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    Unique ID Code: 0000056159
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    Added on: 19/1/2004 19:05
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    Sweet Home Alabama (UK)

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    Sometimes What You`re Looking For Is Right Where You Left It
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 108 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    In Sweet Home Alabama, Reese Witherspoon stars as sophisticated Melanie Carmichael, a rising New York fashion designer who suddenly finds herself engaged to the city`s most eligible bachelor (Patrick Dempsey). but this is no fairy tale romance for Melanie. She has a secret past that includes Jake (Josh Lucas), the backwoods husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Determined to end their marriage and sever all ties with her past once and for all, Melanie returns to Alabama. But home starts to tug at her heartstrings, and what she thought she wanted may not be what she wants at all...

    Special Features:
    8 deleted scenes with director intros. Alternate ending with director intro. Director audio commentary. `Mine All Mine` music video.

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English
    Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
    Dolby Digital 5.1 Russian

    Subtitle Tracks:
    Icelandic
    Swedish
    Finnish
    English
    Spanish
    CC: English
    Portuguese
    Croatian
    Russian
    Arabic
    Danish
    Norwegian
    Slovenian

    Directed By:
    Andy Tennant

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Mary Kay Place
    Candice Bergen
    Patrick Dempsey
    Josh Lucas
    Reese Witherspoon

    Casting By:
    Jeanne McCarthy
    Kathleen Chopin
    Juel Bestrop

    Soundtrack By:
    Avril Lavigne
    George Fenton

    Director of Photography:
    Andrew Dunn

    Editor:
    Tracey Wadmore-Smith
    Troy Takaki

    Costume Designer:
    Sophie Carbonell

    Production Designer:
    Clay A. Griffith

    Producer:
    Neal H. Moritz
    Stokely Chaffin

    Executive Producer:
    Wink Mordaunt
    Jon J. Jashni
    Michael Fottrell

    Distributor:
    Buena Vista

    Your Opinions and Comments

    8 / 10
    A cute romantic comedy (which isn`t that comic, come to think of it), about a city-girl rediscovering her roots back in Alabama.
    The video transfer is very good. There are no compression signs and the picture is sharp.
    The DD 5.1 soundtrack is good. The surrounds are used occasionally and give a nice enveloping sound.
    The menus are animated with sound.
    The extras include a commentary, 9 deleted scenes (including an alternate ending and a brilliantly edited phone scene) and a music video.
    Bottom line - yet another sweet movie from the star of "Legally Blonde".
    posted by Zvi Josef on 23/1/2004 13:42