Spy Game: Collector`s Edition (Widescreen) (US)
It`s not how you play the game. It`s how the game plays you
Certificate: R
Running Time: 127 mins
Retail Price: $26.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Superstar Brad Pitt teams with Academy Award®-winner Robert Redford in this pulse-pounding action thrill ride. When a top-secret, unauthorized mission goes bad, CIA agent Tom Bishop (Pitt) is captured - and sentenced to die. With just 24 hours to get him out alive, Bishop`s boss Nathan Muir (Redford) must battle enemies abroad and the system inside the CIA to save his friend. Now, the clock is ticking and the race is on… as the deadliest game of all explodes into the spectacular, adrenaline-fueled thriller that ABC Radio says "Sizzles with suspense!"
Special Features:
Clandestine OPS: A unique viewing experience that puts you in control. Go behind-the-scenes and gain access to classified information simultaneously while watching the film.
Alternate versions and deleted scenes including an alternate ending!
Script-to-storyboard featurette on Tony Scott`s unique filmmaking process.
Feature commentary with the director.
Feature commentary with the producers.
Requirements for CIA acceptance: do you have what it takes to be an operative?
DVD-ROM Features:
Universal Studios Total Axess™ - Which gives you an exclusive hotlink to behind-the-scenes footage and much more!
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 French
DTS 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
Spanish
CC: English
Directed By:
Tony Scott
Written By:
David Arata
Michael Frost Beckner
Starring:
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Larry Bryggman
Stephen Dillane
Catherine McCormack
Brad Pitt
Robert Redford
Casting By:
Bonnie Timmermann
Lucinda Syson
Soundtrack By:
Harry Gregson-Williams
Director of Photography:
Daniel Mindel
Editor:
Christian Wagner
Costume Designer:
Louise Frogley
Production Designer:
Norris Spencer
Producer:
Douglas Wick
Marc Abraham
Executive Producer:
Iain Smith
James W. Skotchdopole
Thomas A. Bliss
Armyan Bernstein
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Your Opinions and Comments
However, what I got is a bunch of flashback stories that don`t really belong together and that were tied up pretty lousily eventually.
The video transfer is good. The transfer shows no compression signs nor grain. Different palettes have been used for the different stories (with the Vietnamese one looking very "authentic").
The DTS and DD 5.1 soundtracks are both very good. The soundtrack is explosive and the surrounds are used very nicely throughout the movie.
The menus are all animated with sound.
The extras include 2 commentaries, a behind the scene look (that can only be accessed while watching the movie in the "interactive" mode - how annoying!), 5 deleted scenes, 4 extended scenes (including an alternate ending), some storyboards (gee, I could draw better than that when I was in kindergarten), some production notes, DVD-ROM features (photos, videos, wallpapers, etc. ) and some key points for getting into the CIA. Right... .
Bottom line - while I did enjoy this movie, it is far from being an espionage thriller. It`s more of a compilation of several stories, which are only loosely connected.