A poignant small-town American drama directed by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and executive produced by Gus Van Sant. Jennifer Connelly stars as Virginia, a charming yet mentally ill mother whose greatest love is her protector and illegitimate son, Emmett (Harrison Gilbertson). Ed Harris is Richard Tipton, the local married Mormon sheriff-turned-hopeful political candidate with whom Virginia had a two-decade long affair and who might very well be Emmett's father.
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OSCAR(R)-WINNER JENNIFER CONNELLY AND NOMINEE ED HARRIS STAR IN A THEATRICAL, STAR-STUDDED DRAMA FROM THE OSCAR(R)-WINNING WRITER OF MILK AND GUS VAN SANT
At the center of Virginia, a poignant small-town American drama directed by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk) and executive produced by Gus Van Sant (Milk, Good Will Hunting), Jennifer Connelly stars as Virginia, a charming yet mentally ill mother whose greatest love is her protector and illegitimate son, Emmett (played by Harrison Gilbertson). Ed Harris is Richard Tipton, the local married Mormon sheriff-turned-hopeful political candidate with whom Virginia had a two-decade long affair and who might very well be Emmett's father. When Sheriff Tipton learns that his daughter (Roberts) and Emmett have begun a romantic relationship, his Senate campaign, as well as Virginia's once simple life, are turned upside down. As the relationship threatens this boardwalk town's peculiar secrets, mother and son embark on a mad dash to seize their own brand of the American dream, guns blazing. Virginia was released theatrically in May 2012.
CAST
* Academy Award Nominee, Golden Globe Winner and BAFTA Nominee Ed Harris (Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, The Abyss, The Rock)
* Academy Award Winner and Golden Globe Winner Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind, Blood Diamond)
* Emma Roberts (Scream 4, Aquamarine, Nancy Drew)
* Amy Madigan (Field of Dreams; Gone Baby Gone)
* Toby Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger; The Adventures of Tintin)
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Catalog #: EOE-DV-7241
Running Time: 110 minutes
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: R
Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9 (1.78:1)
Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital
Language: English with SDH subtitles
