Random Hearts (UK)

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In a perfect world... they never would have met
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 127 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Synopsis:
From the Academy Award winning producer and director Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa - Best Picture 1986) comes this powerful thriller with a star-studded cast.

Police sergeant, Dutch Van Den Broeck (Harrison Ford - Six Days, Seven Nights, The Fugitive) and New Hampshire Congresswomen, Kay Chandler (Kristin Scott thomas - The Horse Whisperer, The English Patient) come from two very different backgrounds, destined not to meet, until one fateful day when their worlds collide -and these two complete strangers find themselves inexplicably thrown together.

When the aeroplane carrying Dutch`s wife and Kay`s husband crashes leaving no survivors, the pair are forced to confront some disturbing and shocking truths about their spouses and to unlock the mystery that threatens to destroy them......

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Three Trailers
Three Deleted scenes
22-minute `Making of` Featurette
Feature-length Commentary
Filmographies
Isolated Music Soundtrack

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English

Subtitle Tracks:
Hebrew
Icelandic
Polish
Czech
Hindi
Swedish
Finnish
Turkish
English
German
Greek
Hungarian
Dutch
Arabic
Danish
Norwegian

Directed By:
Sydney Pollack

Written By:



Starring:
Sydney Pollack
Bonnie Hunt
Charles Dutton
Kristin Scott Thomas
Harrison Ford

Casting By:
David Rubin

Soundtrack By:
Dave Grusin

Director of Photography:
Philippe Rousselot

Editor:
William Steinkamp

Costume Designer:
Ann Roth
Bernie Pollack

Production Designer:
Barbara Ling

Producer:
Marykay Powell
Sydney Pollack

Executive Producer:
Ronald L. Schwary
Warren Adler

Distributor:
Columbia / Tristar

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7 / 10
I was really disappointed by this movie.
The 2 leads have more than their share of respect from me, but somehow, upon and after watching this movie I got the feeling, that it was going nowhere. The plot is pretty simple (no twists whatsoever), very predictable and rather boring at some points. I counted about a dozen yawns from me during the movie (and I wasn`t tired at all). :)
The video looks rather good. The transfer is clean of scratches and is anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1.
The audio is very good, but I must give credit to the music. The music is very much a big part of the movie. Despite the fact that some scenes contain a musicl score that does not fit the atmosphere of the scene at all, the music is great.
The disk also contains a seperate musical score channel, which is refreshingly nice.
All the bonus stuff on the disk is rather ordinary.
In conclusion: don`t buy this disk. Rent it only if you want to see Harrison Ford in one of his weakest performances.
posted by Zvi Josef on 22/7/2000 03:49