House Of Sand And Fog

Cast View all

	Jennifer Connelly	Kathy
	Ben Kingsley	Behrani
	Ron Eldard	Lester
	Frances Fisher	Connie Walsh
	Kim Dickens	Carol Burdon
	Shohreh Aghdashloo	Nadi
	Jonathan Ahdout	Esmail
	Navi Rawat	Soraya
	Carlos Gómez	Lt. Alvarez
	Kia Jam	Ali
	Jaleh Modjallal	Yasmin
	Samira Damavandi	Little Soraya
	Matthew Simonian	Little Esmail
	Namrata Singh Gujral	Wedding Guest
	Nasser Faris	Wedding Guest
	Mark Chaet	Wedding Guest
	Marco Rodríguez	Mendez
	Al Rodrigo	Torez
	Aki Aleong	Tran
	Joyce Kurtz	Kathy's Mom
	Scott N. Stevens	County Official
	Ken Kerman	Locksmith
	Scott Kinworthy	Deputy Trainee
	Tom Benick	Hotel Security
	Samuel Hart	Elevator Man

Crew View all

Director	Vadim Perelman
Writer	Andre DUBUS III, Vadim Perelman, Shawn Lawrence OTTO
Producer	Michael London, Shawn Lawrence OTTO, Vadim Perelman, Nina R. Sadowsky, Jeremiah Samuels, Chris Soldo, Stewart Till
Musician	James Horner
Photography	Roger Deakins

Trailer

Edition details

Personal

Notes

Story Synopsis:
After the Ayatollahs destroyed his country, Colonel Behrani (Kingsley) finds himself living and working in California and trying to put on the pretense of an accomplished man. When a seized property comes up for auction, Behrani purchases the small bungalow and moves his wife Nadi (Aghdashloo) and son Esmail (Ahdout) into the home, much to his wife’s dismay. However, the house’s former owner Kathy (Connelly) feels the county had no right to sell her house and she wants it back. The two strangers pursue their hopes of a better life, but the house that they both want is at the center of their dreams, and it’s not big enough for both of them. "House Of Sand And Fog" is based on the book by Andre Dubus III. (Tricia Littrell)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD picture, beautifully photographed by Roger Deakins, is quite terrific. Images are sharp and intricately detailed at times, with excellent contrast and shadow delineation. Colors are richly saturated, with accurate fleshtones, bold hues, and deep, endless blacks. The picture is quite solid, with no distracting pixelization, though finicky viewers may notice some edge enhancement at times. Only a few flecks of dirt are noticed in the source element. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack exhibits superlative fidelity, neutral tonality, and impressive sonic dimensionality. This sonic dimensionality is somewhat surprising as this is a very dialogue-driven film, and films that are this much dialogue-centric keep the sonic image mainly in the front center channel without much depth, dynamic range, and sonic variation in the other channels. The variation here comes in the aggressive use of the split surround channels in providing great ambience and atmosphere, and more importantly excellent immersion, to the presentation. Channel separation is excellent across the front three screen channels as well. The LFE channel also adds poignant accentuation to key onscreen action elements of the story. As the story builds to its dramatic conclusion, the soundtrack provides a sonic experience to equal the tense action onscreen. (Jeffrey Kern)

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality

Tags