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    Unique ID Code: 0000079031
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    Added on: 12/12/2005 11:50
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    Dear Wendy (UK)

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    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 101 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    Dick (Jamie Bell) is a teenage loner living an empty life in the poor American mining town of Estherslope. That all changes, however, when Dick happens upon a small, pearl-handled six-shooter and, despite his pacifist leanings, becomes obsessed with the gun, even to the extent of giving it a name - Wendy. Inspired by his newfound "partner", Dick befriends the rest of the town`s young outcasts and misfits, convincing them to join him in a secret club he calls The Dandies. Dedicating themselves to the non-violent study of the finer points of ballistics, marksmanship and exit wounds, The Dandies establish and adhere to a strict code of honour, the most important rule of which is "never draw your weapon."
    But the arrival of an outsider and a dire misunderstanding together provide a catalyst to an event that leads The Dandies to accept that rules are meant to be broken. A contemporary teen fable that contains echoes of the westerns of Sam Peckinpah, Thomas Vinterberg`s Dear Wendy is an explosive indictment of modern-day gun culture played out against a dynamic soundtrack of songs by The Zombies, which play as important a role in the proceedings as any of the film`s characters.

    Special Features:
    Commentary with director Thomas Vinterberg and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. Seleted scene commentary 9 Letter To Wendy by the cast. Making of. Deleted scenes. Interview with director Thomas Vinterberg and screenwriter Lars Von Trier. UK/US trailers. TV spots. Poster artwork.

    Directed By:
    Thomas Vinterberg

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Novella Nelson
    Danso Gordon
    Michael Angarano
    Bill Pullman
    Jamie Bell

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