The Whole Wide World with Vincent D'Onofrio: DVD Cover
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The Whole Wide World Director: Dan Ireland Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell

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  • DVD Release Date: 07/29/2003
  • Original Release: 1996
  • Rating: Rated PG
  • Sales Rank: 6,950

Viewer Rating: (3 ratings)

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Closed Caption; Cast and crew commentary; Conversation with Renée Zellweger and director Dan Ireland; Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video; Widescreen presentation; Audio: English (Dolby surround) ; Subtitles: French; Bonus trailers; Scene selections interactive menus

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Start
2. Getting Acquainted
3. Novalyne Calls Bob
4. Novalyne Meets the Folks
5. Conan
6. Driving & Babbling
7. Dinner for Two
8. At the Picture Palace
9. Dolores Dalton & A Loaded Gun
10. A Boxing Yarn Going in His Head
11. Bob Meets Novalyne's Family
11. Breakdown
13. Working at His Craft
14. Sex Yarns
15. A Novel Set in Texas
16. "The Road I Walk, I Walk Alone."
17. Truett Vinson
18. Arguing Over Her Teaching Skills
19. Exchanging Letters
20. "My Mother's Getting Weaker."
21. A Savage Kiss
22. Dressed Like A Mexican Bandito
23. Delayed for His Date
24. Late, Depressed & Upset
25. "If You Don't Love Me, Say So."
26. Friends Again
27. The Telegram
28. Dr. Howard's Explanation of Events

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Editorial Reviews

A touching and unusual love story, The Whole Wide World was based on a memoir by Novalyne Price Ellis, in which she recalled her brief romance with Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian and one of the finest and most prolific pulp writers of his day. In 1933, Novalyne Price (Renee Zellweger) is a pretty but shy Texas schoolteacher who would like to be a writer some day. A friend offers to introduce her to Howard (Vincent D'Onofrio), who writes broad, bold yarns about superhuman heroes and damsels in distress and has little patience for writers of more pretentious fiction. Novalyne likes Howard and he seems to like her, but she finds him a hard man to deal with. He lives in the world of his stories, and he devotes as much time as possible to his bedridden mother, which leaves him little time to pursue a romance. But when Howard discovers that another man has been courting Novalyne, he's heartbroken -- even if they didn't have a conventional romance, he felt there was a special emotional bond between them, and he hates to see it thrown away. Renee Zellweger and Vincent D'Onofrio both deliver fine performances and are a believable (if unconventional) romantic couple; D'Onofrio also co-produced. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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January 17, 2007: This is a wonderful film, with two great performances from the leads. As a biography of Robert E. Howard, a period romance, and a finely tuned study of the differences between men and women, the Whole Wide World is truly a masterwork.

Whole Wide Worldby Anonymous

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December 03, 2004: Exellent protrayal of a gutt-wrenching love gone all wrong. It will leave you with a rush of emotion, and make you want to go buy his books!