Product Information
Set in the 1970's in Midwestern America, this is the story of the lives of five sisters as seen through the eyes of a group of boys who are obsessed with them.Product Identifiers
ProducerGary Marcus, Francis Ford Coppola, Chris Hanley, Fred Roos, Julie Costanzo, Dan Halsted
EAN5060002830499
eBay Product ID (ePID)3950498
Product Key Features
ActorChelse Swain, James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Jonathan Tucker, Anthony Desimone, Michelle Duquet, Josh Hartnett, A.J. Cook, Scott Glenn, Michael Pare, Danny DeVito, Hanna R. Hall, Kirsten Dunst, Leslie Hayman
Film/TV TitleThe Virgin Suicides
DirectorSofia Coppola
LanguageEnglish
Run Time93 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.66 Wide Screen\16:9 Wide Screen
Release Year2000
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Original Theatrical Trailer, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
ComposerAir
Executive ProducerFred Fuchs
Costume DesignerNancy Steiner
Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Director of PhotographyEd Lachman
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Production DesignerJasna Stefanovich
Additional InformationBased on the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES tells the dreamlike tale of the Lisbons, a family living in a sheltered 1970s suburbia. When Cecilia (Hannah Hall), the youngest of the five teenage Lisbon daughters, inexplicably commits suicide, the rest of the family--Mr. Lisbon (James Woods), an awkward high school math teacher; Mrs. Lisbon (Kathleen Turner), a stern, humorless housewife; and the four remaining sisters: Lux (Kirsten Dunst), Bonnie (Chelse Swain), Mary (A.J. Cook), and Therese (Leslie Hayman)--recedes into a morbid cloud of repression and denial. As the girls are forced to retreat from everyday life by their conservative mother, they become the subject of fascination for a group of neighborhood boys, who narrate the story and hope to rescue the girls from their listless confinement.<BR>The first feature by director-screenwriter Sofia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola's daughter), THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is a mesmerizingly atmospheric film that perfectly captures both the moody tone of the book and the light-saturated feel of the 1970s. Dunst gives a standout performance as the promiscuous Lux, who becomes the sole obsession of high school ladies' man Trip Fontaine (Josh Hartnett). The movie also includes cameos by Danny DeVito and Scott Glenn. In addition to songs by Heart and Todd Rundgren, the film features an evocative score by the French duo Air.
ReviewsTotal Film - "...This sublimely confident and poetic debut has the power to endure..." -- 4 out of 5 stars, Box Office - ...There are nice moments throughout, and Coppola has done a deft job evoking the spirit of the film's period and suburban setting..., Premiere - ...[The film is] disarmingly wispy....[The virgins] are blessed with great luminosity..., New York Times - ...The movie's best moments have an inspired feeling of playfulness and freedom matched by Ms. Dunst's smart, beguiling performance as Lux Lisbon..., Film Comment - ...The director captures the novel's intrinsic nostalgia for the loss of adolescence..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Coppola does a lovely job of staging the romance...
ScreenwriterSofia Coppola
AuthorJeffrey Eugenides
Format DescriptionDVD 9
EditorMelissa Kent, James Lyons
Movie/TV TitleThe Virgin Suicides