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Kevin Bacon: The 6 Degrees Collection
Blu-ray
![]() Kevin Bacon: The 6 Degrees CollectionBlu-ray
Two-disc set includes:
The Big Picture (1989) Co-writer/director Christopher Guest’s savagely funny Hollywood satire follows the rise and fall of aspiring filmmaker Nick Chapman (Kevin Bacon). A hot property right out of film school, Nick’s infatuation with the Tinseltown lifestyle could cost him his girlfriend (Emily Longstreth) and best pal (Michael McKean, who also co-wrote) before he becomes yesterday’s news in the movie biz. With J.T Walsh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Teri Hatcher, an uncredited Martin Short, and a host of cameos. 101 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 Flatliners (1990) Five medical students stretch the border between life and death by conducting dangerous experiments on each other, but as each experiences clinical death, what they face on "the other side" returns to haunt them. Suspenseful and fantastic thriller stars Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt; directed by Joel Schumacher. 111 min. C/Rtg: R Hollow Man (2000) Paul Verhoeven’s nasty, high-tech variation on "The Invisible Man" stars Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Caine, a self-absorbed scientist working on a government invisibility project who tests the serum on himself, even though all of its kinks haven’t been worked out. Those side-effects turn the unseen Caine into an amoral maniac and send him on a violent rampage against his co-worker ex-girlfriend (Elisabeth Shue) and the rest of his crew. With Josh Brolin, William Devane. 113 min. C/Rtg: R Trapped (2002) The seemingly perfect crime quickly goes awry for a group of serial kidnappers after they abduct Abby (Dakota Fanning), the sickly daughter of Dr. Will (Stuart Townsend) and Karen Jennings (Charlize Theron). As the frantic Jennings race to rescue Abby, they set in motion a plan that will turn the tables on the criminals. Emotionally charged drama co-stars Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love, Colleen Camp, and Pruitt Taylor Vince. 106 min. C/Rtg: R In The Cut (2003) This steamy thriller from director Jane Campion ("The Piano") stars Meg Ryan as Frannie Avery, a lonely teacher involved with Det. Giovanni A. Malloy (Mark Ruffalo), who’s investigating a series of murders in the area. As Avery begins to think Malloy may be behind the the killings, her interest in him grows even more, while at the same time, one of her students and her former lover become chief suspects. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kevin Bacon, Sharrieff Pugh. 118 min. C/Rtg: R Where The Truth Lies (2005) Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth star as Lanny Morris and Vince Collins, respectively, a 1950s nightclub act whose careers are scandalized when a beautiful acquaintance (Rachel Blanchard) is discovered dead in an Atlantic City hotel. Two decades after the duo’s breakup, an investigative journalist (Alison Lohman) pursues a book deal on Collins’ life, as well as the truth behind the mysterious events to which she has a secret connection. Atom Egoyan helms this engrossing adaptation of Rupert Holmes’ novel. 106 min. C/Rtg: R
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