The Spitfire Grill
by Lee David Zlotoff
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Actor: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Kieran Mulroney, Marcia Gay Harden, Will PattonDirector: Lee David Zlotoff
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-12-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of The Spitfire Grill
Movie Review: Excellent movie, very much like Fried Green Tomatoes but better. Shows how easy it is to judge people when we dont know them.
Summary: 5 Stars
In the same genre as Fried Green Tomatoes but sweeter. The protagonist is superb, as are the co-stars. Its an easy, gentle movie that sneaks up and questions our own morals and behaviour and how quickly we jump in to judge. A film of hope and redemption.
Summary of The Spitfire Grill
A woman just out of jail makes a new life in a small maine town. Special feature: theatrical trailer. Subtitles in english and french. Studio: Castle Rock Hm Video Release Date: 03/01/2005 Starring: Ellen Burstyn Allison Elliott Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Lee David ZlotoffThis well-acted drama won the Audience award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, causing a festival ruckus when several distributors entered a bidding war in response to the movie's positive buzz. When the movie was finally released, audience and critical response provided a sudden reality check: the movie's good to a point, but hardly worth the fuss it received at Sundance. Packing a miniseries' worth of melodrama into 117 minutes, the story centers on a young woman named Percy (Alison Elliott) who served prison time for manslaughter and arrives in a small town in Maine with hopes of beginning a new life. She works as a waitress in the Spitfire Grill, owned by Hannah (Ellen Burstyn), whose gruff exterior conceals a kind heart and precious little tolerance for the grill's regular customers, who cast their suspicions on Percy's mysterious past. The plot unfolds when Hannah holds a $100-per-entry essay contest to find a new owner for the grill. There's ample mystery surrounding the collected money, a local hermit who's really Hannah's shell-shocked Vietnam veteran son, and circumstances that lead the locals to adopt a lynch-mob mentality at Percy's expense. By the time Percy is nearly drowning in a raging river, The Spitfire Grill has taken its melodrama a few steps 'round the bend. Fine acting is the movie's saving grace, however, and newcomer Alison Elliott anchors The Spitfire Grill with a subtle, emotionally involving performance. Thanks to Elliott and Burstyn, you don't have to feel too guilty if you find yourself reaching for a Kleenex as the closing credits roll. --Jeff Shannon
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