Nobody's Fool
Paramount Pictures (1994)
Comedy, Drama
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IMDB   7.4
1 hr 50 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Paul Newman Sully
Jessica Tandy Miss Beryl
Bruce Willis Carl Roebuck
Melanie Griffith Toby Roebuck
Dylan Walsh Peter
Pruitt Taylor Vince Rub Squeers
Gene Saks Wirf
Josef Sommer Clive Peoples Jr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman Officer Raymer
Philip Bosco Judge Flatt
Elizabeth Wilson Vera
Director
Robert Benton
Producer Scott Rudin
Arlene Donovan
Writer Robert Benton
Richard Russo
Musician Howard Shore


Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination (and won citations from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Berlin International Film Festival) for his performance in this well-drawn comedy-drama. Sully (Newman) is a 60-year-old man who emotionally seems to have never quite emerged from adolescence; scraping by on part-time work in construction, Sully has built a life around avoiding responsibility. He hasn't spoken with his ex-wife ( Elizabeth Wilson ) in years, he lives in a rooming house owned by his eighth-grade teacher Mrs. Beryl ( Jessica Tandy ), his best friend is a mildly retarded handyman, Rub ( Pruitt Taylor Vince ), and he has a crush on Toby ( Melanie Griffith ), who is half his age and married to Carl ( Bruce Willis ), who sometimes gives him work. One day, Sully nearly runs into his son Peter ( Dylan Walsh ) and discovers that he has a grandson he never knew about; for the first time, Sully finds himself thinking that he ought to start behaving like a grown-up — or at least get to know his family before it's too late. Nobody's Fool also features Gene Saks as Sully's lawyer Wirf, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the overly-enthusiastic Officer Raymer. — Mark Deming
Edition Details
Distributor Paramount
Chapters 17
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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