READ THIS FIRST: This is a 12-inch Diameter Laserdisc, which is NOT the same as DVD and cannot be played on a DVD player!

Laserdisc Title: "DYING YOUNG"
Edition: Fullscreen Edition (Single Disc)
Directed By: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Shelby
Production / Year: 1991 Twentieth Century Fox
Running Time: 111 Minutes / Color
Audio Format: Digital Sound, Dolby Surround, Stereo, CX Encoded
Video Format: NTSC, CLV (Extended Play)
Miscellaneous Features: Rated R, Closed Captioned
Distributed By: FoxVideo, Inc.
Catalog / Spine Number: 1914-80

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): UNOPENED / FACTORY SEALED
Jacket: UNOPENED / FACTORY SEALED - Although there's a small cut-out upper RHS of the jacket

Synopsis:
DYING YOUNG has many of the markings of an Indie movie - good story, fine script, exploration of sensitive subject matter, solid acting. But this 1991 Joel Schumacher film has big stars, gorgeous settings, and as fine a music score as you can imagine, so it proves that Hollywood can get to the core of fine message film making after all. Hilary O'Neil (Julia Roberts, radiant and in peak form acting-wise) lives in Oakland, CA with her ditzy demeaning mother (Ellen Burstyn) and has a lousy boyfriend and clearly needs a new life. She finds a job description in the newspaper that leads her to apply for a position of a nurse to a family living on elegant Nob Hill in San Francisco. Clearly out of her element but determined to better her life, she fakes her way through an interview with a Mr. Geddes (David Selby) and his butler Malachi (George Martin) and overheard by Victor Geddes (Cameron Scott), the son who has been living with leukemia for 10 years, only to be dismissed as unacceptable. After storming out of the mansion in disgust, Hilary is followed by Malachi who says she must come back for another interview - this time with Victor who is impressed with what he heard and saw and ultimately hires her. Hilary's life changes dramatically as she lives in elegance and discovers the difficulties of caring for a cancer patient on cyclical chemotherapy. Between Victor's near-death bouts of post chemotherapy side effects, Victor shares his writings about art, introducing her to the works of Klimt and Rosetti and the joys of classical music. Hilary shares her lifestyle of bars and disco with Victor and the two become bonded. They eventually take a vacation after Victor informs her his chemotherapy is over and they enjoy the bliss of the wine country where they are nourished by friends, among whom are the wise Estelle Whittier (Colleen Dewhurst) and the funky Gordon (Vincent D'Onofrio). It is evident that Hilary learns from Victor and Victor from Hilary and it is a sharing and bonding that is beautiful and wholly believable. The film ends quietly with a tremendous reverence for life. Scenes and music are both incredible and well-matched. It will touch your soul and prompt you re-evaluate your own life.

THIS IS A 12" LASERDISC AND WILL NOT PLAY IN A DVD PLAYER

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