Robert Redford sets
politics aside for a return to the screen in an action/dramatic role and
absolutely nails it. He has virtually
no dialog, but as with Robert Ryan’s survival masterpiece from 1953, Inferno,
dialog is not a necessity in writer/director J.C. Chandor’s All
is Lost.
Lionsgate Home
Entertainment has selected Feb. 11 (clearly with an eye towards the
Oscar-awards season) as the street date for DVD and Blu-ray SKUs (with
UltraViolet).
The ARR works out to 116
days and the box office tally thus far stands at $4.9 million (that should grow
as theatre-goers discover this film gem).
It makes you wonder why
such a well-received film — from both audiences and critics alike — got such a
limited theatrical release (under 400 screens). Is it Redford’s age — fear that younger
audiences don’t know who he is? Is it
his left-leaning politics — has that turned half the potential audience off to
anything he might be in? It is a sad
state of affairs … everything is politics these days.
Regardless of the negatives
relating to age and politics, Robert Redford’s eight-day edge-of-your-set
adventure in the Indian Ocean is clearly one of the best films of 2013!
Bonus features include
commentary from Oscar-nominee J.C. Chandor (Best Original Screenplay for Margin
Call), who is joined by producers Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb (they
previously teamed for Margin Call), and three featurettes,
two of which are multi-segment presentations.
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