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DVD : Our Very OwnIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Allison Janney, Keith Carradine, Cheryl Hines, Beth Grant, Jason Ritter directed by: Cameron Watson  List Price: $29.99 Amazon.com's Price: $26.99 You Save: $3.00 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: Buena Vista Home Video EAN: 0786936737134 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Miramax Manufacturer: Miramax Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Miramax Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 03, 2007 Running Time: 106 minutes Studio: Miramax Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Sales Rank: 19582 MPN: DISD54541D Related Items: Editorial Review: Description: Hot, up-and-coming teen stars Jason Ritter, Hilarie Burton and Autumn Reeser and four-time Emmy® Award winner Allison Janney head the cast of Our Very Own, the engaging coming-of-age story about believing in your dreams. Itching to leave small-town life in Shelbyville, Tennessee, five friends are sent into a frenzy when they learn hometown-girl-turned-Hollywood-star Sondra Locke may be returning. Believing she’s their ticket out, they do everything they can to make it happen. 2005 winner of the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival Grand Prize for Best Feature Film and the Rome International Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, Our Very Own is a heartwarming, hope-filled story about the power of friendship, family and believing in yourself. Amazon.com: A collective coming of age story set in the small town of Shelbyville in the late 1970's, Our Very Own is a story about five teenagers bored with small town life who are struggling to find direction and purpose in their lives. The family lives of each of the five teens are very different, with the teens forced to deal with everything from an unemployed alcoholic father, to taunts of being gay and parents who constantly demean them. When local girl Sondra Locke, who's made it big in Hollywood, is rumored to be returning for a movie premiere that coincides with the town horse show, the five teens are inspired collaborate on a tribute to Sondra for the town variety show. Their original work aptly showcases their individual and collective talents and the five teens begin to really believe in themselves. In the end, the teens must hold fast to their dreams while continuing to struggle to find their individual paths toward maturity and adulthood. Featuring a cast of up-and-coming young actors including Jason Ritter, Hilarie Burton, and Autumn Reeser and favorites like Emmy Award winner Allison Janney, Keith Carradine, and Cheryl Hines, the acting is powerful and the story believable. Winner of the 2005 grand prize at the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival and the special jury prize at the Rome International Film Festival.--Tami Horiuchi Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Our Very Own piece of $#%+!Poor script, poor acting, poor movie. Another reviewer wrote that this movie was the new "American Graffiti", but there are no similarities whatsoever, nada, zilch, zero. Don't waste your time! Rating:  - Cameron Watson's hometown movie about Shelbyville, Tenneessee in 1978I can see where "American Graffiti" is an obvious point of cinematic reference for "Our Very Own," but while this 2005 film has the charm and sense of nostalgia that defined George Lucas's film, it does not have the same feeling of weight. But that is going to happen when one film has a character who will end up being reported MIA in Vietnam and the other has a character who is hoping to see the actress Sondra Locke. Still, first time writer-director-producer Cameron Watson, an actor who might ... Read More Rating:  - "Our Very Own' is the new "American Graffiti"REVIEW: "Our Very Own' is the new "American Graffiti" Monday, August 15, 2005 By Brian Mosely Cameron Watson's film, "Our Very Own," is a wonderful, heartfelt and true-to-life tribute to the town and the people of Shelbyville; the place that gave him the inspiration to reach for the top and get there by coming back home to tell his unique story. As someone who grew up in neighboring Tullahoma during the same time period, this reviewer was overcome with memories ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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