DVD

Lantana / MBP, Jan Chapman Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation [presents] ; producer, Jan Chapman ; screenplay writer, Andrew Bovell ; director, Ray Lawrence.

Chapman, Jan. (Added Author). Bovell, Andrew. (Added Author). Lawrence, Ray. (Added Author). LaPaglia, Anthony. (Added Author). Rush, Geoffrey, 1951- (Added Author). Hershey, Barbara, 1948- (Added Author). Armstrong, Kerry. (Added Author). Blake, Rachael. (Added Author). Colosimo, Vince, 1966- (Added Author). Dykstra, Russell. (Added Author). Farinacci, Daniella. (Added Author). Phelps, Peter, 1960- (Added Author). Walker, Mandy. (Added Author). Sodersten, Karl. (Added Author). Kelly, Paul, 1955- (Added Author). Wilson, Margot, 1967- (Added Author). Buddee, Kim. (Added Author). MBP (Firm) (Added Author). Jan Chapman Films. (Added Author). Australian Film Finance Corporation. (Added Author). Lions Gate Home Entertainment. (Added Author). Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Vince Colosimo, Russell Dyksta, Daniela Farinacci, Peter Phelps. (Cast).

Summary:

A woman disappears and four marriages are drawn into a tangled web of love, deceit, sex and death.

Lantana: a noxious and troublesome weed with dense and spiky undergrowth, sometimes cultivated for its colorful, aromatic flowers (film website). Like the plant, this film is a thicket: lovely and sweet smelling on its surface, dense and thorny beneath. In Lantana, a quartet of married couples from different strata of urban Australian life--wealthy Valerie and John, the middle-class Zats, working-class Jane and her estranged husband Pete, and struggling, just barely working-class Nik and Paula--are connected by psychiatrist Valerie, whose disappearance is the event around which these couples lives begin to revolve. The delicately layered storyline reminds viewers of three essential truths about human existence: No one is exactly what he or she seems; actions generate ripples that reach far beyond the actions themselves; and life does go on, no matter what, but it is never the same as before. Before what? Before everything.

Record details

ISBN: 1588175405
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen version.
Publisher: [United States] : Trimark Home Video : [2002]
Copyright: ©℗♭2001

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. Special features: behind-the-scene footage; production commentary; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access.
Formatted Contents Note:	Lantana bush -- Sex -- Eleanor -- Infidelity -- Dignity -- Collision -- Partner -- Judging -- Betrayal -- Bad day -- Good stuff -- Dancing -- Emotional state -- Words -- Numb -- Dilemma -- Focused -- Grief -- Interrogation -- Comfort -- Truth -- Breakdown -- Change -- End credits.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Mandy Walker ; editor, Karl Sodersten ; music, Paul Kelly ; costume designer, Margot Wilson ; production designer, Kim Buddee.
Participant or Performer Note:	Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Vince Colosimo, Russell Dyksta, Daniela Farinacci, Peter Phelps.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also issued on VHS.
System Details Note:	DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital.
Language Note:	English dialogue, Spanish and English subtitles.
Awards Note:	Australian Film Institute: 2001, AFI Award Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony LaPaglia); Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Vince Colosimo); Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kerry Armstrong); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Rachael Blake); Best Direction (Ray Lawrence); Best Film (Jan Chapman); Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source (Andrew Bovell); Screenwriting Prize (Andrew Bovell)