Spin
(DVD)

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Based on the novel "Spin" by Donald Everett Axinn.

Special features: filmographies.

Director of photography, Paul Ryan ; editor, Nicholas C. Smith ; original music, Todd Boekilheide ; costume designer, Alexis Scott ; production designer, Patti Podesta.

Ryan Merriman, Stanley Tucci, Dana Delany, Paula Garces, Rubén Blades.

Eight year old Eddie is left parentless when the plane his father is piloting crashes into a mountain near their home. Frank, Eddie's uncle, who is also a pilot, is left with the responsiblity of caring for the boy. Soon, however, Frank leaves for a job overseas and leaves Eddie in the care of ranch manager Ernesto and his school-teacher wife Margaret. When Frank returns ten years later, it is to fulfill his brother's wish that Eddie be taught to fly. Eddie struggles to find his bearings as a young man with mixed emotions toward his uncle, his love for the couple who raised him, the loss of his birth parents, and his blossoming first love with Francesca.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements and some violent images.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., single-sided, single-layer.

Closed-captioned.

Heartland Film Festival, 2003: Crystal Heart Award (James Redford); Truly Moving Sound Award.