Lather Effect

UPC: 013131564495

Studio: Starz/Anchor Bay

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Adult Language, Sexual Situations]

Summary: A handful of old friends learn you can go home again, but you'll also have to clear out the damage the next morning in this bittersweet comedy-drama. Valinda (Connie Britton) is a woman in her late thirties who is helping her parents sell the house where she grew up. A few days before the house is to be cleared out, Valinda decides to hold an Eighties theme party for all her old high school friends. The next morning, the house is a staggering mess, while Valinda and her pals are simply staggering. As they battle their hangovers with the hair of the dog, Valinda persuades her friends to help her clean up the aftermath, and over the course of the day everyone find themselves looking back on who they were and where they are now. Valinda's husband Will (Tate Donovan) is a solid, responsible guy who happens to be a bit boring. Zoey (Ione Skye) likes to think of herself as happily married, but she knows her relationship with Jack (William Mapother) is in trouble, especially since he still carries a torch for Valinda. Katrina (Caitlin Keats) is a doctor who enjoys a successful professional life, but on a personal level she's suffered through a long series of failing relationships that she's not sure will ever end. Corey (David Herman) enjoyed a brief fame as a child actor that has left him emotionally stunted. Claire (Sarah Clarke) is a sweet and sensible Midwestern wife and mom, but she's never been able to shake her love for her high school sweetheart, who (to her chagrin) didn't show up for the bash. And Mickey (Eric Stoltz) has hardly changed a bit -- he was a world-class party animal in his teens, and still cheerfully revels in alcohol and drugs. The Lather Effect is the first fiction feature from writer and director Sarah Kelly, who previously made the documentary Full Tilt Boogie (about the production of the movie From Dusk Till Dawn). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Film Presented – SXSW

Features: cc
Audio commentary with writer/director Sarah Kelly, editor Darren Ayres and associate producer/actor Eric Stoltz
The making of The Lather Effect
Deleted scenes
The Cameron effect
The importance of being an earnest PA

Lather Effect

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/27/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 95 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- The Lather Effect
1. Main Titles [3:49]
2. 36 and Hungover [2:29]
3. Penis Pirate [6:22]
4. One!More!Night! [3:55]
5. Cleanup Fiesta [9:01]
6. Heart and Soul [7:34]
7. Quarters & Confessions [6:08]
8. Shellshocked Generation [7:57]
9. Forever Young [5:54]
10. The Lather Effect [5:51]
11. Truth or Dare [8:14]
12. Revisiting the Past [7:54]
13. Living in the Present [6:05]
14. Swamp Rat! [5:14]
15. Cheerful Goodbyes [4:55]
16. End Credits [3:32]

Cast and Crew: Dominic Kelly  Composer (Music Score) 
Sarah Kelly  Director 
Sarah Kelly  Screenwriter 
Gary Bryman  Producer 
Rachel Rothman  Producer 
Tim Talbott  Screenwriter 
David Grasso  Executive Producer 
Mike Jackson  Producer 
Connie Britton  Actor 
Sarah Clarke  Actor 
Tate Donovan  Actor 
Peter Facinelli  Actor 
David Herman  Actor 
Caitlin Keats  Actor 
William Mapother  Actor 
Ione Skye  Actor 
Eric Stoltz  Actor 

Country: USA