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The Sweet Hereafter (VHS, 1999) 
The Sweet Hereafter (VHS, 1999)

 
The Sweet Hereafter (VHS, 1999)

Leading Role: Ian Holm,Sarah Polley
Director: Atom Egoyan
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Nov 1999
Format: VHS
UPC: 794043469237
Product ID: EPID3275996
Description: A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted youn...
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Movie Description
A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted young woman confined by the tragedy to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. A morality play without the sermon from EXOTICA auteur Atom Egoyan, based on the acclaimed novel by Russell Banks.

Credits
Producer:Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg
Cast:Allegra Denton, Bruce Greenwood, Devon Finn, Fides Krucker, Kirsten Kieferle, Magalena Sokoloski, Russell Banks, Sarah Rosen Fruitman, Simon Baker, Tom McCamus

Editorial Reviews
Ranked #6 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Film of the '90s: -- "...Dizzying....A mesmeric portrait..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.160 - Owen Gleiberman (04/01/2000)

"...Graced by another gripping Ian Holm performance..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.9D - Mike Clark

"...A hypnotically structured, meditative mystery that instantly moves Egoyan to the front rank of world filmmakers..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.51-2 - Owen Gleiberman (05/30/1997)

"...[The] most wrenching film by the brilliantly analytical Atom Egoyan....This eloquent film also carries the exhilaration of crystal-clear artistic vision..."
New York Times - p.E18 - Janet Maslin (11/21/1997)

"...Ian Holm's performance here is bottomless in its subtlety....This is one of the best films of the year, an unflinching lament for the human condition..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (12/24/1997)

"The director's finest hour..."
Premiere - Andy Webster (04/01/2004)

Awards
1997CannesJury Prize

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