Gossip (US)
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It can turn you on, or turn on you
Certificate: R
Running Time: 90 mins
Retail Price: $19.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Psst! Did you hear about Beau and Naomi? Everyone who`s anyone on campus is in the know. But what almost no one knows is that the vicious rumor is a hoax. Three journalism students planted the trashy little story, planning to track how it changes as it burns through the university. But what goes around comes around.
Alluring young talents - James Marsden (The X-Men), Lena Headey (Onegin), Norman Reedus (The Boondock Saints) and Kate Hudson (200 Cigarettes) among them - team with screen veterans Edward James Olmos, Sharon Lawrence and Eric Bogosian in this hip, twist-filled thriller. The word`s out. Pass it on. Gossip can turn you on, or it can turn on you.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Feature-Length Audio Commentary by James Marsden and Director Davis Guggenheim
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Ending
Travis` Gossip Interviews
Music Video Grab Bag: Poe`s Our Lips Are Sealed, Tonic`s Mean To Me and Gossip Montage
Cast Filmographies
Theatrical Trailer
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Subtitle Tracks:
French
English
CC: English
Directed By:
Davis Guggenheim
Written By:
Theresa Rebeck
Gregory Poirier
Gregory Poirier
Starring:
Sharon Lawrence
Marisa Coughlan
Kate Hudson
Norman Reedus
James Marsden
Lena Headey
Casting By:
Lora Kennedy
Soundtrack By:
Graeme Revell
Director of Photography:
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editor:
Jay Lash Cassidy
Costume Designer:
Louise Mingenbach
Production Designer:
David Nichols
Producer:
Jeffrey Silver
Susan E. Novick
Robert F. Newmyer
John M. Eckert
Executive Producer:
Joel Schumacher
Bruce Berman
Distributor:
Warner Bros
Your Opinions and Comments
It starts up as your usual college (crap) drama, but takes a couple of turns that make it more tolerable. It has a decent enough plot with at least a couple of twists.
The video transfer is good. There are no compression marks at all and the colors are very good. Some scenes (the gossip one especially) are brilliantly shot and edited. The disk also includes a good pan&scan version of the movie.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is ok. Naturally, you don`t expect the audio of this kind of a movie to blow your mind off, but the audio is very suitable for the movie. Notice the nice whispering effect every once in a while.
The menus are all still and boring.
The extras include a commentary, some deleted scenes (alternate ending as well), some behind the scenes look and 2 music videos.
Bottom line - well, try it, watch it, talk about it.