Mac

UPC: 043396036970

Studio: Columbia TriStar

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Actor John Turturro spent a dozen years getting his script for Mac before the cameras; he'd originally planned to merely act in the film, but the stringent budget required that he direct as well. Turturro plays Mac, one of three grown brothers in an Italian/American family living in 1950s New York. His other siblings are would-be "macho man" Vico (Michael Badalucco) and idealistic Bruno (Carl Capatoro). All three are unhappily employed at a construction firm run--badly--by Olek Krupa. Convinced he knows more about the business in his little finger than Krupa does in his whole carcass, Mac sets up his own construction company, wooing away most of Krupa's employees. On the verge of great success, Mac finds that his brothers are unwilling to commit themselves to his new business, a fact that causes an irreparable schism in their relationship. Co-starring in Mac as John Turturro's wife is the real-life Mrs. Turturro, Katherine Borowitz. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Romance

Awards: Camera d'Or – Cannes Film Festival Best Director – Independent Spirit Awards Best First Feature – Independent Spirit Awards

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Mac

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/16/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 118 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Start [3:08]
2. The Vitelli Brothers [8:15]
3. At the Construction Site [10:23]
4. Alice [7:29]
5. Lunch Break [17:09]
6. Bidding on Lot #25 [9:55]
7. Vitelli Bros. Construction [20:06]
8. Bruno Moves Out [5:10]
9. Showing the Houses [5:08]
10. Dealing With a Rat Problem [13:30]
11. Splitting Up the Partnership [10:21]
12. Mac & Son [7:17]

Karl Williams

A favorite of directors Spike Lee and the Coen brothers, character actor John Turturro spent twelve years developing this film about his father, a temperamental, uncompromising New York house builder. While somewhat uneven in tone and undisciplined in length, Mac was critically respected as an intelligent examination of the American Dream and a welcome treatise on the value and price of a dedication to quality. Originally intending only to co-write and star in Mac, Turturro also directed the film in an effort to keep the budget down. It was a family affair for its director, and not just in its depiction of his father, whose voice is heard in an extended telephone answering machine message in the film's finale: Turturro also cast his wife, Katherine Borowitz, in the female lead, and several other family members in supporting roles, including younger brother Nicholas Turturro and cousin Aida Turturro. Turturro did not direct again until Illuminata (1999), teaming again with co-writer Brandon Cole, wife Borowitz, and cousin Aida. Mac won the Camera d'Or award for a debut feature at the Cannes Film Festival. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ruth Malaczech  Actor 
Harry Bugin  Actor 
Matthew Sussman  Actor 
Aida Turturro  Actor 
Michael Glynn  Actor 
Anthony Alessandro  Actor 
Jayne Haynes  Actor 
Shirley Stoler  Actor 
Kaiulani Lee  Actor 
Angelo Florio  Actor 
Dennis Farina  Actor 
Mike Starr  Actor 
Stephi Lineburg  Actor 
Olek Krupa  Actor 
Mario Todisco  Actor 
Judith Roberts  Actor 
James Madio  Actor 
Nicholas Turturro  Actor 
Kent Broadhurst  Actor 
Joe Paparone  Actor 
Nancy Tenenbaum  Producer 
John Turturro  Director 
John Turturro  Screenwriter 
Brenda Goodman  Producer 
Richard Termini  Composer (Music Score) 
Nancy Tanenbaum  Producer 
John Turturro  Actor 
Michael Badalucco  Actor 
Carl Caportoto  Actor 
Katherine Borowitz  Actor 
Ellen Barkin  Actor 
John Amos  Actor 
Steve Randazzo  Actor 

Country: USA