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Swingers
(Collector's
Series)
(Fox Home
Entertainment)
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| DVD
Release Date:
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September
24, 2002
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Length:
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16 hrs. 30 mins.
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| Rated:
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NR
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Fullscreen (4:3)
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Languages:
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English, French, Spanish
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| Subtitles:
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English, Spanish
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| Extras:
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Filmmakers'
Audio Commentary, Illustrated Action Commentary, "Making It
in Hollywood" Original Documentary, Art Imitates Life:
Writing the Story, Life Creates Art: Getting
"Swingers" Made, Life Imitates Art:
"Swingers" Culture, Art Creates Life: Life After
"Swingers", The Cutting Room Floor, Outtakes Reel,
"Swingblade" Short Film
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This smaller film from a few years back
has been well preserved with it's charm and it's comedy. What worked
was how strongly the viewer can get caught up in the world surrounding
the core plot. So much so that several continuity glitches practically
go by unnoticed. Whether it be the charisma of the characters or how
cajoling the laughs were, one just can't help but enjoy this movie
from start to finish.
A few terrific bonus materials found here. These included, a quality
"making of" documentary which ran 50 mins. long, a look at
some commentary-less deleted scenes and outtakes, several stills of
promotional material, a mock trailer for "Swingblade" and
some cast and crew filmographies. There were also two commentary
tracks. One with actor/writer/co-director Jon Favreau and actor Vince
Vaughn was a fun listen, especially with the telestrator option on as
the pair would point things out on the screen. The other track was
also good, with director Doug Liman and editor Stephen Mirrlone
conveying how they got things done from a film-making perspective.
With the extras revealing how autobiographical the nature of the plot
was, I somehow admired the movie more for what it was.
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9/10 |
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10/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
One
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