American son / Miramax Films presents a Winghead Films production in association with Map Point Pictures and Night & Day Pictures, a Neil Abramson film.

The powerful story of a young Marine who is fresh from Camp Pendleton. He is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during his four-day Thanksgiving leave back home before being deployed for active duty in Iraq.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	Miramax Films Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Abramson, Neil Cannon, Nick, 1980- Diaz, Melonie O'Leary, Matt, 1987- Sizemore, Tom, 1961- Grace, April, 1962- Hernandez, Jay, 1978- McBride, Chi
Language:	English Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English, with optional subtitles in English (SDH) or Spanish.
Published:	Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2009.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	United States. > Marine Corps > Drama. Basic training (Military education) > California > Camp Pendleton > Drama. Thanksgiving Day > Drama. Marines > Iraq > Drama. Families > United States > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	The powerful story of a young Marine who is fresh from Camp Pendleton. He is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during his four-day Thanksgiving leave back home before being deployed for active duty in Iraq.
Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: Deleted scenes with optional commentary ; On leave in Bakersfield : behind the scenes of 'American son' ; Feature audio commentary by director Neil Abramson and producers Danielle Renfrew and Michael Roiff. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CU9 D0112202 VideoDVD PN1995.9.M53 A447 2009 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some sexual content and drug use.
ISBN:	9780788896828 0788896822
Credits:	Producers, Danielle Renfrew, Michael Roiff ; story, Neil Abramson and Eric Schmid ; screenplay, Eric Schmid ; director, Neil Abramson ; director of photography, Kristian Kachikis ; editor, Karen Schmeer ; original music by Tim Boland, Sam Retzer.
System Details:	DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; widescreen version.
Cast:	Nick Cannon, Melonie Diaz, Matt O'Leary, Tom Sizemore, April Grace, Jay Hernandez, Chi McBride.