| The End of Violence | 
 enlarge | Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Traci Lind, Rosalind Chao, Bill Pullman, Andie Macdowell, K. Todd Freeman
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 122
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD907791D
ISBN: 0792844009
UPC: 027616779120
EAN: 9780792844006
Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 1997
Release Date: March 28, 2000
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About a new intelligence system that not only fights crime but also causes it. Special features: subtitles in french and spanish theatrical trailer and collectible booklet. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 04/25/2006 Starring: Bill Pullman Gabriel Byrne Run time: 122 minutes Rating: R Director: Wim Wenders
Amazon.com
If Wim Wenders falls prey to overambition in this sprawling story of identity, conscience, and voyeurism in modern Los Angeles, it pays off in a richness absent from so many of Hollywood's safe, sterile films. Bill Pullman is the ostensible hero, a Roger Corman-like producer abruptly kidnapped by a pair of dim thugs who prepare to kill him in the shadow of the L.A. freeway. Gabriel Byrne watches, powerless, from on high, a meek Big Brother wired up through surveillance cameras hidden throughout the city. When Pullman disappears into the faceless population of L.A., adopted by a family of Hispanic gardeners, he begins his own covert investigation in parallel with the official inquiry conducted by movie-buff cop Loren Dean. Ostensibly a thriller, the film has little onscreen violence, but shadowy threats prowl around the edges, and echoes of unseen murders permeate the picture. The narrative is a tangle, neglecting characters and leaving the vast conspiracy more a suggestion than a fully conceived plot, possibly the victim of last-minute reworking after a disastrous showing at Cannes. But Wenders's unerring eye for image and color creates a stunning, often startlingly beautiful film of unsettling menace and haunting mystery, and his generosity of character fills this world with vivid personalities. Cult director Sam Fuller and character actor Henry Silva have small roles, and Traci Lind costars as a young stuntwoman with ambitions of an acting career. As always, Ry Cooder's score is superb. --Sean Axmaker
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