Mother Night

Mother Night
by Keith Gordon

Mother Night
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $0.48
You Save: $19.50 (98%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: VHS Video
See more movie releases


(Click here)
Buy this VHS video movie at online store in your country
Canada

VHS Tape Cover Information

Actor: Alan Arkin, Anna Berger, Bernard Behrens, Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee
Director: Keith Gordon
Producer: Keith Gordon
Producer: Josette Perrotta
Producer: Leon Dudevoir
Producer: Linda Reisman
Producer: Mark Ordesky
Writer: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Writer: Robert B. Weide
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; German (Original Language); Yiddish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 114 minutes
Release Date: 1998-06-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Studio: New Line Home Video

VHS Movie Reviews of Mother Night

Movie Review: Be Careful
Summary: 4 Stars

An interesting DVD. The movie was good but the extras were even better. The interview with Vonnegut and Nolte was quite interesting, as was an idea for trailer that was eventually modified before being used. It occurred to me that the original trailer (still admired by the producers) violated the warning of the movie by being something that should not even be pretended at.

Summary of Mother Night

The third movie from director Keith Gordon (The Chocolate War, A Midnight Clear). The 35-year-old director who started as an actor (Christine) has turned into one of the more assured directors working today. His films are ambitious in plot and tone. With Mother Night he works with his first major star, Nick Nolte.

In 1961, the fictitious Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American by birth, shares the same deserted prison with Adolph Eichmann. As he prepares to stand trial for war crimes, the former playwright scribes his memoirs. Now this is the same Howard W. Campbell Jr. who was a notorious voice on German radio during the war, tearing into American policy and spreading Nazi propaganda. Was he a willful participant or an American spy? Campbell, who romanticizes at the drop of a hat, tells his story of indifference, morality, and love. His days of notoriety in Berlin give way to anonymity back in the States. He purrs about his true love (Sheryl Lee) and tells truths with his shrewd neighbor in New York (Alan Arkin).

The movie is based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 novel of the same name. Gordon and screenwriter Robert E. Weide have an uncommon insight into Vonnegut's material: the mesh of fact and fiction, the sweeping themes, the tragic goofiness. The movie is perfectly suited to Nolte's gruff style with a husky voice that pierces the night. The film is a cherished companion piece to Slaughterhouse Five. --Doug Thomas

Drama VHS Video

VHS Video Movies
Movies most talked about in I Love Vonegutt
Who Am I This Time ImageWho Am I This Time
Monterey Video; Release date: 2000-03-14; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.24
Price in other shops: $19.95
Mother Night ImageMother Night
New Line Home Video; Release date: 1998-06-02; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $0.48
Price in other shops: $19.98
Breakfast of Champions ImageBreakfast of Champions
Walt Disney Video; Release date: 2002-08-13; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $8.66
Price in other shops: $9.99
Happy Birthday, Wanda June ImageHappy Birthday, Wanda June
by Kurt Vonnegut
Delta Publishing; Published: 1971-08-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.99
Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage ImagePalm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut
The Dial Press; Published: 1999-05-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.16
Price in other shops: $14.00
Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction ImageBagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction
by Kurt Vonnegut
Putnam Adult; Published: 1999-08-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.75
Price in other shops: $24.95
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut (Literary Conversations Series) ImageConversations with Kurt Vonnegut (Literary Conversations Series)
University Press of Mississippi; Published: 1988-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: $22.00
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian ImageGod Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Washington Square Press; Published: 2001-05-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops: $9.95
Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons ImageWampeters, Foma & Granfalloons
by Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback; Published: 1999-01-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops: $14.00
The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity ImageThe Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity
by Mark Vonnegut
Seven Stories Press; Published: 2003-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.94
Price in other shops: $13.95
Similar VHS Movies
No Country for Old Men ImageNo Country for Old Men
Release date: 2008-03-11; DVD
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops: $29.99
There Will Be Blood ImageThere Will Be Blood
Paramount; Release date: 2008-04-08; DVD
Best price: $8.50
Price in other shops: $29.99
Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome To The Monkey House ImageKurt Vonnegut's Welcome To The Monkey House
Published: 1991; DVD
Best price: $17.98
The Lives of Others ImageThe Lives of Others
Sony; Release date: 2007-08-21; DVD
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops: $19.94
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) ImageDr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)
Sony; Release date: 2001-02-27; DVD
Best price: $6.51
Price in other shops: $14.94
Who Am I This Time? ImageWho Am I This Time?
MONTEREY HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2006-08-22; DVD
Best price: $12.06
Price in other shops: $19.95
Mother Night ImageMother Night
by Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback; Published: 1999-05-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.82
Price in other shops: $14.00
Catch-22 ImageCatch-22
Paramount; Release date: 2001-05-22; DVD
Best price: $4.53
Price in other shops: $9.98
Breakfast of Champions ImageBreakfast of Champions
Release date: 2000-06-30; DVD
Best price: $39.99
Slaughterhouse Five ImageSlaughterhouse Five
Universal; Release date: 2004-05-25; DVD
Best price: $7.48
Price in other shops: $14.98
Compare prices and read customer reviews for more than one million DVD titles.
Oscar 2005 Winners