| | Quid Pro Quo DVD
| Category | Rock DVDs, Dramas Movies, Romance Videos, Spoof, Independent, Journalists/Journalism | | Starring | Vera Farmiga, Nick Stahl, Phil LaMarr, Kate Burton, Jessica Hecht, Jacob Pitts, Leonardo Nam, Matthew Carey, Aimee Mullins, Pablo Schreiber | | Director | Carlos Brooks | | Composer | Mark Mothersbaugh | | Director of Photography | Michael McDonough | | Editor | Lauren Zuckerman, Charles Ireland | | Executive Producer | Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner | | Producer | Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford | | Screenwriter | Carlos Brooks |
Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re; Amaray Case This somber yet sexy psychodrama stars Nick Stahl as Isaac, a paraplegic radio journalist who gets entangled with a cult of "wannabes," i.e. people who wish they were paralyzed or missing limbs, or who pretend to be paralyzed so they can travel around in a wheelchair. His entry into this bizarre world is Fiona (Vera Farmiga), a mysterious beauty who lures him into one strange "quid pro quo" bargain after another. Eventually, the repressed events surrounding Nick's childhood car accident (he was orphaned and left paralyzed) come into play, he finds a pair of seemingly magic shoes, and nothing is what it seems, except the raw desire, guilt, and fear that propel these characters on collision courses deep into each other's noir-stained psyches. QUID PRO QUO is the feature debut for writer-director Carlos Brooks, and it slinks along on the subtle pathways of Sundance-style indie plot exposition, bending the film to wheelchair-level view through a well thought-out maze of little touches. Director of photography Michael McDonough captures (as if in golden amber) the bruised flesh and velvet wallpaper, the filtered sunshine and dusky wooden surfaces of a perennially autumnal dream world. Stahl is good but Farmiga steals the show in another live wire, wide-eyed performance. Like her work in previous years (in Sundance indies JOSHUA and DOWN TO THE BONE), her performance here would be judged in the same league with the bared-soul brilliance of James Dean or pre-accident Montgomery Clift were this an gender bias-free world. Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo) did the score. Quid Pro Quo Reviews: "Gorgeously shot by Michael McDonough, QUID PRO QUO belies its modest budget with a glossy, burnished look that lifts the material another realm. There's something liquid and haunting about the look of the film..."-- Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times "Fans of strange love stories and detective thrillers would do well to investigate this indie gem from first-time writer/director Carlos Brooks."-- Jenni Miller, Premiere "QUID PRO QUO hovers in a noir-shaded twilight zone....This small, intensely acted film is a psychological detective story..."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times
This is the only Carlos Brooks video. Quid Pro Quo | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.63) | | Studio | Magnolia Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  73660  | | CD Universe Part number | 7307154 | | Catalog number | 10037 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 19, 2008 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for some sexuality and language | | Running Time | 82 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Stereo Sound; Widescreen; Subtitled |
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Quid Pro Quo DVD Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) is a Public Radio reporter in New York City. When he was eight, his mother and father died in an automobile accident that left him in a wheelchair.
On air, Isaac recounts how he recently received an anonymous tip from someone identified only as "Ancient Chinese Girl." She tells him a perfectly able-bodied man walked into an emergency ward downtown, and attempted to bribe a doctor into amputating his leg.
As Isaac investigates the eerie tip, he encounters Fiona (Vera Farmiga) who, through her own quandary, leads Isaac to a netherworld of people afflicted with a perverse desire to be disabled. Like a contemporary noir detective film, QUID PRO QUO follows Isaac as he embarks on a dream-like journey to pull back the layers of what makes people feel whole.
Source: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Widescreen -
1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Bonus Footage: Footage From Whole Documentary
Text/Photo Galleries:
Galleries:
1. Tulip Photo Gallery
2. Storyboards
Clips - Audition Tapes - Nick Stahl, Actor; Vera Farmiga, Actor
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