| | | They own the house...but who rules the roost?
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Inspired by Jules Verne's: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A young marine researcher detects a large metal structure on the sonar.Unbelievably, the researcher suspects that it might be the legendary Nautilus, an underwater vessel, was said to have been lost well over a century ago.Upon exploring the craft, he further discovers that Captain Nemo (the missing Captain) has designed a form of artificial intelligence (AI) onboard the vessel. Further, the AI mistakenly greets the researcher as the Captain (Nemo) and begins to interact. Discovering that the researcher is not the Captain however, spurs the AI into a high security - Intruder Watch - mode.Thus the race begins as the researcher and the vastly superior form of AI begin a deadly game of trying to outsmart one another for control of the Nautilus.System Requirements:WINDOWS 98/ME/XP Pentium II 300 MHz 64 Mb RAM 12 x CD-ROM Drive DirectX 8.0 Compatible Video Card DirectX 8.0 Compatible Sound CardFormat: DVD MOVIE
"Delightfully bittersweet!" Los Angeles Times
"Rudd...is a nonstop hoot!" The Philadelphia Inquierer
Editor's Note
Jesse Peretz follows up his subdued first feature, FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES, with this outrageous comedy, shot on digital video. The story follows brothers Graham (Paul Rudd) and Allen (Romany Malco) Granville as they make their way from America to small-town France. It appears that their mysterious great-uncle has died, bequeathing upon them an enormous chateau. Excited to sell the property and make a healthy profit, the brothers meet unexpected conflict when they arrive. The sullen employees of the chateau--including butler Jean (Didier Flamand) and servant Isabelle (Sylvie Testud)--are not too excited about the prospect of leaving their familiar environment. To make matters worse, they have a hard time comprehending how Graham and Allen could be brothers (an honest confusion, considering Graham is white and Allen is black). As Graham and Allen (who has begun to refer to himself as "Rex") wait impatiently for a buyer, they both try to win over Isabelle, with disastrous results. By the time someone does decide to put their money down, a revealed secret spoils the fun, testing the brothers' conscience once and for all. Working from a loose outline, and relying on the improvisational skills of Rudd and Malco, Peretz's film attains a level of freshness that scripted comedy could never match.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Stereo | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs And Fullscreen Version | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 11/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 91 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 1005000 | | UPC: 00027616890009 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: French | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1/4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...It's refreshing to see a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life....A small scale satire that is shrewd, flaky, deadpan, and charming..." 08/16/2002 p.48Los Angeles Times
"...Peretz has a way with his cast and with dialogue and a plot that is alternately and sometimes simultaneously hilarious and painful....[THE CHATEAU] shows Rudd and Malco to good advantage and comes as a satisfying surprise..." 08/23/2002 p.C22 Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...Rudd's physical comedy routines are hilarious....He manages to be touching as well as ridiculous; he performs with Chaplinesque delicacy..." 09/01/2002 p.38-9 San Francisco Examiner 5 of 10
The premise might have served well for a slapstick farce, or a light-hearted romantic comedy, or even an old-dark-house horror movie. Instead of any of these things, however, The Chateau turns out to be ... well, not much of anything, really. Or at least nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises. - Joe Leydon
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