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The Clearing DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In its chilling opener THE CLEARING paints a classic portrait of rich man vs poor man showing the morning routines of two very similar characters Though they are both white middle-aged and of middle-class stature the nuances that differentiate them--their houses their wives their clothing--jump off the screen with stark clarity With a slightly jumbled chronology the subsequent events come not with shock but with devastating realness Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) is in his Lexus on his way to work when Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) kidnaps him It all happens calmly with purposeful execution Mack wants money and will use Hayes as ransom to get it The film then turns to Hayes&
elegant wife (Helen Mirren who is a tour-de-force in this quietly emotive role) and well-bred family who are saddled with a ransom negotiator and FBI surveillance and are forced to face the tragedy With no outright violence no sudden bursts of surprise and no wasted time THE CLEARING is a captivating masterful suspense thriller Debut director Pieter Jan Brugge works from a screenplay by Justin Haythe in telling this deeply unsettling tale Hayes and Mack (the superb and intense pairing of Redford and Dafoe) argue their opposite points of view through conversations about family morality and power Meanwhile safe at home Hayes& wife undergoes ups and downs reevaluating her marriage and her love for her husband as investigators dig through the intricacies and secrets of their lives Age Rating
12
elegant wife (Helen Mirren who is a tour-de-force in this quietly emotive role) and well-bred family who are saddled with a ransom negotiator and FBI surveillance and are forced to face the tragedy With no outright violence no sudden bursts of surprise and no wasted time THE CLEARING is a captivating masterful suspense thriller Debut director Pieter Jan Brugge works from a screenplay by Justin Haythe in telling this deeply unsettling tale Hayes and Mack (the superb and intense pairing of Redford and Dafoe) argue their opposite points of view through conversations about family morality and power Meanwhile safe at home Hayes& wife undergoes ups and downs reevaluating her marriage and her love for her husband as investigators dig through the intricacies and secrets of their lives Age Rating
12
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