George Washington (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray + DVD)
Down this twisted road, please watch over my soul and lift me up so gently so as not to touch the ground.
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 11, 2014
- Originally Released: 2000
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Donald Holden, Candace Evanofski & Curtis Cotton, III | |
Performer: | Damian Jewan Lee, Eddie Rouse, Paul Schneider, Rachel Handy, Jonathan Davidson, Janet Taylor, Scott Clackum, Christian Gustoitis & Jason Shirley | |
Directed by | David Gordon Green | |
Edited by | Steven Gonzales & Zene Baker | |
Screenwriting by | David Gordon Green | |
Composition by | Michael Linnen & David Wingo | |
Produced by | Lisa Muskat, Sacha W. Mueller & David Gordon Green | |
Director of Photography: | Tim Orr | |
Executive Production by | Sam Froelich |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4.5/5 --
George Washington is a mood piece first, and its triumph is in bottling up the intense feeling of early adolescence, and watching how tragedy transforms it.
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The Dissolve
Amid languorous style, the story gets lost, which is a pity because it could have been a nice quirky one.
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Guardian
A gracious sleepwalk of a movie that could have used a firmer strut.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Rating: B+ --
This morality tale represents the impressive feature debut by regional filmmaker David Gordon Green, a talent to watch
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EmanuelLevy.Com
...As poetry is to prose, so is this movie to most other current offerings...
Box Office
The film absorbs elements of documentary and improvisation to produce a remarkably organic whole.
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Time Out
Rating: 3.5/4 --
What makes Green's work such a thing of beauty is its relentless, yet altogether genuine, modesty.
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TheMovieReport.com
Product Description:
David Gordon Green makes a stunning directorial debut with GEORGE WASHINGTON, a highly poetic drama that tells the story of the inhabitants of a small, impoverished southern town. Focusing on a group of five adolescent friends--George (Donald Holden), Nasia (Candace Evanofski), Buddy (Curtis Cotton III), Vernon (Damian Jewan Lee), and Sonya (Rachel Handy)--Green uses the town's barren landscape to provide a bleak, yet beautiful, backdrop for their day-to-day lives. After Nasia breaks up with Buddy for George, an introverted youth with an extremely sensitive fontanel, tragedy strikes and the friends are forced to come to terms with the situation. The resulting internal struggles send each individual into a search for redemption in intensely personal, yet very different, ways.
Green's film is reminiscent of Terrence Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN in its potent blend of naturalistic acting, lush photography, and nostalgic voice-over. The 24-year-old shows a maturity that many older directors rarely attain. It is this overriding optimism that makes it such an uplifting moviegoing experience, even amidst such somber circumstances. Also, there is an understated humor--most notably in Paul Schneider's portrayal of Rico Rice--that keeps matters hopeful throughout. GEORGE WASHINGTON is an honest, thoughtful, and deeply transcendent motion picture.
Green's film is reminiscent of Terrence Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN in its potent blend of naturalistic acting, lush photography, and nostalgic voice-over. The 24-year-old shows a maturity that many older directors rarely attain. It is this overriding optimism that makes it such an uplifting moviegoing experience, even amidst such somber circumstances. Also, there is an understated humor--most notably in Paul Schneider's portrayal of Rico Rice--that keeps matters hopeful throughout. GEORGE WASHINGTON is an honest, thoughtful, and deeply transcendent motion picture.