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Big Eden Director: Thomas Bezucha Cast: Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Louise Fletcher, George Coe

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  • DVD Release Date: 04/30/2002
  • Original Release: 2000
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 30,595

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Two disc set featuring widescreen presentation; commentary by the director; a behind-the-scenes featurette; bonus footage; extended scenes; pictorial soundtrack; cast and crew interviews; recipes from the film.

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Disc #1 -- Big Eden: Feature Film
1. New York [5:39]
2. Home [5:23]
3. Setting Things Up For Sam [11:19]
4. How Long Has It Been? [7:02]
5. Thanks, Jim [11:11]
6. To Each His Own [2:14]
7. Fourth Of July [9:27]
8. Is There Somethign You Want To Tell Me? [5:17]
9. Pike's Story [8:13]
10. Inviting Pike [4:07]
11. Dean Cooks [3:26]
12. Thanksgiving [11:48]
13. A Going Away Present [8:48]
14. I Never Told Him [10:15]
15. So Few Nice Surprises In Life [10:06]
16. End Titles [3:35]

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Editorial Reviews

Arye Gross plays an up-and-coming artist who foregoes the convenience of big-city life for the charms of Montana in this drama, writer-director Thomas Bezucha's debut feature. On the eve of his first show at the Whitney Museum, Henry (Gross) hears news that his grandfather back home has had a stroke. Upon returning to his idyllic birthplace, however, Henry realizes that the old man isn't the only thing he has to tend to: There's the semi-closeted issue of his sexuality, which he longs to reveal to his clan -- as well as to his old high-school crush, Dean (Tim DeKay). Amidst all the angst, Henry fails to notice the advances of the sensitive Pike (Eric Schweig), an espresso-brewing outdoorsman who owns the town's general store and cooks meals for the stroke-addled grandpa Sam (George Coe). Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

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Big Edenby Anonymous

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December 18, 2005: "Big Eden" is just so wonderfully good. It has won so many Best Feature and Audience Awards at queer film festival awards, nation-wide, and it's because it's one of those stories that everyone gets. It's a tale of a talented gay artist in New York returning home to small-town Montana life, and finding "home." It's remarkably touching, and overwhelmingly hilarious. Henry has it made as an artist in New York. He has a spectacular loft, a loving and pregnant fag hag best friend, but he's lonely. So when he hears that his grandfather is dying, he returns to the quintessential and picturesque town of Big Eden, his northwest Montana home. Looking only to care for his ailing relative, he finds an over-the-top cast of loving town folks just aching to reel him in. From his first love (now settled with a wife and family), to an adorably shy and polite high school friend who wants more than just friendship, to the absolutely hilarious older woman of the town who is just filled with connections and gossip, Henry is reintroduced to more of a "home" than he ever remembered. We all know the story of returning home after years of change. And of rediscovering buried love of the past, and opening up to new possibliities. With some stellar performances, and some not-so-stellar, the cast comes together beautifully in this adorable love story. One of the best queer romantic drama/comedies I've ever seen. It's just precious.

Big Edenby Anonymous

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May 05, 2004: i rented this movie first. i wasn't sure what to expect. i was afraid it would be campy. by the time i was finished with the film, i had both cried my eyes out, and laughed 'till my sides hurt. the story was so gentle and beautiful. i loved how the writer and director let personalities come out. like you genuinly got the feeling that these were people who grew up in a rural town, and might have been closed minded. nothing could have been further from the truth though. i LOVED this movie, and would recomend it to everyone.


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