Release Date: 10/09/2007
Label/Distributor: First Look
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price: $26.98
Genre: Drama Cast: Brenda Fricker, Andie MacDowell, Stephen Rea, Ruby Wax, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Running Time: 97
DVD Video Options: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby
DVD Audio Options: English, Original Language; Spanish, Subtitled
UPC Code: 687797120298
Marilyn Vine's (Andie MacDowell) idyllic life in Connecticut is devastated by the tragic death of her only son Dale during his 15th birthday party. 3,000 miles away, Ria Lynch's (Olivia Williams) marriage comes to a stunningly abrupt end in Dublin, Ireland, when husband Danny (Iain Glen) reveals that he is leaving her for his pregnant mistress, Bernadette (Heike Makatsch). An accidental phone call brings these two otherwise unrelated women together and, in their mutual need for space and time alone, they agree to a two-month house exchange. In swapping homes, both women slowly find healing and strength through new surroundings and the kindness of others and gradually learn to accept the reality of their changed lives.
Tara Road
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By Mayna Bergmann -- Video Business, 8/27/2007
FIRST LOOKStreet: Oct. 9
Prebook: Sept. 4
> Chick lit via Ireland delivered on disc.
If it’s by Maeve Binchy, it must take place in Ireland—and Tara Road is no exception. The Circle of Friends author penned this novel in 1998, and it was an Oprah’s Book Club selection the following year. The story of two women in despair who swap houses isn’t new anymore (see Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet in The Holiday), but to be fair, this little-seen release starring Andie MacDowell and Olivia Williams was produced in 2005. The story proper revolves around a woman in Connecticut (MacDowell) who loses her son and another (Williams) involved in a broken marriage in Ireland and how the two women rediscover life and love when they switch locations for two months. It’s a soft, comfy tale that will warm the hearts of its (mostly) female viewership, even if it does differ a bit from the book version.
Shelf Talk: Tara Road should be stocked next to Circle of Friends to draw on the Binchy connection or next to The Holiday to capitalize on the similar subject matter. Inevitable play on cable TV will follow, so take advantage of the title’s shelf life while you can.
Drama, color, NR (mature themes, sexual situations), 97 min., DVD $26.98Extras: cast/crew interviews
Director: Gilles MacKinnon
First Run: L Int’l., 2005, NA