Fearless

UPC: 085391298625

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children]

Summary: Adapted by screenwriter Rafael Yglesias from his own novel, Fearless explores the complex struggle back to mental health of post-traumatic stress disorder victim Max Klein (Jeff Bridges). One of few survivors of a fatal plane crash, Klein remains calm and assists other survivors out of the burning debris, earning praise as a hero by the media. After stoically departing the tragedy without a word to emergency officials, Max returns home with detached feelings towards his wife (Isabella Rossellini) and son, along with a bizarre, seemingly authentic belief that he is now impervious to harm. Bill Perlman (John Turturro), a psychiatrist for the airline, fails to reach Max about his newfound fearlessness, but asks for his help in aiding Carla (Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Rosie Perez), a fellow crash survivor filled with grief and guilt over the loss of her baby. In one of his earlier roles, Benicio del Toro plays a small part as Carla's boyfriend. ~ Lisa Kropiewnicki, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Supporting Actress – null Best Supporting Actress – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Special Mention – Berlin International Film Festival Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Fearless

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 09/19/2000

Audio: DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 122 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Jump to a Scene
0. Jump to a Scene
1. Disaster in a cornfield [4:50]
2. "Are you not dead?" [2:03]
3. Forbidden fruit [5:36]
4. Homeward bound first class [4:42]
5. Not himself [1:57]
6. Speaking bluntly; Nan's pain [4:09]
7. Byron feels safe; Max acts unsafe [3:28]
8. "I'm not afraid." [5:40]
9. The Good Samaritan calls [6:05]
10. No reason to love [3:15]
11. A drive with Carla [3:45]
12. A feeling of overwhelming love [1:19]
13. God or matchmaker? [3:45]
14. Loud silence [1:03]
15. The group session [8:04]
16. Suffering into dollars [3:23]
17. "I can let it go." [3:08]
18. "Let me be a part of it." [3:49]
19. Scared of a kiss? [2:11]
20. Headed toward a crash [4:08]
21. Presents for the dead [8:19]
22. Carla's guilt [3:28]
23. A second chance to save Bubble [4:56]
24. Carla's new angel [4:53]
25. Can't save everybody [4:27]
26. Drawing near to the divine [2:04]
27. Needing to be saved [3:08]
28. The moment of my death (Gorecki Symphony #3 begins) [1:49]
29. "Everything's okay." [2:32]
30. Impact [1:54]
31. Toward the light [1:40]
32. End credits (Symphony #3: Upshaw solo) [6:08]

Lisa Kropiewnicki

Despite poor domestic box-office earnings, director Peter Weir earned well-deserved critical acclaim for this underrated drama. Weir's subtle use of visual symbolism includes sun-cast reflections, danger-yielding construction signage, and "forbidden fruit" (strawberries play an important supporting role), imparting a mystical overtone to what is essentially a psychological character study. Jeff Bridges' unnerving performance is typically understated, while Oscar-nominee Rosie Perez forgoes her usual histrionics to convincingly portray a mother in the throes of clinical depression, who discovers that her infant son is only the first of several important relationships she must give up. It is in the character of airline psychiatrist Bill Pearlman (John Turturro) that the film falters, never revealing the true nature of the malady suffered by the hero and instead using Turturro's character as a transparent narrative device. Weir's juxtaposition of calming, classical music during a flashback to the horrific airplane crash, when most directors would have staged the event like an action sequence, results in the perfect culmination of the film's overall mood of eerie transcendence. ~ Lisa Kropiewnicki, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Suzanne Q. Burdeau  Actor 
Cordis Heard  Actor 
Elsa Raven  Actor 
Joan Murphy  Actor 
Loyd Catlett  Actor 
Robin Pearson Rose  Actor 
Jeanine Jackson  Actor 
Don Amendolia  Actor 
Molly Cleator  Actor 
Debra Monk  Actor 
Eric Menyuk  Actor 
Doug Ballard  Actor 
William Newman  Actor 
Richard Blum  Actor 
Steven Culp  Actor 
Sally Murphy  Actor 
Kevin Brophy  Actor 
Anne Kerry Ford  Actor 
Howard Feuer  Actor 
David Carpenter  Actor 
Rance Howard  Actor 
Rondi Reed  Actor 
Kathy Rossetter  Actor 
Eve Roberts  Actor 
Daniel Cerny  Actor 
Randle Mell  Actor 
Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc  Actor 
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki  Composer (Music Score) 
Maurice Jarre  Composer (Music Score) 
Mark Rosenberg  Producer 
Paula Weinstein  Producer 
Peter Weir  Director 
Rafael Yglesias  Screenwriter 
Jeff Bridges  Actor 
Rosie Perez  Actor 
Isabella Rossellini  Actor 
Tom Hulce  Actor 
John Turturro  Actor 
Benicio Del Toro  Actor 
Deirdre O'Connell  Actor 
John deLancie  Actor 
Spencer Vrooman  Actor 

Country: USA