Punch-drunk love

Author

Paul Thomas Anderson

Call Number

• DVD COMEDY (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmán.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R; strong language including a scene of sexual dialogue.

Summary

Struggling to cope with his erratic temper, novelty-toilet-plunger salesman Barry Egan spends his days collecting frequent-flier-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affections of a mysterious woman named Lena, but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.

Special features: Restored high-definition transfer, supervised by director Paul Thomas Anderson ; Blossoms & blood, a short 2002 piece by Anderson featuring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, along with music by Jon Brion ; new interview with Brion ; new piece featuring behind-the-scenes footage of a recording session for the film's soundtrack ; new conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film ; additional artwork by Blake ; Canne Film Festival press conference from 2002 ; NBC News interview from 2000 with David Phillips, the "pudding guy" ; twelve Scopitones ; deleted scenes ; Mattress Man commercial ; trailers.