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Features: DVD
Celebrate good friends, classic music and ground-breaking moviemaking with the 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition of THE BIG CHILL! Experience the movie in digitally remastered picture and stereo sound from the original film elements. With a new featurette including up-to-date interviews with the cast and filmmakers, behind-the-scenes footage and hilarious scenes never before shown, this definitive special edition will take you straight to the heart of the reunion that made film history. Join an all-star cast as they reunite for the funeral of a college pal. During the weekend that follows, these friends compare their 60's ideas with the harsh reality of their lives in the 80's, and discover that in a cold world, you need your friends to keep you warm.
Editor's Note
Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the recent events. Amidst a barrage of Motown classics, the members each offer little tidbits about their current lives while reminiscing about the past. In college, the absent and recently deceased Alex was the biggest and brightest star of the bunch but never seemed to get anywhere after being set loose in the real world. The slow acknowledgement that their champion never materialized leads the group in ever widening circles of thought. Discussions of their past lives and current bring about the realization that each has changed so much while remaining remarkably similar. Despite the tragic circumstances, the group disperses with renewed friendships and a newfound appreciation for life.
| Features | Region 1 | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Widescreen - 1.85 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Featurette: 56 Minute "Making Of" Featurette Directed by Laurent Bouzereau | | 9 Minutes of Deleted Scenes | | Trailers: SILVERADO |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 7/19/2005 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1983 | | Catalog ID: 02632 | | UPC: 00043396026322 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[A] sweet, sharp, melancholy new comedy....The performances represent ensemble playing of an order Hollywood films seldom have time for..." 09/23/1983 p.C14New York Times
Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1983" 12/25/1983 p.II:15 Variety
"...All of [the actors] are given opportunities to shine, and all rise to the occasion with seeming effortlessness..." 09/07/1983 Entertainment Weekly
"...It's an anthropological soap opera that casts a hushed, elegant spell..." 10/03/1997 p.57 Total Film
"...The then fresh-faced Kevin Kline, William Hurt and Glenn Close excel as erstwhile '60s radicals, reunited in the '80s..." 07/01/2003 p.137 |
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