Jay Bulworth is your typical senator going through a nervous breakdown. The empty speeches, lies, money and pressure have led him to plan his own assassination on a weekend trip home to California just before the election. However, a cord snaps in him and like Jim Carrey's rambling lawyer in Liar, Liar, Bulworth can only tell the truth. This new freedom turns Bulworth on and he spews the ugly truth about politics: he tells mass media they are as corrupt as insurance companies; lambastes a black church for not having leaders; and riles the Jewish power elite of Hollywood.... He enters South Central running away from advisors (including a bemused Oliver Platt) and mixing it up with a potential new girlfriend (Halle Berry) and a local boss (Don Cheadle). He offends across the board, even developing an inherent knack to rap his speeches. And the public loves it. The weekend becomes a clarifying point for Bulworth: he finds a reason to live.Beatty's rude and relevant comedy is a one-joke movie but the joke is pretty good. It's a courageous film that is always sharp even though it loses narrative focus. Beatty's hilarious raps are so inspired they deserve repeated viewings. As usual, Beatty surrounds himself with a great crew, Ennio Morricone's music and Vittorio Storaro's cinematography being especially noteworthy. Beatty and Storaro even have the audacity to imitate two very famous photographs in the film's final seconds. The script by Beatty and Jeremy Pikser won the LA Film Critics award and was nominated for an Oscar. --Doug Thomas [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Warren Beatty's political satire features its writer-director-star as Jay Bulworth, a disillusioned senator who has taken out a contract on his own life so that his family can benefit from the insurance pay-out. However, in the days before his scheduled death, the career politician feels an irresistible urge to overthrow convention and tell the country exactly how their affairs are being run. Suddenly cast as a people's champion, Bulworth begins enjoying his new role, and when he falls in love with inner city activist Nina (Halle Berry), he decides to give himself a stay of execution. The only trouble now is how to get the message to the hired killer. Actors: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Kimberly Deauna Adams, Vinny Argiro, Sean Astin Directors: Warren Beatty Writers: Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser Producers: Warren Beatty, Frank Capra III, Lauren Shuler Donner, Pieter Jan Brugge, Victoria Thomas Language: English Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish, Swedish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English Number of discs: 1
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