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| View Larger Image | Life Support | DVDStarring: Queen Latifah, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross (III)
Directed By: Nelson George
| List Price: | $9.98 | | Price: | $8.99 | | You Save: | $0.99 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 88 minutes | | Format: | AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Hbo Home Video | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.78:1 | | Release Date: | August 07, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 14,557th |
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FEATURES | - HBO Films presents Academy Award? nominee Queen Latifah (Chicago) in a heartbreaking story of one woman's journey to the brink of self-destruction and despair, and her inspirational fight to gain back her dignity and her family. Ana is an HIV-positive former drug addict from Brooklyn, desperately struggling with her past and passionately trying to make things right with her involvement in an AIDS
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HBO Films presents Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah (Chicago) in a heartbreaking story of one woman's journey to the brink of self-destruction and despair, and her inspirational fight to gain back her dignity and her family. Ana is an HIV-positive former drug addict from Brooklyn, desperately struggling with her past and passionately trying to make things right with her involvement in an AIDS outreach group, Life Support. Inspired by a true story, Life Support is a touching, poignant tale of loving, losing and letting go.DVD Features:Audio CommentaryDeleted ScenesFeaturetteInterviewsProduction Notes |
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Though Queen Latifah is less known for her dramatic skills, films such as Life Support drive home the point that this singer turned actress has the chops to build a serious career in movies. Thanks to her work on the sitcom Living Single, everyone knows that she's funny. And musicals such as Chicago and Hairspray prove that her singing talent extends far further than rap. Here, Latifah captivates the audience with her understated performance. Based on the true-life story of writer-director Nelson George's HIV-positive sister, Andrea Williams, Life Support stars Latifah as Ana, a recovering junkie who tries to atone for her seedy past by being a loving mom to her 9-year-old daughter. In addition, she takes care of her husband, who also has HIV. But Life Support, an AIDS awareness facility that is an integral part of her life, is where Ana feels most at home. As the movie unfolds, we see how far Ana has come from her rocky beginnings, and how much more she has to accomplish before she can repair the damage from her past. One that seems irreparable is the sticky relationship she has with her estranged teenage daughter, who lives with Ana's mother (wonderfully played by Anna Deavere Smith). While there are some moments in the film that are overly maudlin, giving it more of a Movie of the Week feel than that of a feature film, Latifah's deft touch--as well as superb acting by the supporting cast--make Ana someone we all would like to help, yet are wary of befriending. --Jae-Ha Kim |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 18 reviews)
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Great movie by Tony Johnson  5 Stars
October 13, 2009
This movie showed a very real story. Queen played a good part. I'm using this as teaching tool for a H.I.V. Sopprt group.
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Songs played at end of movie? by Buckjones (Los Angeles, CA) 5 Stars
May 03, 2009
At the end of the movie who were these songs singed by? I know the second song sounded like it was Jamie Foxx, the first was by a woman, who was she?
Since there is not no soundtrack to this movie, there should be one!
J. Keller
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Touching by Charles Habersham (Beacon, New York) 5 Stars
March 27, 2009
This movie brought me to tears. I've lost several friends to AIDS and this movie is just a reminder of the fierce battle we still have.
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A Powerful Film by G. Anderson (New York) 5 Stars
February 27, 2009
I bought this dvd based on the reviews posted.Queen Latifah does not dissapoint.If you live far away from the big cities and don't care to hear or see some of what affects people of all colors in the big cities, then this is probably not for you.Gritty,real,and heart touching.
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a powerful true story by Maureen De Loatch (california usa) 5 Stars
February 23, 2009
this was a powerful story that not only informed me but intertained me as well.
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