Husbands [DVD video]

A trio of middle-aged Long Island family men who, following the sudden death of their best friend, channel their grief into an epic, multiday bender that takes them from Manhattan to London in a desperate, debauched quest to feel alive. By turns painfully funny and woundingly perceptive, this self-described comedy about "life, death, and freedom" stands as perhaps the most fearless, harrowingly honest deconstruction of American manhood ever committed to film.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

Special features: Audio commentary from 2009 from Cassavetes biographer Marshall Fine; New interviews with Al Ruban and Jenny Runacre; John Cassavetes on acting (new video essay by Daniel Raim); The story of "Husbands" - A tribute to John Cassavetes; episode of The Dick Cavett Show from September 1970, featuring Cassavetes, Falk and Gazzara; trailer; essay on insert.

Performers:

Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Jenny Runacre, Jenny Lee Wright, Noelle Kao.

Contents:

disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features].

Technical Details:

DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby digital mono.

Accessibility Note:

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Subject Term:

Husbands -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Midlife crisis -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Short vacations -- England -- London -- Drama.