Ruby In Paradise

Starring: Ashley Judd, Victor Nunez Dvd Release: 3rd August, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

Article Index: [Background Info] [Biographies] [Articles/Resources] [Link To This Article] Looking To Buy? Buy This DVD Here

Ruby in Paradise is a 1993 film written, directed & edited by Victor Nuñez & starring Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum, Allison Dean & Dorothy Lyman. Judd plays Ruby, the title character & narrator of the film. As the film begins, she is leaving Tennessee, landing in Panama City, Florida, a summer resort town she visited as a child. Although she arrives there in fall, at the beginning of the off-season, she gets a job at Chambers Beach Emporium, a souvenir store run by Mrs. Chambers, overcoming the owners initial rejection of her employment application by telling her Ive done retail before & I work real cheap. Over the course of a year she keeps a journal & contemplates her career ups & downs, her love life, her past & her future. The film is a character study, proceeding at a leisurely pace with Rubys introspective comments interspersed with routine scenes at the souvenir store or conversations with her friend Rochelle, or the men she dates. Together with Public Access it won the 1993 Grand Jury Prize for Drama at the Sundance Film Festival.

Ashley Judd is an American actress. Her mother & sister are country singers, Naomi Judd & Wynonna Judd, respectively. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1990, majoring in French. Her film debut was a small part in Kuffs & the first major role was in Ruby in Paradise, a hit independent drama. She had a role in Oliver Stones Natural Born Killers, but all the scenes she played in were cut from the final version of the film. She found further critical acclaim in Smoke & publicity in Heat. By the end of the 1990s she managed to achieve significant fame & success as an actress. As a result she could play leading roles in films that were bound to be successful at the box office, but still required acting skills, like Double Jeopardy & Someone Like You. Whenever her schedule allows, she is regularly at UK basketball games & is frequently sought out for celebrity camera shots during televised games. She is married to Scottish Indy Racing League driver Dario Franchitti. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Posters Of Ashley Judd

Editors Choice: Double Jeopardy, De Lovely, High Crimes, Animal Attraction, Eye Of The Beholder, Where The Heart Is, Kiss The Girls, Norma Jean And Marilyn, View DVDology

©2004-2008 DVDArk.co.uk