Big Night

VHS, R, 107 minutes, COLUMBIA TRISTAR

Old World idealism clashes with American pop culture in this bittersweet comedy starring Minnie Driver, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini, Tony Shalhoub, and Stanley Tucci. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Sundance Film Festival, "Big Night" is the story of two brothers whose Italian restaurant is on the brink of bankruptcy. Their only chance for success is to risk everything they own on an extravagant feast for bandleader Louis Prima. But their big night is complicated by a lovers' triangle, a sneaky restaurant rival, and the hilarious perfection of chef Primo. A treat for food lovers and movie lovers everywhere, "Big Night" is "a sumptuously satisfying movie from first course to last! ****".