| | Monster's Ball DVD (6 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Urban Drama DVDs, Dramas Movies, Crime Videos, Essential Cinema, Violence, Prison, Racism | | Starring | Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Peter Boyle, Heath Ledger, Diddy | | Director | Marc Forster | | Director of Photography | Roberto Schaefer | | Executive Producer | Michael Paseornek | | Featured | Mos Def | | Screenwriter | Milo Addica, Will Rokos |
Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Academy Awards; English Subtitles; Director's Comments Set in modern Mississippi, MONSTER'S BALL subtly examines the impact of personal loss and the transforming power of human connection. The movie begins in the state penitentiary's death row, where father-and-son prison guards Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) and Sonny Grotowski (Heath Ledger) administer the execution of a black death-row inmate Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs), who leaves behind a wife, Leticia (Halle Berry), and son, Tyrell (Coronji Calhoun). When both Hank and Leticia's children subsequently die, the two grieving parents are accidentally thrust together, where they begin to find comfort and eventually a form of redemption.
Employing a languid pace and minimalist dialogue, MONSTER'S BALL slowly moves forward on the strength of the cast's performances (including a supporting turn from Peter Boyle as Hank's ailing racist father, Buck) and Marc Forster's understated direction. The complex characters are allowed to develop gradually over the course of the entire movie, making the film a richly satisfying character study rather than a quick, plot-driven confection. Theatrical Release: DECEMBER 26, 2001 (NY/LA) Monster's Ball Reviews: "...Thornton displays a remarkable gift for understatement....Thornton brings a gentleness to the part that acts as a much-need balm on the wounds we see all around..."
-- Leslie Felperin, Sight and Sound "...Written with the complexity of great fiction, avoiding obligatory scenes, cutting straight to the heart....The best film of 2001..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "...The characters and the bond that develops between them are too complex for words....Their economy and the eloquence of Mr. Foster's unshowily beautiful images give MONSTER'S BALL the density and strangeness of real life..."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "...MONSTER'S BALL proves that Halle Berry had a spectacular performance inside her waiting to be unleashed and that Billy Bob Thornton still had a third one left in his stunning 2001 stockpile..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...An interesting tale: well-told, sad and funny and ultimately uplifting..."-- Bridget Byrne, Box Office "...The actors make it unique and unforgettable....You can't take your eyes off them..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...Burning with a quiet intensity, MONSTER'S BALL is bolstered by a poetic, intelligent sensibility..."
-- Robert Koehler, Variety "...[Thornton] gives the best performance of his career in MONSTER'S BALL....This is a fearless, brutally honest performance, etched with shadings and remarkable subtlety..."
-- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life Monster's Ball | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.83) | | Studio | Studio Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2001 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  6257  | | CD Universe Part number | 5518911 | | Catalog number | 71482 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 18, 2003 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | strong sexual content, language, and violence | | Running Time | 112 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Digital Sound; Stereo Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; Signature Series - Extended Non-Theatrical Version |
Monster's Ball Movie Review Monster's Ball DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Extended
Theatrical Version
Letterbox -
1.85
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Cast & Crew Interviews
Audio Commentary: Marc Forster - Director, Milo Addica, Will Rokos -
Screenwriters
Featurette: Sundance Channel's ANATOMY OF A SCENE
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Monster's Ball DVD Awards Purchase Monster's Ball Movie To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Chasing Amy DVD (1997) Widescreen; Collector's Edition
Monster's Ball film
 $15.09  
| | Evening With Edgar Allan Poe DVD (2000) Box Set
Monster's Ball review
$28.65
| | Oz - The Complete Second Season DVDs (1998)
Monster's Ball DVD
$32.59 
| | Andersonville DVD (1996) Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
Monster's Ball movie DVD
$9.99
| | M*A*S*H DVD (1970) Widescreen
Monster's Ball video
$10.29
With the release of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H in 1970, a new form of comedy was born, one that would help to forever change the face of cinema. Altman's audacious film reflected the American counterculture's growing distrust of religion and government in the late 1960s and early 1970s, resulting in one of the biggest box office smashes of its time. Introducing the techniques he would employ throughout his storied career--overlapping dialogue, a constantly moving camera with a heavy amount of zooming, and a bold combination of frank subject matter with cynical humor--Altman immediately ...
| | Hotel Rwanda DVD (2004)
Monster's Ball film
$11.35
Don Cheadle gives a riveting performance as Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a European-owned hotel in Rwanda, who created a secret refugee camp for the Tutsi people during the brutal genocide committed against them by the Hutu people in 1994. His efforts helped to save 1200 lives out of close to a million who were killed. HOTEL RWANDA shows this man's courage, while also capturing the political events that occurred between April and September '94. First, United Nations soldiers are restricted from fighting back against Hutu guerillas, even after the Rwandan president is assassinated and the country is thrown into chaos. But as the fighting worsens, all non-Rwandans including UN peacekeepers, Europeans, and Americans are evacuated. This leaves the Tutsi people defenseless against aggressive Hutus who are armed with machine guns and machetes. While working the system with strategic phone calls to powerful international contacts of the hotel, Rusesabagina also uses ...
| | Wolf Mountain DVD (1993)
Monster's Ball review
$6.99
| | Brighty Of The Grand Canyon DVD (1967)
Monster's Ball DVD
$6.99
Youngsters should enjoy this innocuous tale about a little boy who is kidnapped and then saved by a free-spirited mule and a lovable old miner. Based ...
| | Kermit's Swamp Years DVD (2002)
Monster's Ball movie DVD
$6.55
What was life like for Kermit the Frog before he became famous and captured the hearts of Muppet-lovers everywhere? This made-for-video feature will show the entire family! Young Kermit loves to hang out in the swamp with his friends Goggles and Croaker, but he constantly wonders what the world is like beyond the marsh grass. But when Croaker is nabbed by the net of a pet store owner to be sold in his shop, Kermit and Croaker are forced to venture out and discover for themselves. Along the way, they enlist the help of a wise dog named Pilgrim--who takes the young amphibians ...
| | How Green Was My Valley DVD (1941)
Monster's Ball video
$9.69
In John Ford's HOW GREEN IS MY VALLEY, Huw Morgan, now a middle-aged man leaving the mining town of Cwm Rhondda, recalls the events that most impressed themselves ...
| | Salsa And Cumbia Party With Discos Fuentes All Stars DVD (2003)
Monster's Ball film
$6.29
| | Don't Say A Word/High Crimes 2-Pack DVDs (2001)
Monster's Ball review
$16.29
DON'T SAY A WORD: When psychiatrist Nathan Conrad discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped, the only way he can get her back is to pry critical information from the mind of a seriously disturbed teenager with a secret stuck deep in a blocked memory. The Conrads are the prototypical happy family: Nathan, a successful doctor (Michael Douglas); his loving wife, Aggie (Famke Janssen), who is bedridden with a broken leg suffered in a skiing accident; and eight-year-old Jessie (Skye McCole Bartusiak), an extemely intelligent and well-loved young girl. But late one night Jessie is abducted and used as collateral for a dangerous group of men who will stop at nothing to recover a stolen ten-million-dollar jewel.
Gary Fleder (KISS THE GIRLS) has crafted an excellent thriller shot on the streets of New York City, getting help from a fine supporting cast, including Oliver Platt as one of Dr. Conrad's medical colleagues, Jennifer Esposito as a cop out to get to the bottom of a series of unexplained murders, and Sean Bean as a violent criminal who will kill anyone who gets in his way. ...
| | Pinky Lee Show - Vol. 1 DVD (1954)
Monster's Ball DVD
$7.39 
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! DID ANYONE SEE THE SAME MOVIE I DID!!!
Wasn't very good
Email a Friend
