Synopsis:
MAIL ORDER WIFE: Filmed in mock documentary style, this dark comedy follows filmmaker Andrew Gurland's misguided attempts to document the mail-order-bride process. The documentary's main subject is...
MAIL ORDER WIFE: Filmed in mock documentary style, this dark comedy follows filmmaker Andrew Gurland's misguided attempts to document the mail-order-bride process. The documentary's main subject is Adrian (Adrian Martinez), an overweight security guard who drives a beat-up El Dorado and lives in a dumpy house in the Queens borough of New York City. After finding no success in the dating world, Adrian decides to purchase a wife through a mail-order catalogue, with the documentary production company funding the venture in exchange for filming rights. After they write each other several letters, a young Burmese woman named Lichi (Eugenia Yuan) agrees to come to the United States and marry Adrian. Adrian's expectations for her reveal his true character: he wants her to cook chili and clean the toilet. But when he tries to trick Lichi into getting a sterilization procedure, Andrew (Gurland) attempts to intervene, feeling Adrian has gone too far. Next, Lichi shows up at Andrew's doorstep to present evidence of Adrian's abuse, and Andrew feels obligated to help her. As Andrew gets more and more personally involved with both Lichi and Adrian, he becomes a subject in his own film. Despite their obvious class differences and their dislike for each other, antagonists Andrew and Adrian have more in common than either will admit.
THE COMPLETE DENIS LEARY: Although he is primarily known for his acting work, Denis Leary began life in the entertainment industry as a stand-up comic of some repute. His show NO CURE FOR CANCER won him plaudits across the globe as he attacked sacred cows such as fitness freaks, parenthood, drug-taking, smoking, vegetarians, and a lot more besides. Leary works himself into a frenzy as he storms across the stage, while also taunting non-smokers in the audience by constantly billowing smoke into the air from a constant chain of cigarettes. LOCK AND LOAD follows similar themes, and originally played to over 16 million people on cable channel HBO. For fans of Leary's inimitable schtick, this is an awesome collection. For newcomers--hold onto your hats, this is quite a ride!
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