House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog
by Vadim Perelman

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Actor: Ben Kingsley, Frances Fisher, Jennifer Connelly, Kim Dickens, Ron Eldard
Director: Vadim Perelman
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Vadim Perelman
Producer: Chris Soldo
Producer: Jeremiah Samuels
Producer: Michael London
Producer: Nina R. Sadowsky
Writer: Andre Dubus III
Writer: Shawn Lawrence Otto
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Unknown
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 126 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-30
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dreamworks Video

DVD Reviews of House of Sand and Fog

DVD Review: House of sand and fog
Summary: 1 Stars

Could not see the movie ...suspect it was either not recorded or not for USA
having problems returning the cd as I do not find the original bill

DVD Review: Heavy Mortgage...
Summary: 5 Stars

My taste runs more toward the macabre. I am a horror nut. However, movies do come along that drag me out of my comfort zone, forcing me to try something different. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG is this type of movie. The name Jennifer Connelly (Phenomena, The Labyrinth, Requiem For A Dream, Dark City) was what drew me to this tragic tale of stubborn indignation and desolating pride. She is a wonderful actress, starring in many personal favorites. Here, Ms. Connelly's character faces off w/ Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Schindler's List, Species) in a duel of wills that leads only to destruction. Two people battle over possession of a house. Both are right in their own way, and certainly in their own determined minds. Who will blink first? Who will submit? As with all such wars, each side believes its own propaganda. Each warrior sees him / herself as the righteous one, taking on an insane, evil aggressor. Locked in a struggle to the bitter end, these two will not relent until the war is won. Unfortunately, there can be no winner. There will only be anguish, criminality, and senseless death. Such is war, large or small...

DVD Review: A Shocker
Summary: 4 Stars

"House of Sand and Fog" is a shocker of a movie. The clashes of the American and Iranian cultures are made all too real as a young woman (Jennifer Connelly) battles a former Iranian colonel (Ben Kingsley) over her repossessed house which he had bought at auction. To say that Sir Ben overacts might be too strong, but he sure does emote and he is very intense, yes, very intense. His face can be very grim and fierce at times.
Connelly plays a self-indulgent brat who because of addiction issues didn't keep track of the county mail that was coming to her warning her of repossession. Ben wants to flip the house and get something better. The house has a beautiful view of the sea, reminding Ben, his wife and teenage son of the beautiful view of the Caspian Sea they had before they were forced to flee Iran.
A bent deputy sheriff, who is a bigot, a self-indulgent boy-man, falls for Jennifer and comes to her aid, threatening Ben with deportation even though he's an American citizen. He's the one who precipitates the tragedy.
This drama is told in very realistic terms; the acting is fine, and it will have an impact upon you as you view it. The story is set up almost like a Greek tragedy; there's an inevitability about the situation and the working out of the plot. Everything seems so simple, but because Ben and Jennifer are so relentless and single-minded, there is no easy way out. With emotions running so high, anything is apt to happen. The ending will leave most viewers shaken.

DVD Review: Quick!
Summary: 5 Stars

I am grateful for this fast delivery. It was a school assignment and I received my "used" but a great condition book.

DVD Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars

The Bottom Line:

House of Sand and Fog boasts good peformances by Connelly and Kingsley, but every time it appears to be approaching greatness it's interrupted by Captain Plot Device, Ron Eldred, whose character almost singlehandedly ruins the movie by stripping it of its natural flow; what could have been a powerful movie instead becomes a manipulative one.

Description of House of Sand and Fog

Academy Award winners Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) and Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) deliver stunning performances as two strangers whose conflicting pursuits of the American Dream lead to a fight for their hopes at any cost. What begins as a struggle over a rundown bungalow spirals into a clash that propels everyone involved toward a shocking resolution. "The surprise ending will leave you breathless!" (Clay Smith, Access Hollywood)

Jennifer Connelly followed up her Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind with this dark but moving story of small mistakes that escalate, with tragic necessity, to disaster. In House of Sand and Fog, Kathy (Connelly) gets evicted from her house for failing to pay a tax she never should have been charged in the first place. The house is swiftly put up for auction and bought by a former military officer from Iran named Behrani (Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast). When legal efforts fail her, Kathy turns to a sympathetic cop (Ron Eldard, Bastard Out of Carolina), who wants out of a loveless marriage and who's willing to step over legal boundaries if it might give him a fresh start. Topnotch performances by the entire cast make House of Sand and Fog a compelling psychological drama; your sympathies will be pulled in all directions. --Bret Fetzer

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