A Collection of 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (Including West Bank Story and The Danish Poet)
Starring: Ben Newmark, Noureen DeWulf, A.J. Tannen, Joey Naber, Assaf CohenDirector: Ari Sandel, Torill Kove
Studio: Magnolia
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: DVD-Video, NTSC
Running Time: 190 minutes
DVD Release: May 1st 2007
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Live Action Shorts: West Bank Story (Oscar® Winner), Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gram Idea),Éramos Pocos(One Too Many), Helmer & Son, The Saviour.
Animated Shorts: The Danish Poet (Oscar® Winner), Maestro.
Bonus Feature Shorts: The Wraith of Cobble Hill, The Passenger, Gentlemen's Duel, Guide Dogm, One Rat Short Surviving the Rush.
*Compilation and bonus features subject to change.
User Reviews
Westbank Story - Rating: 5/5
Fantastic - while all of the films are interesting the Westbank Story is a great musical and well worthy of the awards it has received. Buy the collection just for this one film!
One of the Best Short Collections - Rating: 5/5
I love shorts and have bought a number of short collections. However, it's always a grab-bag. Usually there will be some shorts that are excellent, a few that are stupid or lousy, and some that are mediocre. But I'm willing to put up with the lousy and mediocre ones in order to enjoy the excellent ones. However, this particular collection of 7 shorts that were nominated for the 2006 Academy Awards, plus 6 extra ones, is the absolute best collection that I own. Of the 13, not one was lousy, and only 2 or 3 were in the mediocre category. The two which won, "West Bank Story" for live action and "The Danish Poet" for animated, blew me away, but many of the others gave them quite a run for their money. Particularly "Helmer and Son" about a son who is called into a nursing home to talk to his father who has locked himself inside his closet, and "The Savior" about a group of church missionaries who are trying to convert the people who live in a neighborhood by going door-to-door, but one of them begins to have an affair with one of the housewives, who is married. And of the bonus shorts, "A Gentleman's Duel" (about two men who want to kill each other over a lady) and "One Rat Short" (excellent animation of a rat caught in a scientific laboratory) really stand out. Still, my absolute favorite is "West Bank Story" which satirizes "West Side Story" and tensions between Israelis and Palestinians by comparing it to competing fast food restaurants.
Oscars got it wrong - Rating: 4/5
I purchased this because I wanted to see the Oscar winner "West Bank Story." Of the shorts, this shouldn't have even been nominated. The rest of the shorts on the CD were excellent and worth viewing.A Collection of 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (Including West Bank Story and The Danish Poet)
West Bank Story - Riveting and Riotous - Rating: 5/5
This film has caused delight in all of my classes; especially after seeing the dated West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet; a light satire on the tragedies now occurring in the West Bank now. A good way to introduce the topic to teens who are a bit clueless and yet sensitive. This film really deserved the award.
