Road to Perdition [videorecording] / DreamWorks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox present a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck, Dean Zanuck, Sam Mendes ; screenplay by David Self ; directed by Sam Mendes.
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FilmPublisher number: PAR90147DLanguage: English, Spanish Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: [United States] : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2003]Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783274459
- Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editor, Jill Bilcock ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The acclaimed graphic novel from crime writer Max Allan Collins becomes this big budget Dreamworks drama from director Sam Mendes and screenwriter David Self. Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan, a morally conflicted Depression-era hit man committing murder in the name of his employer, John Rooney (Paul Newman). A kindly, aging Irish crime boss who raised Sullivan as his surrogate son, Rooney is affiliated with Al Capone in Chicago and thus wields great power in the "Tri-Cities" of Moline, IL; Rock Island, IL; and Davenport, IA. Curious about his father's mysterious profession, Sullivan's son, Michael Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin), stows away in his father's automobile one night and witnesses the execution of a man at the hands of Sullivan and Rooney's biological son, Connor (Daniel Craig). Although Michael keeps his promise to remain silent about what he's seen, the paranoid and unstable Connor tries to wipe out the entire Sullivan clan anyway, succeeding only in killing Sullivan's wife, Annie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), and youngest son, Peter (Liam Aiken). Enraged at this and another surprise betrayal by the Rooneys, Sullivan embarks on a path of bloody retribution, Michael in tow. Although he intends to leave his boy with relatives in the rural town of Perdition once the coast is clear, he ends up exposing Michael to the goriest aspects of his talents, slaughtering former associates as he dodges contract assassin Maguire (Jude Law) and cripples the cash flow of the Rooney and Capone organizations through a series of bank robberies, attempting to force either mob family to offer up the sequestered Connor as a sacrifice. Inspired by the popular Japanese comic book series Lone Wolf and Cub and based loosely on an episode from the life and career of notorious real-life crime figures John and Connor Looney, Road to Perdition co-stars Stanley Tucci as legendary Chicago mobster Frank Nitti. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002 and based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins.
Special features: deleted scenes; HBO's "making of" documentary; audio commentary with Sam Mendes and subtitled commentary in English, French or Spanish ; cast and filmakers biographies ; production notes; photo gallery.
Special features: Widescreen version -- Deleted scenes -- HBO's "Making of" documentary -- Feature commentary with director Sam Mendes -- Production notes -- Photo gallery -- Language: English, 5.1 surround ; French, 5.1 surround -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
Region 1.
Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall ; editor, Jill Bilcock ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Albert Wolsky ; production designer, Dennis Gassner.
Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin.
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
MPAA rating: R; for violence and language.
DVD; Region 1; NTC; Anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dual-layer format; Dolby digital surround.
English (5.1 or 2.0 surround) and French (5.1 surround) language soundtracks with optional descriptions for the visually impaired; optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English.