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    Unique ID Code: 0000015972
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 4/4/2001 03:00
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    Five Senses, The (US)

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    "Nothing can cure the soul but the senses" - Oscar Wilde
    Certificate: R
    Running Time: 106 mins
    Retail Price: $24.98
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    Synopsis:
    Mary-Louise Parker (Fried Green Tomatoes) stars in this award-winning film that explores life and love through the five senses. The talented ensemble cast brings humor and passion to five troubled and triumphant characters struggling to make sense of their world. Together, they have almost nothing in common except the desire to experience true intimacy.

    Through taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell, their secret lives unfold, until, one by one, each is drawn out of their shell and into a world that promises to re-ignite the passion in their souls.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Original Theatrical Trailer
    DVD-ROM Content: Original Theatrical Website

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
    Pan & Scan 1.33:1

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

    Subtitle Tracks:
    French
    English
    CC: English

    Directed By:
    Jeremy Podeswa

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Nadia Litz
    Marco Leonardi
    Brendan Fletcher
    Richard Clarkin
    Pascale Bussières
    Mary-Louise Parker

    Soundtrack By:
    Alex Pauk
    Alexina Louie

    Director of Photography:
    Gregory Middleton

    Editor:
    Wiebke von Carolsfeld

    Costume Designer:
    Gersha Phillips

    Production Designer:
    Taavo Soodor

    Producer:
    Jeremy Podeswa
    Camelia Frieberg
    Shimmy Brandes

    Executive Producer:
    Charlotte Mickie
    David R. Ginsburg
    Ted East

    Distributor:
    New Line Productions

    Your Opinions and Comments

    8 / 10
    An incredibly simple yet powerful movie. Beautifully describes the lives of several people while emphasizing a certain sense of the human body for each individual.
    Beautifully shot and superbly acted as well.
    The video transfer is excellent in both the widescreen and the fullscreen versions. There are no compression signs and the colors are rendered with perfection.
    The DD 2.0 soundtrack is very good. When I saw on the movie`s menu that the movie is in DD 2.0, I was afraid it was going to lessen the movie`s experience. It didn`t. On the contrary. The soundtrack is very good. The music is excellent and the dialog is always clear.
    The menus are all static.
    Surprisingly enough, other than a very good DVD-ROM based website, the disk contains no extras at all.
    Bottom line - a superb movie that will definitely touch each and every one of your senses.
    posted by Zvi Josef on 4/4/2001 06:20