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Movie Description
An effervescent young waitress illuminates the dim environs of a gritty roadside beer joint, enchanting the shy and corpulent chef. Winner of a Special Jury Recognition Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Synopsis
An offbeat drama about Victor, a shy, overweight man who lives with his widowed mother and works as the cook at her tavern. Although he has been content to stay in the rural New York town he has grown up in and lead a dull life in which nothing ever seems to happen, he starts having second thoughts when a pretty young college dropout named Callie (Liv Tyler) enters his life. Callie takes a job as a waitress at the tavern and she opens Victor's eyes up to the world outside. Before long, he starts trying to lose weight and even considers signing up to study at the nearby chef's academy.
Film Notes
An Available Light production.
Winner of the grand jury prize for best direction at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.
Released theatrically in the USA June 5, 1996.
Color by DuArt.
Additional credits: Trish Hofmann (production manager), Priscilla Guastavino, Scott Ambrozy, Ashley Johnson (assistant directors), Tracy Warbin (make-up/hair), Mary Ramos & Michelle Kuznetsky (music supervisors), Jim Villone (music editor), and David Alvarez (production sound mixer).
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
DVD Features:
Special Edition
Region 1 Encoding
Keep Case
Commentary by Mangold
Interactive Features
Theatrical Trailer
Scene Selections
Industry Reviews
"...Touchingly attentive....[Mangold endows] each relationship in the picture with its own individual warmth and tension..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy (02/06/1995)
"...A decent level of cinematic intelligence....HEAVY is a quietly affecting portrait of desperation....Deborah Harry gives an outstanding performance..."
Film Comment - Gavin Smith (03/01/1995)
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