Product Details

• Actors: Robert Forster, Kate Capshaw, Clara Bryant, Erich Anderson, Cybill Shepherd
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Showtime Ent.
• DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008WT3Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,001 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Due East" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

When 17-year-old Mary Faith’s secret gets out, the news shocks everyone in her small town. The townspeople soon find out that just one small event can change their lives forever.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Sensitive Examination of Small Town Rural America, November 14, 2003

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Due East (DVD)

DUE EAST (the name of some small town in the South - probably Georgia) is a story about lack of innocence, a state that touches every person in a town ready for retribution.

Mary Faith (well portrayed by newcomer Clara Bryant) is a highschool senior, the top of her class, and perhaps one of the few in her town who appears headed for success in college and life beyond Due East. She becomes pregnant by the one boy who made her feel special just before his accidental death. Her father (Robert Forster), recently widowed, is a kind man who seeks companionship from a girlfriend (Cybill Shepherd) whose son is thought to be the fahter of Mary Faith's child, while in truth he is merely her confidant and supporter. As Mary Faith goes through the agony of deciding whether to keep the child and sacrifice her future or destroy the only remnant of her fleeting but meaningful love, she is barraged by her school principal who sees his only chance for a scholar from his tutelege falling by the wayside, by a woman (Kate Capshaw) who seems the town drunk as her marriage disintegrates, and by her fellow students who are supportive of Mary Faith's decisions. The choice to proceed with the pregnancy results in many changes among the townspeople, provides a model for healing other people's personal shortcomings, and in general changes what seemed to be an immutably harsh citizenry into one of acceptance not ony of Mary Faith but of their own transgressions. Director Helen Shaver draws simple but telling, straightforward performances from her fine cast. Kate Capshaw is particularly excellent as she transforms from an alcohol to the genuine adult friend in Mary Faith's life. Yes, the story has been told, but DUE EAST manages to remind us of important lessons in personal integrity in a manner so subdued that it leaves you just feeling better!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you on the edge, September 13, 2005

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Paul Kortz "movie critic" (Huntersville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Due East (DVD)

This movie keeps you thinking on what will happen next, and you are usually wrong. Most movies let you in on the end result, Due East doesn't do that at all. It was refreshing to be wrong when it comes to this movie. Very good movie!!!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Due East, March 3, 2010

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K. Clark "youngmaiden" (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Due East [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I loved this story! This of course is one of my favorite movies. Great product!