Happiness
As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz’s portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban “normalcy.” An extraordinary ensemble cast—including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker—embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his pedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happiness unnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Maryse Alberti, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New conversation between director Todd Solondz and filmmaker Charlotte Wells
- New interview with actor Dylan Baker
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by screenwriter and novelist Bruce Wagner
New cover based on original poster art by Daniel Clowes
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Maryse Alberti, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New conversation between director Todd Solondz and filmmaker Charlotte Wells
- New interview with actor Dylan Baker
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by screenwriter and novelist Bruce Wagner
New cover based on original poster art by Daniel Clowes
Cast
- Jane Adams
- Joy Jordan
- Jon Lovitz
- Andy Kornbluth
- Dylan Baker
- Bill Maplewood
- Cynthia Stevenson
- Trish Maplewood
- Rufus Read
- Billy Maplewood
- Lara Flynn Boyle
- Helen Jordan
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Allen
- Ben Gazzara
- Lenny Jordan
- Louise Lasser
- Mona Jordan
- Camryn Manheim
- Kristina
- Jared Harris
- Vlad
- Elizabeth Ashley
- Diane Freed
Credits
- Director
- Todd Solondz
- Written by
- Todd Solondz
- Executive producer
- David Linde
- Executive producer
- James Schamus
- Producer
- Ted Hope
- Producer
- Christine Vachon
- Line producer
- Pamela Koffler
- Director of photography
- Maryse Alberti
- Casting by
- Ann Goulder
- Music by
- Robbie Kondor
- Music supervisor
- Susan Jacobs
- Editor
- Alan Oxman
- Costume designer
- Kathryn Nixon
- Production designer
- Thérèse DePrez
Trailer for Happiness
