Mother
Reeling after his second divorce and struggling with writer’s block, sci-fi novelist John Henderson (Albert Brooks) resolves to figure out where his life went wrong, and hits on an unorthodox solution: moving back in with his relentlessly disapproving, cheerfully passive-aggressive mother (Debbie Reynolds), whose favorite son has always been John’s younger brother, Jeff (Rob Morrow). It’s an experiment that, however harebrained, delivers surprising results. Brooks’s film perfectly blends the writer-director-star’s biting wit with insight and inviting warmth, while giving him a formidable foil in the delightful Reynolds, triumphant in a comeback role that’s equal parts caustic and charming.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Albert Brooks, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interview with Brooks
- New interview with actor Rob Morrow
- Trailer, plus a teaser directed by Brooks
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Carrie Rickey
New cover based on an original theatrical poster
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Albert Brooks, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interview with Brooks
- New interview with actor Rob Morrow
- Trailer, plus a teaser directed by Brooks
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Carrie Rickey
New cover based on an original theatrical poster
Cast
- Debbie Reynolds
- Beatrice Henderson
- Albert Brooks
- John Henderson
- Rob Morrow
- Jeff Henderson
- Isabel Glasser
- Cheryl Henderson
- Anne Haney
- Helen
- Billye Ree Wallace
- Alice
- John C. McGinley
- Carl
- Lisa Kudrow
- Linda
- Vanessa Williams
- Donna
- Paul Collins
- Lawyer
- Laura Weekes
- Karen Henderson
- Peter White
- Charles
- Rosalind Allen
- Woman at gas station
- Danielle Quinn
- Jill Henderson
- Spencer Klein
- Josh Henderson
- James Gleason
- Waiter
Credits
- Director
- Albert Brooks
- Producer
- Scott Rudin
- Producer
- Herb Nanas
- Written by
- Albert Brooks
- Written by
- Monica Johnson
- Director of photography
- Lajos Koltai
- Editor
- Harvey Rosenstock
- Production designer
- Charles Rosen
- Music
- Marc Shaiman
- Coproducer
- Barry Berg
- Coproducer
- Adam Schroeder
- Costume designer
- Judy L. Ruskin
- Casting
- Deborah Aquila
- Casting
- Jane Shannon Smith
- Sound mixer
- Kim Ornitz
- Art direction
- Charles Butcher
- Set designer
- Pamela Klamer
- Hair
- Gail Rowell-Ryan
- Makeup
- Bob Ryan
- Script supervisor
- Ana Maria Quintana
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