Gwyneth Paltrow, who won an Oscar for her performance in director John Madden's SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, teams up again with Madden in PROOF, a poignant drama based on David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Paltrow lights up the screen as Catherine, a young woman who has given up a seemingly bright future in order to take care of her ailing father, Robert (Anthony Hopkins), a formerly brilliant mathematician who went crazy. After he dies, Catherine's closed-off world is invaded by Hal (Jake Gyllenhaal), a young mathematician who worshipped Robert, and Claire (Hope Davis), her successful sister who fears that Catherine is too much like their father a talented, supremely intelligent person with severe mental problems. During the last years of his life, Robert filled 103 notebooks with his writings, but one of them, written during a brief period of lucidity, could turn the math world on its head, while also threatening Catherine's already wavering sanity. Auburn co-wrote the screenplay with Rebecca Miller (PERSONAL VELOCITY, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE), taking it off the stage, setting it in and around Chicago, and breathing new life into the story, along with Stephen Warbeck's compelling score and plenty of outstanding acting, particularly by the glowing Paltrow and the earnest Gyllenhaal.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Robert Kessel, Bob Weinstein, Alison Owen, Jeff Sharp, John N. Hart Jr.
EAN
8717418083458
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53295378
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Proof
Actor
Roshan Seth, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis, Colin Stinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gary Houston, Anthony Hopkins
Director
John Madden, James D. Stern
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2006
Features
Feature Commentary With Director John Madden\From Stage To Screen The Making Of Proof\Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary
Run Time
99 Mins
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
Movieline's Hollywood Life - The story is enormously affecting, and director John Madden guides the four stars to matchless performances, USA Today - PROOF proves undeniably that the intimacy of a stage play can be re-created powerfully on screen... This is a moving portrait of an intense bond between a father and daughter, an eloquent and resonant story about the ties that bind, Entertainment Weekly - PROOF works because it adds layers of pathos and suspense to its square roots