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DVD Release Date: 8/19/2008
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“The film is about love, duty, loyalty, conscience… but there’s also self-preservation. Sometimes when we talk about violent situations, we talk about heroism but not enough about real humanity, not about the primal qualities we humans possess.”
— Vadim Perelman
Starring Academy Award®-nominee UMA THURMAN (Kill Bill) and EVAN RACHEL WOOD (Across the Universe, Thirteen), The Life Before Her Eyes is the new film from Vadim Perelman, the acclaimed director of House of Sand and Fog. The Life Before Her Eyes is an intense and visually evocative drama about the loss of youth, investigating how a single moment in time can define an entire life. Based on Laura Kasischke’s visionary novel, the story hinges on a pivotal confrontation: two high school girls held captive by a gunman and forced to make the terrifying choice as to who will live and who will die.
The Life Before Her Eyes explores the reverberations stemming from the collision of past and future, reality and dream. Life can end in an instant—yet the echoes of possible futures remain inescapable. Moving backwards and forwards in time, it combines the dramatic intensity of Sophie’s Choice with the eerie mystery of a ghost story like The Others.
 
DIRECTED BY VADIM PERELMAN
PRODUCED BY VADIM PERELMAN, AIMEE PEYRONNET & ANTHONY KATAGAS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS TODD WAGNER, MARK CUBAN & MARC BUTAN
SCREENPLAY BY EMIL STERN
BASED ON THE BOOK BY LAURA KASISCHKE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY PAWEL EDELMAN
PRODUCTION DESIGNER MAIA JAVAN
EDITOR DAVID BAXTER
MUSIC COMPOSED BY JAMES HORNER
CO-PRODUCERS CHASE BAILEY, COUPER SAMUELSON & IAN MCGLOIN
COSTUME DESIGNER HALA BAHMET
CASTING BY ANN GOULDER
Diana (Adult) UMA THURMAN
Diana (Teen) EVAN RACHEL WOOD
Maureen EVA AMURRI
Emma GABRIELLE BRENNAN
Paul BRETT CULLEN
Marcus OSCAR ISAAC
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“A beautifully etched, haunting meditation on the choices young women make. Uma Thurman does her best work in years.” – Graham Fuller, Vanity Fair
“A STRONG PIECE OF WORK. I’m really into this film.” – Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
“BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED AND SHOT. Evan Rachel Wood gives an eerily mesmerizing performance.” – Carina Chocano, LA Times
“THE BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE OCCURS BEHIND THE CAMERA. Vadim Perlman’s directorial handprint borders on the revelatory.” – Bruce Bennett, NY Sun
“Director Vadim Perlman blends two powerful performances into a seamless whole.” –Rafer Guzman, Newsday
“THE KIND OF ARTFUL FILMMAKING THAT YOU CAN REALLY SINK YOUR TEETH INTO. A lovely, nuanced film packed with imagery and bracketed by an intriguing storyline. People who appreciate and enjoy unraveling mysteries will have much to savor.” – Kim Voynar, Cinematical
“VISUALLY STUNNING AND POETIC. The kind of film that leaves you full and satisfied.” – Kim Voynar, Cinematical
“STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL.” – Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“***1/2. It sneaks up on you and haunts you afterward.” – Marshall Fine, Star Magazine
“One of the most emotionally stirring films I have seen in some time.” – Genevieve Bahrenburg, Vogue
“Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood and Eva Amurri give fascinating, compelling performances.” – Alonso Duralde, MSNBC
“Intense and artful” – Thelma Adams, US Weekly
“Evan Rachel Wood and Uma Thurman both give fine performances.” - Glenn Kenny, Premiere
“GORGEOUS, HAUNTING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING. It will leave you thinking long after it’s over. Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood have never been better.” – Ed Douglas, ComingSoon.net
“An intriguing thriller boasting two terrific performances from Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood and an ending that’s destined to generate discussion.” Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
“HYPNOTIC. For its sheer visual splendor, this is a film worth seeing.” – Josh Weil, Nylon
“POWERFUL. I loved the twist.” - Lisa Fuller Magee, KTVK TV
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