Pieces of April
(DVD) 

Special features: commentary by writer/director Peter Hedges; behind-the-scenes featurette, "All the pieces together"; original theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Tami Reiker ; editor, Mark Livolsi ; music, Stephin Merritt ; costume designer, Laura Bauer ; production designer, Rick Butler.

Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke, Alison Pill, John Gallagher, Jr., Alice Drummond, Lillias White, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Oliver Platt.

Family outcast April lives in a beat-up apartment in New York's Lower East Side with her boyfriend, Bobby. In order to spend some time with her dying mother, April invites her conservative suburban family to her place for a Thanksgiving feast. While she frantically tries to complete the meal, the family drives in from Pennsylvania sharing less-than-pleasant opinions about April's lifestyle. Her dad tries to think positively, while sister Beth flaunts her good-girl status and brother Timmy captures it all on film.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for language, sensuality, drug content and images of nudity.

DVD format; Region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) and pan & scan presentations, 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.

English or French soundtracks; French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned in English.