to leave the “party”. As film finales go, THE OLD MAN & THE GUN is a smooth sweet ride into the sunset for the Sundance Kid.

4 Out of 5

THE OLD MAN & THE GUN opens everywhere and screens exclusively in the St. Louis area at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Cinemas

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID Saturday Morning at The Hi-Pointe

“Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?”

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID screens at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater this weekend as part of their Classic Film Series. It’s Saturday, June 10th at 10:30am at the Hi-Pointe located at 1005 McCausland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63117. The film will be introduced by Harry Hamm, movie reviewer for KMOX. Admission is only $5

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) is a Western based loosely on fact as it tells the story of Wild West outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker, known to history as Butch Cassidy and his partner Harry Longabaugh, the “Sundance Kid” as they migrate to Bolivia while on the run from the law in search of a more successful criminal career.It stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid respectively,together with Katharine Ross.It was written by William Goldman and directed by George Roy Hill.

Witty pals Butch and Sundance join the Gang in successfully robbing yet another train with their trademark non-lethal style. After the pair rests at the home of Sundance’s schoolmarm girlfriend, Etta, the Gang robs the same train, but this time, the railroad boss has hired the best trackers in the business to foil the crime. After being tailed over rocks and a river gorge by guys that they can barely identify save for a white hat, they decide that maybe it’s time to try their luck in Bolivia. Taking Etta with them, they live high on ill-gotten Bolivian gains, but she leaves after their white-hatted nemesis portentously arrives. Their luck running out,they are soon holed up in a barn surrounded by scores of Bolivian soldiers who are waiting for the pair to make one last run for it.

The film has gone down as among the defining moments in American cinema due to the iconic pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, jaunty screenplay, Burt Bacharach score and the entertainment it gives the viewer.Aside from that,it has set the benchmark for buddy action- comedies for many years to come and the charm that both lead stars – Newman and Redford – deliver in their roles has become the standard in terms of performance.Watching this on the big screen at The Hi-Pointe will be a great experience.

The Hi-Pointe’s site can be found HERE

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Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Saturday Morning at The Hi-Pointe

“Paul, I think I’m gonna be a lousy wife. But don’t be angry with me. I love you very much – and I’m very sexy!”

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK screens at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater this weekend as part of their Classic Film Series. It’s Saturday, February 11th at 10:30am at the Hi-Pointe located at 1005 McCausland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63117. The film will be introduced by Harry Hamm, movie reviewer for KMOX. Admission is only $5

Romantic comedies don’t come much lighter than BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, an early Neil Simon confection based on the early days of his first marriage. The youthful, fresh-faced pair of Robert Redford and Jane Fonda play Paul and Corie Bratter, hot-to-trot newlyweds who after spending seven passion-filled nights at the Plaza, find the everyday trials and tribulations of marriage rather rough going. Corie has secured them a sixth-floor walk-up studio in Greenwich Village surrounded by eccentric neighbors, chief among them an aging lothario, Victor Velasco. Her widowed mother comes for dinner, which Corie transforms into a blind date with the wily Velasco. In the meantime, the personality clash between the button-down Paul and the free-spirited Corie comes to a head with Paul walking out drunk and sick with a head cold. The ending for all four characters is inevitable, but the journey there generates some nice giggles. It’s all pretty generic and filmed rather flatly by Gene Saks as a movie barely opened up for the movie screen.

The young leads show why they are still around fifty years later. This was the second of three screen pairings for Redford and Fond (though they barely had any screen time together in 1966’s THE CHASE) Redford repeated his hit Broadway performance in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK with rueful, self-effacing wit. He makes his staid lawyer character likable in spite of his initial rigidity and seems to regale in the liberation Paul experiences when he walks out. In what was her last Hollywood ingénue role before BARBARELLA and political activism beckoned, Fonda is a ball of energy as Corie, effortlessly sexy and flirtatious but surprisingly pure of intent in becoming a housewife. Charles Boyer is ideally cast as Velasco, using his well-worn boulevardier style to great effect, and Mildred Natwick plays Corie’s jittery, pink-pill-popping mother with genuine warmth and crack timing. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK is worth a look if only to see two stars well before they became icons and you’ll have your chance this Satiurday when BAREFOOT IN THE PARK plays on the big screen at St. Louis’ beloved HI-POINTE Theater.

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Disney’s PETE’S DRAGON on Digital HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On-Demand November 29th

Pete’s Dragon, a reimagining of Disney’s cherished family film centered on an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. Families will be captivated by this magical movie followed by never-before-seen bonus features, including a revealing look at director David Lowery’s personal diary kept during the filming of “Pete’s Dragon,” the design process behind the lovable dragon Elliot, deleted scenes, a tour of the film’s breathtaking production location of New Zealand, audio commentary by filmmakers and actors and hilarious bloopers. Today’s announcement also ushers in tomorrow’s World Dragon Day and the heartwarming adventure arrives on Digital HD, Blu-ray™, Disney Movies Anywhere, DVD and On-Demand on Nov. 29; just in time to entertain the entire family this holiday season.

Families will be captivated by this magical movie followed by never-before-seen bonus features, including a revealing look at director David Lowery’s personal diary kept during the filming of “Pete’s Dragon,” the design process behind the lovable dragon Elliot, deleted scenes, a tour of the film’s breathtaking production location of New Zealand, audio commentary by filmmakers and actors and hilarious bloopers.

“Pete’s Dragon” stars Bryce Dallas Howard (“Jurassic World”) as Grace, a forest ranger in the Pacific Northwest who happens upon 10-year-old Pete, played by Oakes Fegley (“This is Where I Leave You”). Oona Laurence (“Southpaw”) is Natalie, the 11-year-old daughter of Jack, a lumber-mill owner played by Wes Bentley (“The Hunger Games”). Karl Urban (“Star Trek”) is Jack’s bumbling brother Gavin and Oscar®-winner Robert Redford (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) portrays Mr. Meacham, an old wood carver who delights the local children with tales of a fierce dragon.

The film is directed by David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”) from a screenplay by Lowery & Toby Halbrooks based on a screenplay by Malcolm Marmorstein and produced by Jim Whitaker, p.g.a. (“The Finest Hours”), with Barrie M. Osborne (“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”) serving as executive producer.

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Writer/director Lowery reveals, “I look back on childhood as an adventure, and I wanted to capture that on screen in the smallest—but also the biggest—way.” The big—the creation of an irresistible 24-foot tall, green, furry dragon that can breathe fire and turn invisible—is brilliantly tackled by the team at the Academy Award®-winning visual effects company Weta Digital (“The Hobbit” films and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy). But it’s the small moments between characters that so beautifully convey the film’s powerful message: the importance of friendship, family and finding one’s place in the world.

Bonus features include*:

BLU-RAY & DIGITAL HD:

Notes to Self: A Director’s Diary – Director David Lowery narrates the personal diary he kept through the filming of “Pete’s Dragon” in this intimate and fascinating look at the movie’s making.
Making Magic – Discover fun facts about what went into designing this spectacular, lovable dragon.
“Disappearing” Moments – The director shares a montage of the film’s “lost” scenes.
Welcome to New Zealand – Experience the wonders of New Zealand and learn why it’s a magical place to visit … and to make a movie.
Audio Commentary – Gain an insider perspective from director David Lowery, co-writer Toby Halbrooks and actors Oakes Fegley and Oona Laurence.
Music Videos
- “Nobody Knows” by The Lumineers
- “Something Wild” by Lindsey Stirling featuring Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Bloopers

DVD:

Making Magic

PETE’S DRAGON – Review

Disney’s quest to remake their beloved classics has been successful so far with MALIFICENT, CINDERELLA and especially JUNGLE BOOK. So what happens when Disney revives one of their more lackluster works? The 1977 PETE’S DRAGON has never been considered a Disney standard and hasn’t aged well, but it still endures as a nostalgic kick for those of us who saw it as kids when it was new. The lame new PETE’S DRAGON jettisons all of the daffy details that made the original memorable; the turn-of-the-century setting, the cruel foster home straight out of Oliver Twist, the scenic Maine lighthouses, the wild-eyed Mickey Rooney drunkenly belting out dopey songs at the tavern – and replaces them with the blandest, most generic elements and characters imaginable. The result plays like bottom-drawer Spielberg, a family movie that might delight 6-year-olds with a lap full of popcorn but will bore everyone else.

This PETE’S DRAGON introduces Pete as a 5-year old in the backseat of his parent’s car somewhere near a Pacific Northwest forest. Since I didn’t recognize the actors playing mom and dad, I had a feeling they were going to die then and there, and sure enough a deer darts out and the vehicle flips over instantly killing the toddler’s folks (Disney’s remake of BAMBI should begin with this scene!). Little Pete emerges without a scratch and steps into the furry green paws of nearby Elliott, a dragon apparently as tame as he is huge. Jump ahead six years and forest ranger Grace (Bryce Howard), while marking tree lines for the local timber industry, stumbles upon Pete, now a wild child and takes him to her home. There she lives with stepdaughter Natalie (Oona Laurence), fiancée Jack (Wes Bently), owner of the local sawmill, and father Meacham (Robert Redford), a twinkly-eyed old dullard who claims to know all about that dragon in the nearby forest. Pete soon misses his fire-breathing friend but when Grace takes him back to the forest to be reunited, Jack’s mildly nefarious lumberjack brother Gavin (Karl Urban) is there with his tranquilizer gun to take down and capture Elliott.

Director David Lowery’s ALL THEM BODIES SAINTS was a lyrical outlaw romance from 2013, but PETE’S DRAGON is a major step backward, quality-wise. One problem with PETE’S DRAGON is that everyone is so nice and pleasant and bland and boring. The best they can come up with as a villain is Karl Urban as the logger who captures Elliott with some vague plans for the critter (“it’s my dragon now!”), but he isn’t much of an antagonist, displaying little malice while no one ever seems in much real peril.

While PETE’S DRAGON ’77 was a musical with costar Helen Reddy busting out peppy showtunes, the remake keeps the songs on the soundtrack – but there are so many of them – awful indie rock tunes, several of which are played in cars pointlessly taking characters from one location to another. This causes PETE’S DRAGON to take forever to get going and the film feels padded at just 95 minutes. The CGI effects are routine, and while Elliot’s dog-like design makes nice reference to the ‘77 cartoon (but without that tuft of purple hair), he’s given little personality and the brief bonding between boy and dragon is perfunctory. This all leads up to a supposedly tearful farewell between boy and dragon but there’s no emotional engagement. Oakes Fegley has a really cool name but his Pete is a weak characterization especially so soon after Neel Sethi’s similar Mowgli in JUNGLE BOOK. Bryce Howard has that weepy gazing-in-wonder-at-a-green-screen shtick down while Robert Redford lazily delivers a string of homilies and platitudes that made me miss Mickey Rooney’s inebriated eye-rolling. PETE’S DRAGON sinks under the weight of all its well-meaning but half-baked elements. Go watch HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON again instead.

1 ½ of 5 Stars

WAMG Giveaway – Win THE ADDERALL DIARIES Blu-ray – Stars James Franco

“Franco and Harris are blistering as a father and son confronting their past.” — says Dan Callahan of The Wrap on the new thriller THE ADDERALL DIARIES.

THE ADDERALL DIARIES is A Twisted Journey Through Sex, Drugs, and Lies that Unfolds on Blu-ray™ and DVD on July 5 from Lionsgate

Follow a troubled author’s journey to uncover the truth of his past in the sexy, gritty film The Adderall Diaries, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD July 5 from Lionsgate. Theatrically released by A24, the film stars Academy Award^® nominee James Franco (Best Actor, 127 Hours, 2010), four-time Academy Award^® nominee Ed Harris (Best Supporting Actor, Apollo 13, 1995), Amber Heard (The Danish Girl), with Cynthia Nixon (HBO’s “Sex and the City”), and Golden Globe^® winner Christian Slater (TV’s “Mr. Robot”). Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Adderall Diaries is written and directed by Pamela Romanowsky (The Color of Time) and executive produced by Robert Redford (A Walk in the Woods). Oscar^® nominee James Franco is riveting as a famous but troubled author whose fascination with a high-profile murder case brings his own dark past into focus. Based on the best-selling book by Stephen Elliott,The Adderall Diaries follows one man’s desperate journey through sex, drugs, and lies as he tries to separate fact from fiction and ignite a life-changing romance. Ed Harris and Amber Heard costar in this gritty story about the shocking discoveries that lie beneath the truth.

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The home entertainment release of The Adderall Diaries includes audio commentary with the director, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and deleted scenes. The Adderall Diaries will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

BLU-RAY/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*

Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary with Director Pamela Romanowsky
“The Adderall Diaries: A Director’s Perspective” Featurette

Bryce Dallas Howard Stars In New Trailer For Disney’s PETE’S DRAGON

Watch the brand new trailer for Disney’s PETE’S DRAGON, featuring spectacular never-before-seen footage of Pete’s dragon, Elliot.

See the film when it flies onto the big screen in 3D August 12.

A reimagining of Disney’s cherished family film, PETE’S DRAGON is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.

The movie stars Bryce Dallas Howard (“Jurassic World”), Oakes Fegley (“This is Where I Leave You”), Wes Bentley (“The Hunger Games”), Karl Urban (“Star Trek”), Oona Laurence (“Southpaw”), Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (“Cedar Rapids”) and Oscar® winner Robert Redford (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”). The film, which is directed by David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”), is written by Lowery & Toby Halbrooks based on a screenplay by Malcolm Marmorstein and produced by Jim Whitaker (“The Finest Hours,” “Friday Night Lights”), with Barrie M. Osborne (“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Great Gatsby”) serving as executive producer.

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley).

Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot. And from Pete’s descriptions, Elliot seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham’s stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

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First Look At Disney’s PETE’S DRAGON In New Trailer And Poster

Check out the first teaser trailer, photos and poster for Disney’s PETE’S DRAGON. The trailer made its debut during “Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60” on ABC Sunday night.

A reimagining of the studio’s cherished family film about the adventures of a boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon, PETE’S DRAGON starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford flies into U.S. theaters on August 12, 2016.

Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete’s descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham’s stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

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