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City Island [DVD].

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: AF21428Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor], c2010.Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cmGenre/Form:

Comedy films.

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Written and directed by Raymond DeFelitta.

Cast: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Alan Arkin, Emily Mortimer.Summary: City Island is chock-full of the simple pleasures to be gleaned from a warm, generous, and skillful script, performed with humor and charisma by a talented cast. Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia, Ocean's Eleven) is a prison guard--or "corrections officer," as he prefers--and has a family full of secrets: his son has some atypical desires and his daughter has been kicked out of school, while his wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife) is powerfully attracted to the hunky young ex-con on parole that Vince has brought to stay with them. But Vince has some potent secrets of his own, including taking acting classes. He tells Joyce he's playing poker, which leads her to believe he's having an affair--and when she meets his acting partner (Emily Mortimer, Lovely and Amazing), she thinks her fears are confirmed. This plot could easily have been melodramatic or sentimental, but thanks to the relaxed and confident guiding hand of writer-director Raymond De Felitta and the grounded, unfussy performances of the actors, City Island is engaging and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. --Bret Fetzer

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Originally released, 2009.

Special features: audio commentary with writer/producer/director Raymond De Felitta and producer/actor Andy Garcia; dinner with the Rizzos ; deleted scenes.

Written and directed by Raymond DeFelitta.

Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Alan Arkin, Emily Mortimer.

City Island is chock-full of the simple pleasures to be gleaned from a warm, generous, and skillful script, performed with humor and charisma by a talented cast. Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia, Ocean's Eleven) is a prison guard--or "corrections officer," as he prefers--and has a family full of secrets: his son has some atypical desires and his daughter has been kicked out of school, while his wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife) is powerfully attracted to the hunky young ex-con on parole that Vince has brought to stay with them. But Vince has some potent secrets of his own, including taking acting classes. He tells Joyce he's playing poker, which leads her to believe he's having an affair--and when she meets his acting partner (Emily Mortimer, Lovely and Amazing), she thinks her fears are confirmed. This plot could easily have been melodramatic or sentimental, but thanks to the relaxed and confident guiding hand of writer-director Raymond De Felitta and the grounded, unfussy performances of the actors, City Island is engaging and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. --Bret Fetzer

Subtitled for the deaf. Dialogue in English; subtitles in English & Spanish.

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