Brick
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What if John Hughes met Blue Velvet? Add in a dash of Humphrey Bogart and you have Brick, landing on DVD today a hard-boiled high-school mystery. Tell me if they catch. Brick?
Self consciously imitating The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon this original thriller is indebted to ‘Donnie Darko’ in its hallucinogenic feel. Brendan is a loner investigating the death of his ex girlfriend Emily. The police are making no progress, so he enlists The Brain to catch the killer. Uncovering Emily’s dubious friends they meet femme fatale Nora Zehetner.
Brendan Frye is a loner, someone who knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When the girl he loves turns up dead, he is determined to find the “who” and “why” and plunges into the dark and dangerous social strata of rich girl Laura, intimidating Tug, drug-addled Dode, seductive Kara, and the ominous Pin. But who can he really trust? These are the ingredients of Brick, a gritty and provocative thriller that Claudia Puig of USA Today describes as “a clever, twist-filled whodunit!”
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Over 20 minutes of deleted and extended scenes
“The Inside Track: Casting the Roles” featurette
Commentary by cast and filmmakers
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