DVD
The Box
Record details
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Physical Description:
video recording (DVD)
videodisc
1 video disc (116 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inch disc. - Edition: Wide screen version.
- Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, p2010, c2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. Based upon the short story "Button, button" by Richard Matheson. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. local |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | LICENSED FOR HOME USE ONLY |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Steven Poster ; editor, Sam Bauer ; costume designer, April Ferry ; casting, Mary Vernieu, Venus Kanani ; music, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Owen Pallett. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | CAST : Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne. |
| Target Audience Note: | PARENTAL GUIDANCE - NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN - DISTURBING CONTENT |
| System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, wide screen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Language Note: | English, Spanish or French dialogue; with optional English, Spanish or French subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Ethics -- United States -- Drama Married people -- Conduct of life -- Drama Wooden boxes -- United States -- Drama Dilemma -- United States -- Drama DVD 4544 |
| Genre: | Science fiction films. |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creston Public Library | DVD BOX (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated |
35140001080319 | Fiction Videos | Not holdable | Lost | 2018-06-14 |
| Castlegar Public Library | DVD FIC BOX (Text) | 35146002120681 | DVD Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
Sci-fi movies such as The Incredible Shrinking Man, I Am Legend, and Somewhere in Time sprang from the visionary mind of writer Richard Matheson, who also wrote the terrific short story Button, Button on which The Box is based. Unfortunately, writer/director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) has seriously botched the provocative philosophical concept at the center of the tale. Cameron Diaz stars as Norma Lewis, a teacher who lives in an affluent suburb with her NASA engineer/optics expert/inventor husband, Arthur (James Marsden), and their son, Walter (Sam Oz Stone). Soon after Arthur is passed over for promotion to astronaut and Norma learns that their son will no longer receive a discount on his school tuition, an ominous stranger named Arlington Steward (Frank Langella) drops a box containing a big red button on their doorstep, returning later with a disturbing proposition: if they push the button, $1 million, tax free, will be theirsâbut the action will kill an unknown someone. Kelly makes the stakes for choosing to commit murder much too low to be believableâthe middle-class family is hardly in dire financial straitsâand instead of delving into the psychological or existential ramifications of the mysterious device or the Lewises' decision, the film veers off into the supernatural, bringing in zombie-like people with nosebleeds and a murky government conspiracy. Masquerading as allegory, The Box is pretentious poppycock. Not recommended. (S. Granger) Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2010.
