The Yards - Director's Cut (Miramax Collector's Series)

The Yards - Director's Cut (Miramax Collector's Series)
by James Gray

The Yards - Director's Cut (Miramax Collector's Series)
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Actor: Charlize Theron, Ellen Burstyn, James Caan, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg
Director: James Gray
Brand: WAHLBERG,MARK
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-13
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment

Movie Reviews of The Yards - Director's Cut (Miramax Collector's Series)

Movie Review: The Yards
Summary: 3 Stars

A couple of good performances and some mediocre ones. That is why this is not a stand out movie. It is certainly worth seeing this movie about the train yards of New York, but it doesn't quite reach that point of excelling. The story is not fast paced and you must be patient with the movie along the way. In the end though I think you will say not bad, just not great. Wahlberg turns in a decent performance as does Phoenix, Theron, and Caan, but none of them made me feel I cared what happened to them. This shows the underbelly of the corruption in some companies trying to win contracts and political influence as well. A good drama when you don't mind a slower pace. Good quality DVD with some replayability. If you enjoyed this catch "The Departed" and "Brooklyn Rules".

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Summary of The Yards - Director's Cut (Miramax Collector's Series)

Upon release from prison, Leo Handler takes a job for his Uncle Frank intimidating workers at a rival subway train repair company, but when a policeman is accidentally killed, Leo must take the fall or testify against his uncle's corrupt business practices.s.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 22-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
Fulfilling the promise of his debut film, Little Odessa, 31-year-old writer-director James Gray proves himself a mature storyteller who attracts good actors and elicits their best work. Inspired by the experiences of his own father, Gray sets The Yards inside the corrupt workings of the New York City railway system, in which men such as Frank Olchin (James Caan) maintain their dominance by sabotaging the work of their competitors. Mark Wahlberg is well cast as Leo Handler, who serves jail time for a crime he didn't commit and returns home to a warm welcome from his ailing mother (Ellen Burstyn), his aunt Kitty (and Frank's wife, played by Faye Dunaway), and cousin Erica (Charlize Theron).

He's also welcomed by his friend Willie (Joaquin Phoenix), who does most of Uncle Frank's dirty work and brings the needy Leo into his lucrative fold. Things go from bad to worse, and Leo's suspected in the killing of a railway official and the beating of a city patrolman. On the run, he uncovers the political machinations that keep Uncle Frank in power, and The Yards unfolds as a compelling tale of family, twisted loyalties, and the quest for truth. There's stellar work from everyone involved, but if The Yards has one major flaw, it's that Gray directs with a solemnity that's almost off-putting, as if a moment of levity would violate his story's integrity. Visually The Yards invites comparison to The Godfather, and it boasts much of that film's moral complexity and depth of character, but it's too self-consciously heavy, and that compromises its overall impact. Still, this is good work from a talented director whose future films will be watched with interest. --Jeff Shannon

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