Family Man, The: Collector`s Edition (US)

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Certificate: PG-13
Running Time: 126 mins
Retail Price: $26.98
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Synopsis:
Jack Campbell (Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage) is a single, wealthy Wall Street trader living the high life in New York City. All that magically changes one morning when he wakes up in a suburban New Jersey bedroom with a wife (Tea Leoni) he never married and two kids he never had - the life he would have led if he had made different choices as a younger man. Find out what it takes for a single-minded businessman to become The Family Man in this wonderful comedy about second thoughts and second chances.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Spotlight On Location: The Making Of The Film Featuring Behind-The-Scenes Footage and Interviews
Feature Commentary with Director Brett Ratner & Writers David Diamond & David Weissman
Feature Commentary with Producer Marc Abraham
Music Score Commentary with Composer Danny Elfman
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Hi Jack Montage
Music Video: Seal "This Could Be Heaven"
Choose Your Fate Game
Production Notes
Cast & Filmmakers

DVD-ROM Features:
Game
Screensavers
Wallpapers
Production Info
Script-To-Scene

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
DTS 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 French

Subtitle Tracks:
CC: English

Directed By:
Brett Ratner

Written By:


Starring:
Josef Sommer
Saul Rubinek
Jeremy Piven
Don Cheadle
Téa Leoni
Nicolas Cage

Casting By:
Nancy Green-Keyes
Matthew Barry

Soundtrack By:
Tina Weymouth
Jerry Harrison
Chris Frantz
Danny Elfman
David Byrne

Director of Photography:
Dante Spinotti

Editor:
Mark Helfrich

Costume Designer:
Betsy Heimann

Production Designer:
Kristi Zea

Producer:
Howard Rosenman
Alan Riche
Tony Ludwig
Jeff Levine
James M. Freitag
Marc Abraham

Executive Producer:
Andrew Z. Davis
Thomas A. Bliss
Armyan Bernstein

Distributor:
Universal Pictures

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7 / 10
An incredibly dull and pointless romantic drama about the value of family versus the value of the Dollar, that fails to deliver (whilst trying to do so for 126 minutes).
The video transfer is ok. There are no compression sign, but few scratches can be seen here and there.
The DTS and DD 5.1 soundtrack are ok as well. While this is mostly a dialog based movie, there is an occasion usage of the surrounds for some of the driving scenes and for the opera scene.
The menus are all animated with sound.
The extras include 2 commentaries, a behind the scenes look, a musical score soundtrack, 9 deleted scenes, 6 outtakes, a music video and a short questions game.
Bottom line - this movie fails to deliver the charm so necessary in these kind of movies. Still, people who are married more than a decade might enjoy it, in a nostalgic
way, at least.
posted by Zvi Josef on 14/8/2001 00:59