New on Blu-ray: THE MAN IN THE MOON (1991) Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sam Waterston and Tess Harper

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Product Description: Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Big Little Lies) makes her screen debut in The Man in the Moon directed by Robert Mulligan (Academy Award® nominee for Best Director, To Kill a Mockingbird). Set in the 1950’s rural south, this coming-of-age drama tells of a family upended when romantic rivalries and sudden tragedy strike close to home. Sisters Dani (Witherspoon) and Maureen (Emily Warfield, the TV film Dream Date) find their close bond torn apart when they both fall for the new boy in town (Jason London, Dazed and Confused). Photographed by the great Freddie Francis (the two-time Academy Award® winning cinematographer for Glory and Sons and Lovers), The Man in the Moon features supporting turns by Sam Waterston (Academy Award® nominee for Best Actor, The Killing Fields, TV’s Law & Order), Tess Harper (Academy Award® nominee for Best Supporting Actress, Crimes of the Heart) and Gail Strickland (The Drowning Pool) with a tender and evocative score by James Newton Howard (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight).

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New on Blu-ray: TENDER MERCIES (1983) Starring Robert Duvall

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Product Description: From Bruce Beresford, the acclaimed director of Breaker Morant, Crimes of the Heart and Driving Miss Daisy, and Horton Foote, the legendary writer of To Kill a Mockingbird, Baby the Rain Must Fall and The Trip to Bountiful,comes this classic drama starring screen great Robert Duvall (The Apostle, True Confessions) in his once-in-a-lifetime Oscar-winning Best Actor performance. Mac Sledge (Duvall) is an alcoholic drifter who comes into the life of a lonely widow (Tess Harper, Silkwood) and her young son in the barren flatlands of Texas. But when Mac is revealed to be a once-famous country singer, he must confront a painful past that includes his bitter superstar ex-wife (Betty Buckley, Frantic) and troubled daughter (Ellen Barkin, The Big Easy) while facing an uncertain future that may only be redeemed by the simple power of love. Tender Mercies also won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (Foote) and was nominated for three more Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director (Beresford). With a stellar supporting cast that includes Wilford Brimley (Country), Lenny von Dohlen (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me) and Paul Gleason (The Breakfast Club), Tender Mercies is a movie experience of uncommon grace and dignity.

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