The United States of Leland

DVD 2003

After 15-year-old Leland commits a chilling crime, he is sent to juvenile hall where he meets Pearl, a teacher and aspiring writer who dreams of making Leland's story into a book. As Pearl digs deeper into Leland's life and the people caught up in it - his mother, his famous writer-father, and his troubled girlfriend - he uncovers Leland's disturbing motive. The tables soon turn when the enigmatic teen forces Pearl to examine his own morally ques...

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Correctional personnel Drama

Juvenile delinquents Drama

Teenagers Conduct of life Drama

Teenagers and adults Drama

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Crime films Feature films Fiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Description:

1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital 2.0
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
MPAA rating: R; for language and some drug content

Other Title:

container of (work): United States of Leland (Motion picture)

Notes:

Title from container
Special features: theatrical trailer
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003
Director of photography, James Glennon ; art director, Bill Arnold ; editor, Jeff Betancourt ; music, Jeremy Enigk ; costume designer, Genevieve Tyrrell ; production designer, Edward T. McAvoy
Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Williams, Martin Donovan
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, with optional subtitles in English, captions in English

Control Number:

3399457

UPC:

032429277671

Other Authors:

Cheadle, Don, actor
Donovan, Martin, 1957- actor
Enigk, Jeremy, composer (expression)
Glennon, James, 1942-2006, composer (expression)
Gosling, Ryan, 1980- actor
Hoge, Matthew Ryan, screenwriter, film director
Klein, Chris, 1979- actor
MDP Worldwide Entertainment, production company
Malone, Jena, 1984- actor
Morris, Bernie, film producer
Olin, Lena, actor
Paramount Pictures Corporation, publisher
Smith, Jonah, film producer
Spacey, Kevin, film producer
Thousand Words (Firm), production company
Trigger Street Productions, production company
West, Palmer, film producer
Williams, Michelle, 1980- actor

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