Any Given Sunday (Australia)

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Life is a contact sport
Certificate: MA
Running Time: 150 mins
Retail Price: 36.95
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Synopsis:
Life is a contact sport and football is life when three-time Academy Award–winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and a dynamic acting ensemble explore the fortunes of the Miami Sharks in `Any Given Sunday`.

At the 50-yard line of this gridiron cosmos is Al Pacino as Tony D’Amato, the embattled Sharks coach facing a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner (Cameron Diaz) who’s sure Tony is way too old-school.

An injured quarterback (Dennis Quaid), a flashy, bull-headed backup QB (Jamie Foxx), a slithery team doctor (James Woods) and a running back with an incentive-laden contract (LL Cool J) also provide some of the stories that zigzag like diagrams in a playbook.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
`Full Contact` HBO Making Of Documentary
Three music videos from Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J
Gag Reel/Out-takes including montages
Trailer
Screen Tests & Auditions
Extra footage including 16 deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary
Isolated Score
Stills Gallery
The Art Of Selling
Director`s Commentary
Cast & Crew Commentary
DVD-ROM feature: Grid Iron Challenge trivia game, Weblinks, Complete
Theatrical Website, Essys & Reviews, From Screen To Script, Virtual Edit
Suite
Dual region coded 2 & 4

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian

Subtitle Tracks:
French
English
Portuguese

Directed By:
Oliver Stone

Written By:




Starring:
LL Cool J
Elizabeth Berkley
James Woods
Dennis Quaid
Jamie Foxx
Cameron Diaz
Al Pacino

Casting By:
Mary Vernieu
Billy Hopkins

Soundtrack By:
Robbie Robertson
Michael A. Reagan
Moby
Tony McAnaney
Michael A. Levine
Paul Kelly
Camara Kambon
Richard Horowitz
Bill Brown
Swizz Beat

Director of Photography:
Salvatore Totino

Editor:
Stuart Waks
Keith Salmon
Thomas J. Nordberg
Stuart Levy

Costume Designer:
Mary Zophres

Production Designer:
Victor Kempster

Producer:
Clayton Townsend
Lauren Shuler Donner
Richard Rutowski
Jonathan Krauss
Eric Hamburg
Dan Halsted

Executive Producer:
Oliver Stone
Richard Donner

Distributor:
Warner Bros

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9 / 10
The region 4 release of Any Given Sunday is almost identical to the UK region 2 package. The only differences are the inclusion of an Italian 5.1 audio track (I believe the R2 disc has a French track instead), and the fact that the disc is actually dual coded for regions 2 & 4 (like most R4 Warner discs). This makes it attractive to those people who still may have `virgin` DVD players. It`s also cheaper than the UK disc, you can expect to have it delivered from Australia in under a week for about £13. Oh, it doesn`t come in one of those horrible snapper things either.

Full review of the film can be seen over on the R2 disc`s page.
posted by Chris Gould on 13/2/2001 23:09