The daytrippers /
With its droll humor and bittersweet emotional heft, the feature debut of writer-director Greg Mottola announced the arrival of an unassumingly sharp-witted new talent on the 1990s indie film scene. When she discovers a love letter written to her husband (Stanley Tucci) by an unknown paramour, the d...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with optional English subtitles. |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Criterion Collection,
1996.
Kanopy Streaming, 2022. |
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| Summary: | With its droll humor and bittersweet emotional heft, the feature debut of writer-director Greg Mottola announced the arrival of an unassumingly sharp-witted new talent on the 1990s indie film scene. When she discovers a love letter written to her husband (Stanley Tucci) by an unknown paramour, the distraught Eliza (Hope Davis) turns to her tight-knit Long Island family for advice. Soon the entire clan-strong-willed mom (Anne Meara), taciturn dad (Pat McNamara), and jaded sister (Parker Posey) with pretentious boyfriend (Liev Schreiber) in tow-has squeezed into a station wagon and headed into Manhattan to find out the truth, kicking off a one-crazy-day odyssey full of unexpected detours and life-changing revelations. Performed with deadpan virtuosity by a top-flight ensemble cast, THE DAYTRIPPERS is a wry and piercing look at family bonds stretched to the breaking point. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Production Credits: | Music, Richard Martinez ; costume designer, Barbara Presar ; production designer, Bonnie J. Brinkley ; editor, Anne McCabe ; director of photography, John Inwood. |