Stars:
Beau Bridges, Susan Blakely, William McNamara, Reese Witherspoon, and Patricia
Arquette
Writer:
Sara Flanagan
Director:
Diane Keaton
Feature
length: 94 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Stereo Sound
Subtitles:
English Closed Captions
Packaging:
Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 12
Sound:
Dolby Stereo Sound
Year of DVD Release: 2003
Home
Video Distributor: Artisan Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Artisan
Home Entertainment is releasing a series of budget DVD titles for Valentine’s
Day viewing. Among them is “Wildflower,” which tells the story of forbidden
relationships and passion among the Bible belt poor of ages past. The 1991 film
is notable for an early acting appearance by Reese Witherspoon, who occupies a
higher billing than costar Patricia Arquette. The film also stars Beau Bridges
and was photographed by Spielberg’s Cinematographer of choice Janusz Kaminski
and was directed by Diane Keaton.
The
film is presented in its original broadcast aspect ratio of (1.33:1) with a
muted tone that appears to be an artistic choice. An English Stereo Soundtrack
is included and English Closed Captions for the hearing impaired are also
encoded on to the DVD as an option. The menus are standard interactive still
frames that are easy to navigate.
“Wildflower”
is available on DVD now for the suggested retail price of $14.98 from Artisan
Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2003 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.