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Information and Specs |
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DVD
RELEASE DATE: 04/12/05 |
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ASPECT
RATIO: 1.85 : 1 |
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AUDIO:
2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo |
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RUNNING
TIME: 107 min |
| Reviews |
"An
unforgettable film."
- - Jonathan Curiel,
San Francisco Chronicle
“If Henry James or Edith Wharton
were handed a DV Cam, they might have
come back with something just like AKA...a
marvel...”
- Jan Stuart, Newsday
“Watching it was one of those
Sundance moments you hope for, those
that make the chilly weather, late nights
and traffic jams worth it. And if you
have to suffer that to see cool movies
like Beckham and even the Talented Mr.
Ripley-esque AKA, well, then I'll suffer
smiling.”
- - Anderson Jones,
E! Online
“Funny, scary and sharp as
a tack”
- The Guardian
“Deeply
felt and constantly entertaining”
- - The Independent
“Duncan Roy's vision is elegant,
priceless and wholly original. AKA is
a masterpiece.”
- Will Self
“Duncan
Roy's sensational "AKA" is
quite possibly the best narrative gay
film to appear this year... Unforgettable,
with startling direction by Roy.”
- - Brandon Judell,
IndieWIRE
“writer-director Duncan Roy
employs simultaneous triptych images
to stunning effect , to trace a young
opportunist's rise and fall amid the
British upper classes in the late '70s.”
- Kevin Thomas, LA Times
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Based
on an incredible true story and audaciously
split into three simultaneous frames
AKA tells the story of a disaffected
youth, identity lost and found, and
the search for love.
Dean is trapped in a dead-end world:
a working class suburb with an abusive
father and a waitress mother who is
convinced that she is the friend of
aristocrats she serves. Dean runs away
from home seeking out Lady Gryffoyn,
one of the many characters that his
mother has told him about at the restaurant.
After meeting her, he moves into her
home but after a short time falls out
with her jealous son Alex.
A chance meeting with Benjamin, a charismatic
American, leads Dean to Paris where
he looks for work. Unable to get work
Dean assumes the identity of Alex Gryffoyn
and infiltrates the very upper class
set his mother waits on.
But one can pay a serious price for
assuming another's identity... |
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Both
full screen and original theatrical
triptych versions of the film |
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Commentary
track by director Duncan Roy |
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U.S.
Trailer |
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Widescreen
Format |
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 OFFICIAL
SELECTION
Sundance Film
Festival |
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HBO
First Feature Award
IDFA International
Documentary Festival |
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G&L
Jury Award
Best Film, Montreal |
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