Don's Plum

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages:o Spanish (subtitles) o English (Dolby Digital 5.1) o Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) Synopsis: Directed by R.D. Robb, the largely unreleased Don's Plum made headlines throughout the late '90s for featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, who, after scoring big with the success of Titanic, was enjoying the top spot on young Hollywood's A-list. The film stars DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire as two of several obnoxious rich kids whittling the night away at Don's Plum, a local diner. Shot in black-and-white and largely improvised, the kids speak candidly about women, sex, drugs, and the nuances of relationships -- if by "nuances" one means adultery, masturbation, bisexuality, and whatever shock-topics the moment may have called for. Maguire and DiCaprio claimed to have worked in Plum free of charge on the condition that it would not be made into a feature release, and promptly sued Robb for distribution rights after it was, indeed, stretched into a 90-minute film. Though the young actors successfully blocked Don's Plum from release among American and Canadian audiences, it was still shown internationally...Special Features:o Biographieso Filmographieso Interactive Menuo Production Noteso Scene Accesso Trailer(s) Product Description

Youngsters' sexism

Fuelled with awaken sexual urges, youngsters spent night out at Don's Plum restaurant, deliberating approaches to trance-gender relations and exercising personal dreams.

Natural performing by then young recent stars makes this clear-student-project film nice to watch on any viewer's personal merits.
January 31, 2008

EXCEPTIONAL LOW BUDGET IMPROV

Don's Plum made in 8 days of shooting from an outline that was then improvised by the actors is an exceptional piece of "film verite" work that was made on the lowest of budgets and shot on 16mm. Certainly, Leonardo DiCaprio shows us how remarkably talented and agile he can be with or without a scripted piece. His performance shines.

I saw the opriginal directors' cut, as well as the finished film on 35mm blow up and the film will remain a clear expose' of the young modern urban California characters it represents for all time.

The rest of the cast surround DiCaprio with fine work. Expecially that of Kevin Connolly, Bryan Thames, Amber Benson and Meadow Sisto. This is a film that will never be forgotten and it is still sad that it had such an unfortunate fate never to be seen in the context of the time in which it was made, except for outside the US and Canada. June 8, 2006

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