House of Cards with Kathleen Turner: DVD Cover

    House of Cards Director: Michael Lessac Cast: Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Asha Menina, Shiloh Strong

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    • DVD Release Date: 01/18/2005
    • Original Release: 1992
    • Rating: Rated PG13
    • Sales Rank: 33,586

    Viewer Rating: (1 ratings)

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    Closed Caption; Full screen version; 2.0 Dolby Stereo Surround; English closed captioned; Scene index

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. One Home to Another [5:40]
    2. Cradle Moon [2:33]
    3. Left Behind [4:39]
    4. What's Familiar? [3:19]
    5. A Good Cry [5:27]
    6. Some Rest [1:46]
    7. Real World [4:38]
    8. Dangerous Behavior [5:16]
    9. Dr. Beerlander [6:02]
    10. Sally's World [4:37]
    11. "He Can't Help Us!" [2:07]
    12. Fragments [3:25]
    13. House of Cards [2:37]
    14. "They're All Unique" [4:16]
    15. Trade Off [2:14]
    16. Prime Language [5:57]
    17. Virtual Reality [3:29]
    18. Close to the Edge [5:41]
    19. Bring Her Back [2:53]
    20. A Bridge to the Moon [3:11]
    21. Work in Progress [3:41]
    22. "Show Me Sally!" [5:53]
    23. A Work of Art [1:51]
    24. Up All Night [2:37]
    25. In Dreams [2:57]
    26. Climb Together [5:20]
    27. Sally's Return [3:42]
    28. End Credits [3:02]

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    Editorial Reviews

    In Michael Lessac's lugubrious House of Cards, women's intuition beats out psychology in the battle against autism. The story begins in Mexico, where a little girl named Sally Matthews (Asha Menina) lives with her parents, scientists studying ancient ruins. When her father falls to his death, Sally is comforted by a Mayan mystic that tells Sally her father has gone to the moon. When Sally, her mother Ruth (Kathleen Turner), and her brother Michael (Shiloh Strong) return home to North Carolina, Sally begins to retreat into autism. She first stares silently at the night sky. Then she shrieks when Ruth wears a baseball cap the wrong way. Finally she develops the habit of scaling the roof of the house and other tall structures. This makes Ruth realize that there is something seriously wrong, and she takes her to see Dr. Jacob Beerlander, a psychiatrist who is an expert in autism. As Sally retreats more and more into herself, Beerlander and Ruth clash over the scientific approach versus the intuition of a mother. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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    An emotional ride!by Justgetngood

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    October 15, 2009: A wonderful story of persistance paying off and overcoming a disability. Says a lot about how much attutude comes into play in dealing with hardship and great challenge. I saw this movie when it first came out and have never forgotten it. I have recommended it to many, especially to those with an autistic child.