Movie Description The star of Ken Loach's MY NAME IS JOE, Mullan proves that his talent isn't relegated to acting. As a writer/director, he has crafted a supremely entertaining motion picture. ORPHANS tells the grittily realistic, hysterical, and deeply moving tale of a group of siblings who reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral. The four children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways, some of which are heartfelt and some of which are bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself even further.
| Credits | | Producer: | Frances Higson | | Cast: | Donna Chalmer, Dorothy Jane Stewart, Frances Carrigan, Fraser Campbell, Gilbert Martin, Helen Devon, Joel Strachan, June Brogan, Laurie Ventry, Linda Cuthbert, Louise Dunn, Martha Leishman, Maureen Carr, Robert Carr, Sheila Donald, Stephen Docherty, Tam White, Vanya Eadie |
| Details | | Sound: | Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Snap Case Letterboxed - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 4.0 Matrix Sound - English Interactive Features: Scene Selections, Theatrical Release: March 10, 2000 (19 CITIES)
Editorial Reviews "...Mullan has an eye for quietly affecting, connotatively rich visuals..." Sight and Sound - p.54-5 - Edward Lawrenson
"...Bold storytelling....The performances are universally strong..." Film Comment - p.76 - Justine Elias
"...Mullan finds black comedy in the most unlikely places and shows enormous skill in keeping the audience on the hook....It's a wonderfully constructed script..." Box Office - p.65 - Mike Kerrigan
"...ORPHANS is a film of great intensity and weird events..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/10/2000)
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