21 Grams

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Written and directed by Academy Award® nominated Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros), the critically acclaimed 21 Grams is released to rent on Video and DVD and to own on DVD from 13 September 2004.

Starring Academy Award ® winners Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro and Academy Award ® nominee Naomi Watts, 21 Grams is an intense, critically acclaimed dramatic thriller with outstanding acting performances. The film was nominated for two Oscars and five BAFTA's with all actors honoured at the film's world premiere at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival, where Penn won Best Actor and Del Toro and Watts earned the Audience Awards for Best Actor and Actress.

College professor Paul Rivers (Penn - Mystic River, I Am Sam) is mortally ill and awaiting a heart transplant but his wife still hopes to become pregnant by artificial insemination, even though their marriage hangs between life and death. Cristina Peck (Watts - Ned Kelly, The Ring), having matured since her reckless past, is a beloved older sister to Claudia, a good wife to Michael and loving mother to two little girls. Her family radiates hope and joy. Ex-con Jack Jordan (Del Toro - Traffic, The Usual Suspects) is struggling to provide for his wife and their two children, leaving his criminal past behind and reaffirming his commitment to religion.

A horrific accident throws three people's lives together and a gripping story evolves that takes them to the heights of passion, the depths of obsession and sees the promise of revenge.