A Painted House DVD Halllmark Hall of Fame Series

This listing is for A Painted House (Halllmark Hall of Fame) DVD.

Actors: Scott Glenn, Arija Bareikis, Robert Sean Leonard, Melinda Dillon, Logan Lerman

Director: Alfonso Arau

Producers: Brent Shields, Cameron Johann, Gordon Wolf, Richard Welsh

Writers: John Grisham, Patrick Sheane Duncan

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

MPAA rating: Unrated (Not Rated)

Media Format: Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC

Run time: 1 hour and 37 minutes

Release date: October 21, 2003

Dubbed: French, Spanish

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (DTS ES 6.1)

Studio: Artisan Home Entertainment

Number of discs: 1

Even by the high standards of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, A Painted House is well above average. John Grisham's well-received "lawyer-free" novel was respectfully adapted by Patrick Sheane Duncan (Mr. Holland's Opus), and director Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate, A Walk in the Clouds) brings just the right touch of toughness and delicate nostalgia to Grisham's semi-autobiographical remembrance of boyhood in rural Arkansas, circa 1952. Grisham's alter ego is 10-year-old Luke Chandler (well played by Logan Lerman), and when tempers flare into violence between the Mexican migrant workers and itinerant "hill people" hired to harvest cotton on his grandfather's farm, Luke--who has witnessed a murder--must decide whether to expose the killer or keep the crime a secret. Filled with warm grace notes and a perfect cast including leather-faced Scott Glenn and Melinda Dillon (as Luke's grandparents), A Painted House juggles multiple crises (including devastating rainstorms) with strong family values, capturing the humor and hardship of farming life at a crossroads of fading tradition and inevitable change. Combining elements of To Kill a Mockingbird and Places in the Heart, this is a purebred Hallmark production in every respect, earning a badge of pride for everyone involved in its making.

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