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As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz's portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban "normalcy." An extraordinary ensemble cast-including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker-embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his paedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happiness unnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it.
FILM INFO
- United States
- 1998
- 140 minutes
- Colour
- 1.85:1
- English
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Maryse Alberti, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New conversation between director Todd Solondz and filmmaker Charlotte Wells
- New interview with actor Dylan Baker
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner
- New cover based on original poster art by Daniel Clowes
- The Criterion Collection
- 140 mins approx
- Todd Solondz
- TBC
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Jane Adams
- Lara Flynn Boyle
- Ben Gazzara
- and Dylan Baker
english
- english
- 1
- B
- The Criterion Collection
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As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz's portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban "normalcy." An extraordinary ensemble cast-including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker-embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his paedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happiness unnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it.
FILM INFO
- United States
- 1998
- 140 minutes
- Colour
- 1.85:1
- English
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Maryse Alberti, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New conversation between director Todd Solondz and filmmaker Charlotte Wells
- New interview with actor Dylan Baker
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by novelist and screenwriter Bruce Wagner
- New cover based on original poster art by Daniel Clowes
- The Criterion Collection
- 140 mins approx
- Todd Solondz
- TBC
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Jane Adams
- Lara Flynn Boyle
- Ben Gazzara
- and Dylan Baker
english
- english
- 1
- B
- The Criterion Collection
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Let todd solondz make films again!
Great packaging, design and film, I hope one day todd solondz can make films again and the daring American indie can be restored.
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