HOME FRIES (DVD/ST&WS/DD5.1 SURROUND/SCENE ACCESS/FILMOGRAPHICS/TRAILER) DVD

Home Fries
Dean Parisot, who won a live-action short Oscar, made his feature directorial debut with this black comedy from a producer team that included Barry Levinson and Lawrence Kasdan. A philandering stepdad is the victim of vengeful Mrs. Lever (Catherine O'Hara), who sends her sons out to scare him to death. Cobra helicopter pilots Dorian (Luke Wilson) and Angus (Jake Busey) accomplish this by strafing the forest at night as the stepdad runs in terror. No one knows that pregnant Burger-Matic cashier Sally (Drew Barrymore) was the stepdad's mistress. However, since Burger-Matic and Cobra headsets share the same radio frequency, the notion surfaces that maybe Burger-Matic workers overheard something; Angus suggests that Dorian take a job at the fast-food joint in order to determine just who knows what. Once on the job, however, the situation gets twisted after Dorian falls hard for Sally. The chain-smoking Mrs. Jackson (Shelley Duvall), Sally's trailer-trash mother, turns up, as does her redneck father, Red (Lanny Flaherty). In an inside film reference, Angus mentions the classic "Lamb to the Slaughter" episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast Drew Barrymore as Sally Luke Wilson as Dorian Catherine O'Hara as Mrs. Lever Jake Busey as Angus Shelley Duvall as Mrs. Jackson Kim Robillard as Billy Daryl Mitchell as Roy Lanny Flaherty as Red Chris Ellis as Henry Lever Blue Deckert as Sheriff

Crew Phil Dagort - Art Director Susann Jones - Associate Producer Debra Zane - Casting Jill Greenberg Sands - Casting Jill M. Ohanneson - Costume Designer Michael Waxman - First Assistant Director Dean Parisot - Director Nicholas C. Smith - Editor Romi Lassally - Executive Producer Rachel Portman - Composer (Music Score) Barry Robison - Production Designer Jerzy Zielinski - Cinematographer Mark Johnson - Producer Charles James Newirth - Producer Barry Levinson - Producer Lawrence Kasdan - Producer Andrew Menzies - Set Designer Jennifer Murphy - Sound/Sound Designer Vince Gilligan - Screenwriter

Home Fries
Dean Parisot's Home Fries captures all the quirkiness of Vince Gilligan's darkly comic screenplay while smartly letting the actors charm the audience. Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson (who ended up dating during and after the making of the film) play characters whose actions should make them less than palatable to the audience, but their warmth and essential goodness win out. The director and the actors like these characters, and that gives the audience the opportunity to root for them while also ruefully accepting their less ingratiating aspects. Though the comedy may occasionally become too broad, the lead performers keep everything in check. Jake Busey, Catherine O'Hara, and Shelley Duvall all provide solid support for Barrymore and Wilson who, along with the filmmakers, manage to fashion a omantic comedy populated with characters who are both original and endearing. Home Fries is certainly slight, but its novelty keeps it interesting. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DDS2.0: Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels of sound from a 2-channel stereo mix. Additional Features: Interactive menus Filmographies Theatrical trailer Scene access Languages and subtitles: English, Français DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 95 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1- Standard 0. Jump To A Scene 1. Lovers spat (Credits; Memories Are Made of This). [3:10] 2. Interference. [4:09] 3. Loose ends (Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing). [4:34] 4. Grieving survivors. [6:57] 5. Burger-Matic's new employee. [4:09] 6. Buzz Burger-Matic to the rescue. [6:15] 7. A queen ant dream. [4:41] 8. The perfect murder. [1:35] 9. A matter of respect. [3:29] 10. Lamaze class. [4:16] 11. A really good mother-to-be. [2:20] 12. Attired for Mom's night. [2:03] 13. Fast-food-flavored funeral. [3:41] 14. The co-pilot gunner seat. [3:43] 15. A cockpit kiss. [2:39] 16. The woman in the picture. [2:34] 17. Murder...halfway. [3:54] 18. An unexpected visitor. [2:27] 19. In love- and so screwed. [3:39] 20. This much difference. [3:04] 21. Emergency inspection (The Devil's Chasing Me). [4:33] 22. Copter chase. [3:41] 23. Angus takes aim. [3:45] 24. Dorian's role (Magic Moments). [2:49] 25. Explaining things. [1:35] 26. End Credits (Heaven of My Heart, The Devil's Chasing Me). [3:38] Side #2- Widescreen 0. Jump To A Scene 1. Lovers spat (Credits; Memories Are Made of This). [3:10] 2. Interference. [4:09] 3. Loose ends (Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing). [4:34] 4. Grieving survivors. [6:57] 5. Burger-Matic's new employee. [4:09] 6. Buzz Burger-Matic to the rescue. [6:15] 7. A queen ant dream. [4:41] 8. The perfect murder. [1:35] 9. A matter of respect. [3:29] 10. Lamaze class. [4:16] 11. A really good mother-to-be. [2:20] 12. Attired for Mom's night. [2:03] 13. Fast-food-flavored funeral. [3:41] 14. The co-pilot gunner seat. [3:43] 15. A cockpit kiss. [2:39] 16. The woman in the picture. [2:34] 17. Murder...halfway. [3:54] 18. An unexpected visitor. [2:27] 19. In love- and so screwed. [3:39] 20. This much difference. [3:04] 21. Emergency inspection (The Devil's Chasing Me). [4:33] 22. Copter chase. [3:41] 23. Angus takes aim. [3:45] 24. Dorian's role (Magic Moments). [2:49] 25. Explaining things. [1:35] 26. End Credits (Heaven of My Heart, The Devil's Chasing Me). [3:38]