The Mean Season
by Phillip Borsos
List Price:
Our Price: $2.42
You Save: $12.56 (84%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $1.55 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Bradford, Richard Jordan, Richard MasurDirector: Phillip Borsos
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Mean Season
Movie Review: A Neat Thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
the story of an opportunistic reporter and a vicious serial killer. Kurt Russell in fine form as the reporter and the late Richard Jordan as the killer. Look for a brief scene with B-movie legend William Smith. The finale in the swamps is pretty good -- kinda reminiscent of Cape Fear.
Summary of The Mean Season
In the middle of its storm-riddled summer, Miami must face a new monster: a psychopath whose one objective is to gain fame through murder. Kurt Russell, Richard Jordan and Mariel Hemingway give performances as blistering as the Florida heat in this never dull parable of American ambition (New York) that combines an intriguing premise and provocative subject matter [into] a suspenseful thriller (Boxoffice) with 'real chills (Newsweek)! An article on the killingof a teenage girl has brought burnt-out Miami Herald Reporter Malcolm Anderson (Russell) a powerful new fan...the killer himself. Encouraged by the police to maintain this anonymous relationship, Malcolm receives exclusives on two more killings. But as Malcolm's own celebrity grows, the killer's jealousy prompts him to up the stakesby abducting the reporter's fianc?(c)e (Hemingway) as his own testament to the price of fame!Kurt Russell and Mariel Hemingway star in this well-above-average thriller. Mean Season offers plenty of suspense as well as an interesting take on the role of the press in sustaining the very violence it covers. Russell plays Malcolm Anderson, a burned-out journalist who never got the big career-making story he always wanted. Just as he's about to give up and move to the idyllic countryside, the big story comes to him--in the form of a serial killer with a fixation for Anderson himself. As Anderson's fame grows, he starts getting hounded by his brethren, the press. Add this to the assorted problems that go along with having a serial killer a little too interested in one's personal life, and you've got major trouble. Director Phillip Borsos does a nice job of conveying information through quick visuals, and even sets up some moments of eerie beauty, such as the shot of a victim's apartment, covered in a snowfall of pillow feathers. More importantly, Borsos knows he's making a thriller and makes sure to have fun doing it: there are plenty of loooooong shadows and a few good jolts along the way. As Anderson's girlfriend, Mariel Hemingway is essentially asked to play bait, but manages to flesh out what could easily have been a cardboard character. --Ali Davis
Drama DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in IF FLORIDA DOESN'T DESTROY YA IT'LL MAKE YA STRONGER
Key Largo (Snap Case)BOGART,HUMPHREY; Release date: 2000-02-15; DVD
Best price: $8.95
Price in other shops:
Mule Skinner BluesRelease date: 2003-08-26; DVD
Best price: $32.95
Two MuchRelease date: 2003-04-08; DVD
Best price: $8.88
Price in other shops:
Swamp Thing: the Series Vol. 2UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION; Release date: 2008-07-15; DVD
Best price: $19.48
Price in other shops:
Swamp Thing - The SeriesSWAMP THING - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (DVD; Release date: 2008-01-22; DVD
Best price: $16.92
Price in other shops:
Ghost StoryRelease date: 1998-03-25; DVD
Best price: $34.99
Biography - Ted BundyRelease date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $9.58
Price in other shops:
Miami ModelsRelease date: 2003-09-23; DVD
Best price: $2.30
Price in other shops:
The CocoanutsRelease date: 1998-07-08; DVD
Best price: $49.99
Miami Guns, Vol. 4Release date: 2004-10-26; DVD
Best price: $17.00
Similar DVD Movies
SuspectSony; Release date: 2001-05-08; DVD
Best price: $4.26
Price in other shops:
RunawaySony; Release date: 2000-08-22; DVD
Best price: $7.26
Price in other shops:
Gone Baby GoneBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-02-12; DVD
Best price: $5.24
Price in other shops:
Used CarsSony; Release date: 2002-02-05; DVD
Best price: $4.11
Price in other shops:
Tequila SunriseWarner Brothers; Release date: 1997-10-29; DVD
Best price: $3.96
Price in other shops:
A Time to KillWarner Brothers; Release date: 1997-03-26; DVD
Best price: $2.67
Price in other shops:
The Pelican BriefWarner Brothers; Release date: 1997-06-25; DVD
Best price: $3.60
Price in other shops:
SilkwoodRelease date: 2003-10-07; DVD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
BreakdownParamount; Release date: 1998-12-01; DVD
Best price: $3.93
Price in other shops:
The Winter PeopleRelease date: 2001-05-22; DVD
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops: