Stars:
Armand Assante, Diane Venora, Joe Grifasi, Tony Denson, Johnny Williams, and
Eduardo Ballerini
Writers:
Jeffrey Goldenberg, Robert Held, and Martin Davidson
Director:
Martin Davidson
Feature
length: 97 minutes
Extras:
Trailer and Cast Biographies
Languages:
English Stereo
Subtitles:
English Closed Captions
Packaging:
Scanavo Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 19
Sound:
Stereo Sound
Year
of DVD Release: 2002
Home
Video Distributor: USA Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: R
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Filmed
on location in Brooklyn, New York (My
hometown!) “Looking For An Echo” stars
Armand Assante as Vince Pirelli, the former singer of the 1964 band “Vinnie
and the Dreamers,” who now makes a living tending bar and singing at weddings.
He soon gets an opportunity to reunite with his band in Atlantic City, where he
has a soulful reunion that changes his outlook upon his return to Brooklyn.
I
always get a kick out of watching films that are supposed to take place in
certain neighborhoods. In this case the film is supposed to take place in Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn, but the filmmakers mix up the scenes so one minute a character
is in Bay Ridge, the next he is in the “Vegas Diner,” which is located on 18th
Avenue in Bensonhurst, then he is at the Bay Ridge Hospital, which does not
exist, and he is walking down a beautiful street of brownstones that are really
in Park Slope. No one outside of Brooklyn will really notice, but it is funny
how the filmmakers string locations together that look so geographically and
architecturally different that it can’t possibly all be one area.
That
aside, USA Home Entertainment’s DVD edition of “Looking For An Echo”
presents the film in a very good (1.33:1) aspect ratio with a clear and full
sounding English Stereo Soundtrack and English Closed Captions encoded on to the
DVD. Extra features include cast bios and select credits along with a
full-framed trailer. The menus are standard interactive still frames that are
easy to navigate.
An
insert with liner notes on the filmmakers is included within the DVD keep case.
“Looking For An Echo” is available on DVD-Video now from USA Home
Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2002 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.