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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Coming Of Age Movies, Fathers And Sons Videos, High School Experiences, Deception | | Starring | Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Sally Kirkland, Timothy Hutton, Noah Fleiss | | Director | James Ponsoldt | | Director of Photography | Tim Orr | | Music | Claire Campbell, Alex Neville, Brian Petway | | Producer | Scott Macauley | | Screenwriter | James Ponsoldt |
Nick Nolte stars as Ray Cooke, a disheveled, grumpy high school umpire who forms an unlikely friendship with a troubled teenager, Dave Tibbel (Trevor Morgan). As the 2 grow more dependent on each other, Ray asks Dave to go to his 40th high school reunion and pretend to be his son, a benevolent act of deception that winds up opening unexpected dimensions in the 2 men. Timothy Hutton and Sally Kirkland costar. Veteran actor Nick Nolte puts his explosive personal life behind him for a while, returning to what he does best with OFF THE BLACK. Nolte stars as Ray, a weathered high-school baseball umpire whose life veered off the rails some time ago and shows no sign of getting back on track. Nolte slips into the role with consummate ease, and you can almost smell the alcohol on his breath as Ray drunkenly wheezes through the first half-hour of director James Ponsoldt's inaugural feature. Ray slumps to his lowest ebb one night as some pranksters from the high school vandalize his home, but he manages to catch one of the fleeing boys, Dave (Trevor Morgan), as he tries to escape the scene. Dave cleans up the mess in a bid to escape criminal charges, and the two men strike up an unusual friendship full of deep conversation and endless soul searching; their relationship is further developed as they attend Ray's high-school reunion, with Dave pretending to be his son.
Ponsoldt provides a suitably snug small-town backdrop for Nolte and Morgan to work in, and occasionally dips into a pool of impressive supporting players--including Timothy Hutton as Dave's father and Rosemarie DeWitt as Ray's enigmatic friend--to bolster the interaction between the leads. The emotional pasts of Ray and Dave are carefully unraveled, and although the storyline is far from original, Ponsoldt's film is a worthy exercise, thanks to the impressive acting and interplay from Nolte and Morgan. Theatrical Release: December 8, 2006 Off The Black Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "A very offbeat character piece....As quirky as it sounds....Engaging and affecting."-- Jason Caro, Ultimate DVD "[Nolte] proves he's still a great leading actor." -- Grade: B+-- Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly "OFF THE BLACK is so much Nick Notle's movie that it couldn't exist without him....Mr. Nolte has the wisdom and acting smarts not to sentimentalize [the character]..."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times
This is the only James Ponsoldt video. Off The Black | List Price | $14.98 (You save $2.83) | | Studio | ThinkFilm | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  63671  | | CD Universe Part number | 7363628 | | Catalog number | 54965 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 17, 2007 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for a crude sexual remark. | | Running Time | 92 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Subtitled |
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Audio:
Closed Captioned - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Subtitled - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary: James Ponsoldt - Director
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