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Bubble

2006, Movie, R, 73 mins

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A gloomy little slice-of-blue-collar-life drama with a small, sad mystery thrown in, Steven Soderbergh’s low-budget, high-definition video feature was cast with nonprofessionals, shot in sequence and partly improvised. Chubby, middle-aged Martha (Debbie Doebereiner) works at a local baby-doll factory, cares for her aging father (Omar Cowan) at home and sews doll clothes for extra cash. Her only friend is much-younger coworker Kyle (Dustin James Ashley), a quiet high-school dr... read more leave a comment
Year: 2006
Rated R

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Cast
Debbie Doebereiner: Martha
Dustin James Ashley: Kyle
Misty Dawn Wilkins: Rose
Omar Cowan: Martha's Dad
Laurie Lee: Kyle's Mother
David Hubbard: Pastor

 

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Question: I've been reading about the movie Bubble being the first film ever released simultaneously on TV, in movie theaters and on DVD. I don't know why, but I keep thinking some other movie already did that. Do you know if it really was the very first?


Answer: Steven Soderbergh's Bubble (2006) was definitely the first to come to theaters, cable and DVD at virtually the same time — it was shown on HDNet cable on the same Friday it opened in theaters, although it actually came to DVD four days later, because Tuesday is the standard day of the week DVDs (and videos before them) go on sale in stores. But there are a couple of precedents. Back in the 1983 — before DVD was so much as a technological twinkle in anyone's eye and the home-video market barely existed — Universal (a co read more

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