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Witness Protection [DVD] [1999]

DVD ~ Tom Sizemore

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Actors: Tom Sizemore, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Shawn Hatosy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Forest Whitaker
Directors: Richard Pearce
Writers: Daniel Therriault, Robert Sabbag
Producers: Henry S. Schleiff, Howard Meltzer, Sue Jett, Tony Mark
Format: Full Screen, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 15
Studio: Cinema Club
DVD Release Date: 7 Jun 2004
Run Time: 97 minutes
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ASIN: B00004WZVS
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 41,137 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In Witness Protection lifelong Mafia hood Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore) wakes up one night to discover a price on his head and nowhere to go but to the cops, under protection as a federal witness. Based on the article "The Invisible Family" by Robert Sabbag, this HBO film drops us into the volatile period between lives as Bats takes his family off the streets and into a federal bunker where they begin shaping their new identities. Surrounded by surveillance cameras and locked in an apartment that feels like a fancy prison block, the formerly prosperous family starts to suffocate and self-destruct while it becomes clear just what a "readjustment of expectations" really means.

Sizemore is excellent as the hot-headed gangster paralysed by helplessness, but Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is especially moving as the once-hopeful wife who buckles as her husband's secrets and lies are revealed. It's an interesting dynamic: the swaggering goodfella forced into a working-class life elicits little sympathy, but the toll on the family torn apart by recriminations, blame and frustration is affecting and powerful. They're undergoing a crash course in family therapy with federal official Forest Whitaker as their tough-love crisis counsellor. While the screenplay at times feels contrived, the drama is always potent. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

DVD Description
Video Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Main Soundtrack: English Stereo
Subtitles: None
Disc Format: Single Sided, Single Layer DVD 5

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