Storyville
by Mark Frost
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Actor: Charlotte Lewis, James Spader, Jason Robards, Joanne Whalley, Michael WarrenDirector: Mark Frost
Writer: Mark Frost
Producer: Chappy Hardy
Producer: David Roe
Producer: Djordje Zecevic
Writer: Frank Galbally
Writer: Lee Reynolds
Writer: Robert Macklin
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Storyville
Movie Review: A great,, sensual film about New Orleans and the south...
Summary: 5 Stars
Storyville has always been one of my favorite films, and now it is finally coming to DVD. It is an interesting and stylish brew, much as if Tennessee Williams was channeled by David Lynch as told to Woodward & Bernstein. The story revolves around Cray Fowler, a young ne'er-do-well scion of old south wealth, played by James Spader, attempting to unravel a family mystery about his father's suicide, the submerged dealings of the past that built the family fortune, and the present day intrigues of his family and his uncle's drive to have Cray Fowler elected a state senator.Behind all this is a wonderful cast of characters and a standout performance by Joanne Whalley as a district attorney and former live in lover of Spader's character. Whalley does a fantastic, sensuous southern accent, and the relationship between Whalley and Spader is understated, ironic, and high on heat and barely restrained lust. Just great stuff.
The film is helped immensely by filming on location in New Orleans and southern Louisiana, and the visuals really conjure the Big Easy in heat, of summer and otherwise.
A notable supporting role is that of Spader's estranged wife, a dim witted, greedy and vivacious southern debutante type wonderfully played by Justine Shapiro, who went on to wider fame as the host of the Lonely Planet travel series.
Great fun, very sensual and a wonderful and vastly under appreciated film.
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