Hard eight
(1999, original release: 1996)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/HARD

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DRAMA/HARD Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1999
EDITION
Special edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0767824539 81039, 043396810396
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996

Sydney, a poker-faced professional gambler plays guardian angel to unlucky John and his girlfriend. When John's and his bride's honeymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, the gambler takes care of it as usual. But when a slick casino pro threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past, Sydney decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance

Widescreen (aspect ratio 2.35:1) and full screen versions on opposite sides of disc

Special features: audio commentary by Paul Thomas Anderson; audio commentary by the cast and crew; deleted scene ("The Kiss"); three Sundance Institute Filmmaker Lab scenes; theatrical trailers; talent files

Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Barbara Tulliver ; music, Michael Penn, Jon Brion

Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson

Rated R

DVD

Closed-captioned. In English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish

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