Music Box

Music Box

Director: Costa-Gavras Cast: Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
, Frederic Forrest
Frederic Forrest
, Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat
Costa-Gavras
Music Box

Music Box

Director: Costa-Gavras Cast: Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
, Frederic Forrest
Frederic Forrest
, Donald Moffat
Donald Moffat
Costa-Gavras

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Overview

"Please don't rent Costa-Gavras' 1989 The Music Box under the impression that you're going to see the 1932 Laurel and Hardy 3-reeler of the same name. Do rent the Costa-Gavras film if you're in the mood for a probing sociodomestic drama containing one of Jessica Lange's best-ever performances. Lange plays an attorney whose affable Hungarian-immigrant father Armin Mueller-Stahl is, rather surprisingly, arrested. He is threatened with deportation for lying about his activities during World War II; part of the charge is that Mueller-Stahl was a Nazi collaborationist, guilty of wartime atrocities. Absolutely convinced that her father is being railroaded by a revenge-seeking Hungarian communist government, Lange handles Mueller-Stahl's defense, expertly blowing huge holes in prosecuting attorney Frederic Forrest's case. But in doing her own research, Lange discovers that her father has spent a lifetime paying off a blackmailer. Why? In contrast to the fervency of his earlier Z, Costa-Gavras refuses to make things easy by proselytizing in The Music Box (nor does screenwriter Joe Esterhaz indulge in his usual right-between-the-eyes fervency). Everything in the film is offered on the same calm, collected level, making the ultimate horror of the story all the more effective."

Product Details

Release Date: 05/20/2003
UPC: 0012236117100
Original Release: 1989
Rating: PG-13
Source: LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Full Frame]
Sound: [Dolby Surround]
Language: English
Sales rank: 17,185

Special Features

Fullscreen version; 2.0 Dolby stereo surround; Digitally mastered; Interactive menus; Scene index

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jessica Lange Ann Talbot
Armin Mueller-Stahl Michael Laszlo
Frederic Forrest Jack Burke
Donald Moffat Harry Talbot
Lukas Haas Michael `Mikey' Talbot
Michael Rooker Karchy Laszlo
Cheryl Lynn Bruce Georgine Wheeler
Mari Torocsik Magda Zoldan
J.S. Block Judge Erwin Silver
Sol Frieder Istvan Boday
Elzbieta Czyzewska Melinda Kkalman
Magda Szekely Marburg Judit Hollo
Felix Shuman James Nathanson
Michael Shillo Geza Vamos
George Pusep Vladimir Kostav
Mitchell Litrofsky Sandy Lehman
Albert Hall Mack Jones
Ned Schmidtke Dean Talbot
Joe Guzaldo Joe Dinofrio
Tibor Kenderesi Pal Horvath
Christiana Nicola Maria
Gyorgy Emod Andras Nagy
Ralph Foody Pawn Broker
Owen Rice Courtroom Reporter
Margo Winkler Irma Kiss
Larry Brandenburg John Szalay
Pauline Kaner Reporter
Zoltan Gera Man in Budapest
Erica Heit Doctor
Tracy Grant Servant
Toni Fleming Housekeeper
Ed Blatchford Young Man
Tom Stienke Sports Announcer
Donnez Harris Security Guard
Gabor Koncz Limo Driver
Nicholas Christianson Boy with Mikey
Richard D'Angelo Violent Protester
Marta Sebastyen Singer
Michael Gwynne Actor
Erica MD Heit Doctor
Tom Mason Actor
Tom Skilling Weatherman
Mark Steggerda Courtroom Guard
Kevin White Clerk
George Carson Actor
Anne Gartlan Actor
Magda Sass Translator
Leonard E. Boswell Courtroom Guard
Douglas Marcinek Courtroom Guard
Agnes Gallwitz Translator
Jane MacIver Secretary
Megan Warner Secretary
Andy Avalos Weatherman
Mimi Bensinger Loop Group
Dan Resin Loop Group
Elizabeth Owens Loop Group
Nicholas Giangiulio Loop Group
Ellis Williams Loop Group
Philippe Sarde Composer

Technical Credits
Costa-Gavras Director
Joe Eszterhas Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Hal Polaire Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Irwin Winkler Producer
Sam Barkan Special Effects
Mary Goldberg Casting
Pam Dixon Casting
Pierre Gamet Sound/Sound Designer
William Flageollet Sound/Sound Designer
Gerard Lamps Sound/Sound Designer
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