| Re: Anyone having this on dvd to post? |
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| gus (gus@hush.com) |
2008/11/16 14:40 |
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:17:46 +0100, Cloud <Cloud@Cloudsnet.com> wrote:
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>I'd like the dvd if anyone is lucky to have it and can post it.
>
>COM
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> Canvas (2006)
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> General Information
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>Type.................: Movie
>Runtime..............: 97 minutes
>Preview Runtime......: 2 min 28 secs
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>Audio Format.........: MP3
>Bitrate..............: 128
>Hz...................: 48,000
>Channels.............: Stereo
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>Video Format.........: DivX 5.2.0
>Video Bitrate........: 1855 kb/s
>Resolution...........: 720 x 404 (16:9)
>FPS..................: 25.00
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>Movie Information....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780492/
>IMDB Rating..........: 6.5
>Language.............: English
>Subtitles............: None
>CD1 Size.............: 703 MB
>CD2 Size.............: 705 MB
>Preview Size.........: 36 MB
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> Plot Outline
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>From IMDB
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>This film is one of the finest portrayals of mental illness I have
>seen. Being a therapist myself, I know the stigma that comes with a
>family member being diagnosed with schizophrenia and this film does
>the struggle great justice.
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>The film follows the Marino family, who live in South Florida. Joe
>Panteliano plays the father, a struggling working class man whose wife
>(played beautifully by Marsha Gay Harden) has been diagnosed with
>schziophrenia. They have a child named Chris who is struggling to find
>his own identity while dealing with his mother's troubling illness.
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>In the beginning of the film, we see Mary's attempts to connect with
>Chris through her artwork and his disappointment that she continues to
>paint the same scene over and over, a beach with a lighthouse. We come
>to discover through the movie that Mary holds onto this memory because
>it is one of the last times she was able to really be a mother to
>Chris. Mary, like many people with mental illness, believes she does
>not need her medication and stops taking it. Mary decompensates one
>night during a thunderstorm and becomes very paranoid and ends up
>accidentally hurting Chris. Mary is then taken to a hospital, where
>she stays for the remainder of the film.
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>Once Mary is hospitalized, the film turns its focus to John and Chris,
>both trying to hold together their family and both failing to do so.
>John begins building a sailboat in the backyard, both to distract
>himself and to find comfort in an activity that he and Mary used to
>enjoy. Chris turns to sewing t-shirts for his friends, and begins to
>make money doing so. All the while, son and father are not connecting.
>Mary's occasional visits home are disasterous and the family nearly
>breaks apart when Chris tries to destroy the boat John has been
>working on, in anger. In addition, John loses his job at the company
>he has worked for for 20 years and is now completely on his own.
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>John finally realizes that he is all his son has and makes an effort
>to connect with him, through fixing the boat. Chris uses the canvases
>from his mother's paintings to patch the sail (hence the title) and
>the two finally get to sail the boat together. The father and son even
>pass his ex-boss and his bratty son in their fancy speedboat which is
>stuck without fuel. Finally, John gets to fulfill a promise he made to
>Mary and take her on the boat, even if it is just on a trailer around
>the hospital.
Not got this one, only heard of it from Wes's post. Found some dvds in
USA much to expensive to ship over to me, and they take forever to get
here.
There might be a kind hearted American that can post it for us
please:)
gus
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