| Series 7 - The Contenders (2001)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Brooke Smith |
Dawn
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| Glenn Fitzgerald |
Jeff
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| Marylouise Burke |
Connie
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| Richard Venture |
Franklin
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| Merritt Wever |
Lindsay
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| Nada Despotovich |
Michelle
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| Donna Hanover |
Sheila
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| Danton Stone |
Bob
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| Jennifer Van Dyck |
Laura
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| Tanny Mc Donald |
Dawn's Mother
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| Brooke Smith |
Dawn Lagarto
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| Marylouise Burke |
Connie Trabucco
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| Glenn Fitzgerald |
Jeffrey Norman
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| Michael Kaycheck |
Tony Reilly
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| Richard Venture |
Franklin James
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| Merritt Wever |
Lindsay Berns
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| Angelina Phillips |
Doria
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| Stephen Michael Rinaldi |
Craig
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Action |
| Director |
Daniel Minahan |
| Writer |
Daniel Minahan |
| Studio |
USA Films |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
1 hr 26 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| The "reality TV" craze is taken to its final, logical extreme as six people hunt each other down in a small town for the benefit of network TV cameras in this darkly comic satire. "The Contenders" is a top-rated television game show in which six contestants are set loose in the same Connecticut community, with orders to kill or be killed; the last of the six who is still alive is declared the winner. As "The Contenders" goes into its seventh season, Dawn ( Brooke Smith ) is a two-time champion who is hoping to hold on to her title, despite the fact that she's due to have a baby in a month. Dawn's rivals this time out are Tony ( Michael Kaycheck ), an unemployed blue-collar worker with a taste for violence; Connie ( Marylouise Burke ), a middle-aged nurse who doesn't like to hurt people but is an experienced hand with a syringe; Lindsay ( Merritt Wever ), an 18-year-old dance student whose parents are eager to see her compete; Franklin ( Richard Venture ), an elderly conspiracy theorist with a tenuous hold on reality; and Jeff ( Glenn Fitzgerald ), who is dying of testicular cancer — and was Dawn's boyfriend years ago. Series 7: The Contenders marked the directorial debut for Daniel Minahan , who previously employed pop culture and America's obsession with violence as themes in his screenplay for I Shot Andy Warhol . — Mark Deming |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
84 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/1/2003 |
| Tape Label |
26 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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