DOUBLE FEATURE FILMS - Monster's Ball/"O" - Monster's Ball(2001) - O(2001) - 2 GREATMOVIES -

Monster's Ball(2001) - Death row in the Louisiana State Penitentiary is the hothouse backdrop for this hard-hitting drama about racist prison guard Billy Bob Thornton, who falls in love with the wife (Best Actress Oscar winner Halle Berry) of a condemned man he helped execute. Peter Boyle plays Thornton's hopelessly bigoted father, and rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs astonishes as Berry's ill-fated, "dead man walking" husband. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry Director: Marc Forster Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English ... Awards: Academy AwardŽ Winner - O(2001) - A controversial, modern retelling of Shakespeare's "Othello" that takes place in an exclusive boarding school where Odin James (Mekhi Phifer) is the star basketball player and sole black student. Odin's beautiful girlfriend, Desi (Julia Stiles), adores him, and his coach (Martin Sheen) loves him like a son. But jealousy drives the coach's real son, Hugo (Josh Hartnett), into an elaborate and deadly scheme to knock Odin off his exalted perch. Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett Director: Tim Blake Nelson Genre: Drama Format: Widescreen ... Language: English Subtitles: English