Drama) The sensationalistic murder of diet guru Dr. Herman Tarnower is explored in this decidedly low-key take on the tabloid cover story from first-time director Phyllis Nagy. As the inventor of the popular "Scarsdale Diet" Dr. Herman Tarnower (Ben Kingsley) became an overnight success during the peak of the early 1980s diet craze. Despite the popularity of the Dr. Tarnower's revolutionary "lose one pound per day" diet, the womanizing ways of the Casanova cardiologist would soon come to a brutal end at the hands of his jealous, prescription drug-addicted lover Jean Harris (Annette Bening). Driven to despair after their fourteen-year romance failed to result in marriage and enraged by Dr. Tarnower's shameless status as a ladies man, Harris confronts her former lover in one violent, final act of desperationTagline: Nothing is more dangerous than the truth.
DVD Details
>Rated: M (MATURE)
>Runtime: 1 hours, 32 minutes
>Video: 0
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 2006
>Label: Warner
Starring: Annette Bening, Sir Ben Kingsley, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Brett Ratner
DVD Details
>Rated: M (MATURE)
>Runtime: 1 hours, 32 minutes
>Video: 0
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 2006
>Label: Warner
Starring: Annette Bening, Sir Ben Kingsley, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Brett Ratner
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