UP IN THE AIR – ON BLU-RAY & DVD 3/9/10
February 17, 2010 by J!-ENT · View Comments
Nominated for Six Academy Awards® Including Best Picture and Best Actor
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER* GEORGE CLOONEY STARS IN
THE MOST CELEBRATED ROMANTIC COMEDY OF THE YEAR
UP IN THE AIR
Cited As One of the Top Ten Movies of the Year on Over 200 Critics’ Lists,
Captivating and Entertaining Film Takes Off on DVD and Blu-ray March 9, 2010
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Academy Award® winner George Clooney “gives the performance of his career” (Lou Lumenick, New York Post) in the smart, funny and thought-provoking film UP IN THE AIR coming in for a landing on DVD and Blu-ray March 9, 2010 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Called “the movie of the year, the movie of the moment” (Tom Carson, GQ) and named by over 200 critics as one of the top 10 films of 2009, UP IN THE AIR tells the story of a man discovering that life is not simply about the journey alone, but about the personal connections made along the way.
Co-written and directed by Oscar® nominee Jason Reitman (Juno),
UP IN THE AIR received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Clooney), Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick), Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film has already won a Golden Globe® Award for Best Screenplay and dozens of critics’ association awards including being named Best Film by the National Board of Review, the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.
The UP IN THE AIR DVD and Blu-ray presentations include commentary by writer/director Jason Reitman, director of photography Eric Steelberg and first assistant director Jason Blumenfeld, deleted scenes with optional commentary and the featurette “Shadowplay: Before The Story”. The Blu-ray also includes additional deleted scenes, storyboards, an American Airlines prank and the “Help Yourself” music video by Sad Brad.
UP IN THE AIR DVD & Blu-ray
The UP IN THE AIR DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray disc is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and Brazilian Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. The DVD includes the following special features:
Commentary by writer/director Jason Reitman, director of photography Eric Steelberg and first assistant director
Jason Blumenfeld
Shadowplay: Before The Story
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Jason Reitman
To Know Me Is To Fly With Me
Real People Firing and Irate Employee
Thumper and Extended Boat Scene
Omaha Montage
Spacesuit
Trailers
The Blu-ray includes all of the above in high definition, plus:
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Jason Reitman (HD)
Do You Live At The Hilton?
Nosey Neighbor
Natalie In Restroom
Natalie Vid-Chats
Angry Ryan Checks In
Goalquest Invite
Maynard Finch Commercial/Kara Calls Ryan
Barely Squeaking By/Natalie Calls
“Help Yourself” music video by Sad Brad (HD)
Storyboards (HD)
American Airlines Prank (HD)
The critically acclaimed soundtrack to UP IN THE AIR is available now from Rhino and includes the riveting “Help Yourself” from Sad Brad Smith as well as tracks from Elliot Smith, Dan Auerbach, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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George Clooney and Vera Farmiga at the premiere of “Up in the Air” in Westwood, CA
December 1, 2009 by J!-ENT · View Comments
Actor George Clooney (L) and actress Vera Farmiga arrive at the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ ‘Up In The Air’ held at Mann Village Theatre on November 30, 2009 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images). Content © 2009 Getty Images All rights reserved.
George Clooney and Bill Murray attend a photocall for “Fantastic Mr Fox” at the Times BFI London Film Festival
October 14, 2009 by J!-ENT · View Comments
L-R George Clooney and Bill Murray attend a photocall for Fantastic Mr Fox during the The Times BFI London Film Festival held at The Dorchester Hotel on October 14, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images). Content © 2009 Getty Images All rights reserved.
Ewan McGregor and George Clooney attends the ‘The Man Who Stare At Goats’ photocall at the 66th Venice Film Festival
September 8, 2009 by J!-ENT · View Comments
VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 08: (Left to Right) Actors Ewan McGregor and George Clooney attends the ‘The Man Who Stare At Goats’ photocall at the Palazzo del Casino during the 66th Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2009 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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George Clooney returning to ER?
January 22, 2009 by J!-ENT · View Comments
With the final 15th season of “ER” underway, George Clooney appears to be returning to the series that helped launch his career.
People Magazine reported that George Clooney is making his return to the drama series. And I’m sure many long time fans are saying “Finally!”.
Three Kings (a J!-ENT DVD Review)
September 27, 2003 by Dennis Amith · View Comments
MOVIE COMPANY: WARNER BROS. in assoc. with VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES/VILLAGE-A.M.PARTNERSHIP
CAST: Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui
DIRECTED BY: Directed by David O. Russell
PRODUCED BY: Charles Roven, Paul Junger Witt, Edward L. Mcdonnell
RATING: Rated R
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120188
TYPE OF MOVIE: Drama, comedy, action, war
Absurdly comic, highly kinetic, at times shockingly emotional, Three Kings begins when the Gulf War is over. Amid the partying and confusion, four American soldiers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze), determined to take home more than sand fleas, go off into the Iraqi desert to find millions in stolen Kuwaiti bullion. They are plunged into the heart of a democratic uprising that spins the day and their lives out of control. David O. Russell’s unique tapestry of humor, violence and history makes Three Kings “one of the best movies of the year.” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen, AC-3
• Commentary by director David O. Russell
• Commentary by producers Chuck Roven and Ed McDonnell
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Under the Bunker: On The Set Of Three Kings Making-Of Documentary
• Deleted Footage With Commentary By Director David O. Russell
• Interview with Director of Photography Tom Sigel
• An Intimate Look Inside The Acting Process With Ice Cube
• plus!: David O. Russell’s Video Journal, Bunkers–Three Hidden Features (Two Bunkers Reveal Codes That Will Unlock Special Features On The Web, And One Bunker Will Unlock A TV Spot), Production Designer’s Tour of the Iraqi Village Set, Production Stills, Special Photography From Co-star Spike Jonz (Director Of Being John Malkovich) DVD-ROM Content–Links To CNN’s Gulf War Archives, Special Web Events, Including To-Be-Announced Online Screenings And Chats With Filmmaker/Stars
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): I found two. One for the TV previews and one for the website:
Go to the Special Features menu, then go to Production Notes and then go to origins. Go up and down with your remote and you will see a red grenade and you can see the “THREE KINGS” TV spot.
Go to the Special Features menu, then go to the Cast & Crew menu. Press around and you’ll see the grenade and click on that and you will receive the password SCUD. The second one is located also in the special features menu but go to the third menu near the Internet URL and you will see a grenade under it and you will be given the password BAGHDAD.
DVD REVIEW:
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
I really enjoyed this movie! OK, it’s not exactly a “true to real life” movie but it’s very entertaining! When I first watched the movie trailer, I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it and so I didn’t see it. After hearing how awesome the movie is and many months later, I saw the movie and I’m really impressed.
The storyline, the sound, the way the directors shot the movie and the dedication to make this movie…truly awesome! If there was any negative, I couldn’t find one, unless you are expecting a war movie which this is not.
I’m not going to go into why the movie was shot the way it is, the extras well answer that question for you.
So, the video and audio gets high marks but what about the DVD itself? Any extras? Well, Warner Bros. did fans a service and loaded, I mean LOADED this DVD with many extras.
So, in the end, this DVD is one of the better made DVD’s around. Great video, great sound and many extras to keep you busy. It doesn’t have the collector’s edition or special edition logo attached to front cover of the case but it should because this DVD is truly special. This DVD is highly recommended!
THE MOVIE: A
THE DVD EXTRAS: A+
THE DVD OVERALL: A
The Perfect Storm (a J!-ENT DVD Review)
September 27, 2003 by Dennis Amith · View Comments
CAST: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner and more.
DIRECTED BY: Wolfgang Petersen
WRITTEN BY: Sebastian Junger, William D. Wittliff
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0177971
TYPE OF MOVIE: Thriller, Adventure, Action, Drama
DURATION: 129 minutes
In the Fall of 1991, the “Andrea Gail” left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history.
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
PLEASE NOTE: Warner and Columbia have recently added a Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE) to Region 1 titles like the The Patriot and The Perfect Storm. Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called “region-free” DVD players. For more information on RCE, click here.
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, Surround Sound, Digital Sound
• Commentary by director Wolfgang Petersen
• Commentary by author Sebastian Junger
• Commentary by visual effects supervisor and producer Stefen Fangmeier and Helen Ostenberg Elswit
• Behind the Scenes Documentaries HBO First Look: The Perfect Storm and Witness to the Storm
• Conceptual Art Gallery, Commentary by Petersen
• Yours Forever Photo Montage
• Storyboard Gallery
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
This tragic story of a group of fishermen who are caught in the middle of three storms that has never occurred in recorded history is a slow pace movie but in the last half of the movie gets better and better and then you are left wondering, like Titanic which you knew how the story ended, the movie affected the viewer. Would “The Perfect Storm” do the same?
Having the popular Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One, Dat Boot) and our two actors from “Three Kings” would make a great movie right? Well, unfortunately the director and the actors aren’t the problem. So, would “The Perfect Storm” grab your attention and make you feel for the characters?
Perhaps not but the visuals of this movie and what Hollywood can do to make this movie give you the feeling that these souls were in the middle of the ocean is awesome! If anything the first half wants you to feel for the characters and then the second half wants you to see how these characters will meet there doom. For me, watching the special effects and the challenges that they faced was intriguing but the characters and certain parts of the plot were uninteresting. In the first half, I kept looking at the clock and that’s not good.
The DVD had very good and no artifacts. The audio is Digital 5.1 EX and the waves come crashing all around you which is awesome. Now at first glance when looking at the special features you may think there is just one but when clicking on the “Eye of the Storm” you realize…whoah! This DVD is packed with cool stuff such as three commentaries, an HBO documentary, featurettes, trailer and more.
If you enjoyed the movie or thinking about getting into commercial fishing, then this movie may be perfect for you. Otherwise I think it’s a rental.
THE MOVIE: C+
THE DVD EXTRAS: A-
THE DVD OVERALL: B
