Junebug [videorecording] / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; an Epoch Films production ; produced by Mindy Goldberg, Mike S. Ryan ; written by Angus MacLachlan ; directed by Phil Morrison.
Amy Adams (Ashley), Embeth Davidtz (Madeleine), Ben McKenzie (Johnny), Alessandro Nivola (George), Celia Weston (Peg), Scott Wilson (Eugene). Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2005. Special features: Commentary with Amy Adams an Embeth Davidtz [audio only]; Deleted scenes (18 min.); Behind the scenes (17 min.); Casting sessions (21 min.); Outsider art photo gallery [slide show]; Previews.
Contents:
Start -- David Wark -- From a dream -- Meet the family -- Homecoming -- Arts & crafts -- Panther pride -- Nails -- High-fallutin' talking -- Meerkat -- Small potatoes -- Little rusty -- Night walk -- Huck & Jim -- Misunderstanding -- Lost screwdriver -- "She's still ... strange." -- Labor pains -- Better offer -- "It means something." -- Wooing Wark -- "We lost him." -- Scariest thing -- So sorry -- "We're going." -- Nothing to worry about -- "Look what I found." -- "I'm so glad we're outta here."
Summary:
Junebug is a deceptively simple, deeply resonant story about the inherent loneliness of family, embracing the texture of a world the movies rarely visit. Three years have passed since George has been home, and he is bringing his bride, Chicago art dealer Madeleine. His family--father Eugene, mother Peg, brother Johnny and sister-in-law Ashley--await them with a mixture of excitement, anxiety, and dread. Junebug sounds a paean to yearning, alienation, and endless hope, in the face of the enormous distances that can divide two people, separated by two ways of life.
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