Joshua

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 07 06 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 024543492092

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Children in Peril]

Summary: Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga star in director George Ratliff's uncomfortable psychological thriller Joshua, as Brad and Abby Cairn, an affluent young stockbroker and his wife, raising children in New York City. Their firstborn, the nine-year-old Joshua (Jacob Kogan), is a frighteningly intelligent child -- to such a degree that he thinks and acts decades ahead of his age. Nearly always clad in formal wear and demonstrating limitless brilliance as a pianist -- with a marked predilection for "dissonant" classical pieces -- Joshua gravitates toward his gay aesthete uncle (Dallas Roberts) as a close friend, but distances himself from his immediate kin -- particularly when Abby brings a newborn baby sister home from the hospital and unwisely alienates the young tyke. As the days pass, one at a time, the mood at the house regresses from healthy and happy to strange, unsettled, and disorienting; meanwhile, bizarre events transpire. As the baby's whines drive an already strained Abby to the point of a nervous breakdown, Joshua devolves from eccentric to downright sociopathic behavior, discarding all of his toys, disemboweling a stuffed animal, and killing off pets. One at a time, family members also begin to suffer tragic fates -- but are they Joshua's fevered and psychotic doings or merely the result of happenstance? ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Category: Thriller

Awards: Best Cinematography - Dramatic – Sundance Film Festival Film Presented – Los Angeles Film Festival

Features: Audio commentary by director/writer George Ratliff and writer David Gilbert
Deleted scenes
Cast and crew interviews
Jacob Kogan's audition
Music video: "Fly" sung by Dave Matthews
Original theatrical trailer

Joshua

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/08/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 106 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Joshua
1. Main Titles/New Baby [4:05]
2. Family Visit [4:31]
3. Weird Son [3:06]
4. Day in the Life [4:06]
5. Baby Joshua [2:37]
6. School Recital [4:49]
7. Non-Stop Crying [4:47]
8. Embalming Lesson [2:06]
9. Not Now [5:28]
10. Teacher Conference [1:18]
11. Clumsy Abby [8:02]
12. Sorrow [5:34]
13. Born Again [6:02]
14. Does Daddy Love Me? [3:23]
15. Let's Play a Game [9:42]
16. Pure Evil [5:07]
17. The Accident [2:59]
18. He's Only Nine [1:38]
19. I Don't Feel Sick [3:34]
20. Textbook Abuse [3:48]
21. Who Hurt You? [6:21]
22. A Beautiful Day [3:07]
23. Save Yourself [3:18]
24. To Be With You/End Titles [6:07]

Cast and Crew: George Ratliff  Director 
George Ratliff  Screenwriter 
Daniel O'Meara  Executive Producer 
George Paaswell  Executive Producer 
Nico Muhly  Composer (Music Score) 
David Gilbert  Screenwriter 
Johnathan Dorfman  Producer 
Temple Fennell  Executive Producer 
Sam Rockwell  Actor 
Vera Farmiga  Actor 
Celia Weston  Actor 
Dallas Roberts  Actor 
Michael McKean  Actor 
Jacob Kogan  Actor 
Nancy Giles  Actor 
Linda Larkin  Actor 
Alex Draper  Actor 
Stephanie Roth Haberle  Actor 
Ezra Barnes  Actor 
Jodie Markell  Actor 
Rufus Collins  Actor 
Haviland Morris  Actor 
Tom Bloom  Actor 
Antonia Stout  Actor 
Randy Ryan  Actor 
Evan Seligman  Actor 
Patrick Henney  Actor 
Gurdeep Singh  Actor 
Nicholas Guidry  Actor 
Darrill Rosen  Actor 
Daniel Jenkins  Actor 
Erik M. Solky  Actor 
Shianne Kolb  Actor 
Lacey Vill  Actor 

Country: USA