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Likable family man and smalltown diner owner Tom Stall is living his life, minding his own business. Then an act of heroism puts him in the media spotlight. Certain people take notice - Made men from Philly who are dead sure that Stall is the ex-mob assassin they want to find and kill. There may be...

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Corporate Authors: Media II Filmproduktion München GmbH & Co. KG, New Line Cinema Corporation, Benderspink (Firm), New Line Productions, Inc, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Bender, Chris, 1971-, Spink, J. C., 1973-, Olson, Josh, Cronenberg, David, 1943-, Mortensen, Viggo, 1958-, Bello, Maria, 1967-, Hurt, William, Harris, Ed, 1950-, Wagner, John, Locke, Vince
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subjects:
Small business > United States > Drama.
Diners (Restaurants) > United States > Drama.
Mafia > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Drama.
Assassins > United States > Drama.
Mistaken identity > United States > Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Likable family man and smalltown diner owner Tom Stall is living his life, minding his own business. Then an act of heroism puts him in the media spotlight. Certain people take notice - Made men from Philly who are dead sure that Stall is the ex-mob assassin they want to find and kill. There may be a real case of mistaken identity, but then again, Tom may actually be a stone-cold killer.
Item Description:Title from container.
Based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: Commentary by director David Cronenberg; "Acts of Violence:" minidocumentary gallery; "Violence's history: United States version vs. international version" featurette; "Too commercial for Cannes" featurette; "The unmaking of scene 44" featurette; deleted scene: scene 44; theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital stereo., 480i or 480p standard definition).
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for strong brutal violence, graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Peter Suschitzky ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore.
ISBN:1419878182
9781419878183