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Arlington Road [DVD] [1999]

Jeff Bridges (Actor), Tim Robbins (Actor), Mark Pellington (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett
  • Directors: Mark Pellington
  • Writers: Ehren Kruger
  • Producers: Ed Ross, Ellen Dux, James McQuaide, Jean Higgins, Judd Malkin
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dubbed, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Dutch, French, German
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Jan 2008
  • Run Time: 113 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UDUI
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 13,682 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)

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It's easy to understand why Arlington Road sat on the studio shelf for nearly a year. No, the film isn't awful; rather, it's an extremely edgy and ultimately bleak thriller that offers no clear-cut heroes or villains. In other words, Hollywood had no idea how to sell it. Director Mark Pellington's underrated directorial debut, Going All the Way, suffered the same fate, essentially because the film-maker's presentation of suburban America often shifts dramatically within the same film. Characters are usually miserable and bordering on meltdown, no situation is straightforward and things usually end badly.

Arlington Road begins as an astute study of suburban paranoia. Michael Faraday (a face-pinched Jeff Bridges, who spends most of the film on the brink of tears) is a college professor who teaches American history courses on terrorism. He's been a conspiracy freak since his wife, an FBI agent, was killed during a botched raid that feels like a thinly fictionalised reference to the Waco tragedy. After saving the life of his next-door neighbour's child, he initially befriends the family (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack), but soon believes the husband is a terrorist. The first half of the film mocks Faraday: he has no real evidence and is not the most stable of protagonists. Despite the fact that it was government paranoia that got his wife killed, Faraday repeats the same type of behaviour. Pellington shifts gears in the second half, however, and for a while, it seems that the film has simultaneously sunk into a cheap, high-octane brand of Hollywood entertainment and undermined its own point. But Arlington Road possesses a stunning ending that's a real gut punch, one that may leave you needing a second viewing to catch all of its smartly executed setup. --Dave McCoy

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb viewing - good story, well-acted and creepy, 12 May 2007
This review is from: Arlington Road [DVD] [1999] (DVD)
This is a wonderful film about the collision of small-town America with American (and not Middle-Eastern) terrorists. The plot is taut, the acting convincing and the conclusion as harrowing as the first time, early in the movie, that the director makes it clear that all is not well on Arlington Road...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An undiscovered gem., 21 Jan 2005
This review is from: Arlington Road [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)
This film seems to have gone under the radar somewhat, as tends to be the case with Tim Robbins and/or Jeff Bridges movies. Which is a shame because, in my view, this is one of the cleverest, most thought-provoking films made in the last few years.

Michael Faraday (Bridges) is a lecturer at a university, who teaches a class on FBI misgivings and conspiracies, since the death of his wife, herself an FBI worker, two years previous. He befriends his neighbour Oliver Lang (Robbins), a structural engineer, after an incident involving the two men's sons. At first, the two men get on great, but when Michael starts receiving Oliver's email from the university of Pennsylvania (Oliver claims to have gone to Kansas State), he starts suspecting Oliver's background. So much so that it takes over his life, and those of the people that are around him...

Impressively acted by two of Hollywood's more underrated actors, this is a movie that can only be done justice by being watched. The storyline is far-fetched but, vitally, it never seems unlikely or implausible. And the ending, which ingeniusly ties in with almost everything that has gone before it, is unforgettable.

Make sure this masterpiece doesn't carry on going unnoticed.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, provocative thriller, 25 Oct 2000
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This review is from: Arlington Road [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)
I liked this film because it left me surprised - and very few films do that, you usually always know whats going to happen - you don't with this film.

Exceptional acting and superb direction, this film is stimulating and dark - an excellent film with a diverse ending

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4.0 out of 5 stars Difficult not to give out spoilers.
I think it difficult not to give out spoiles as to why I found 'Arlington Road' a rather disturbing picture. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bart

4.0 out of 5 stars suspends belief
A very enjoyable film, superbly acted by all and very gripping. However the outcome is hard to believe, the plot relies on everything working to perfection. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Will

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite believable
Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) lectures on terrorism. When he saves the life of Oliver Lang's (Tim Robbins) child, a friendship is formed between the two men. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Alex da Silva

1.0 out of 5 stars I must have missed something
OK, so a professor specialising (sorry, specializing)in terrorism perchance lives opposite some terrorists. Well, thats convenient. And it all gets even more convenient. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Peter Keeping

3.0 out of 5 stars terrifying
After so much tragedy that has happened in america and all over the world in the last few years this film holds an eerie and frightening similarity to events which have taken... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ms. F. I. Macdonald

3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable....
3 Stars for this movie.

I purchased this a long time ago, watched it once and shoved it to the back of the cabinet, where it lurked unwatched. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2008 by Mr. J. Young

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and Shocking!
This is a movie that I think everyone should watch. We watched it some years ago and several times since. Everytime, it is impactful. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2007 by Laura Knight-Jadczyk

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and Shocking!
This is a movie that I think everyone should watch. We watched it some years ago and several times since. Everytime, it is impactful. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2007 by Laura Knight-Jadczyk

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and Shocking!
This is a movie that I think everyone should watch. We watched it some years ago and several times since. Everytime, it is impactful. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2007 by Laura Knight-Jadczyk

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic and Shocking!
This is a movie that I think everyone should watch. We watched it some years ago and several times since. Everytime, it is impactful. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2007 by Laura Knight-Jadczyk

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