High Fidelity Ez-D (2000)

Director: Stephen Frears  Starring: John Cusack  
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Format: VHS
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Product Summary
Format: VHS
UPC: 00786936239423
Buy.com Sku: 40235741
Item#: VG52HQ
Category Keywords: Based On A Novel  Love  Music  Relationships  Romance  Romantic Comedy  Self-Discovery  Theatrical Release 
Rating: NR
 
 
Features: DVD
 


Editor's Note

A male-perspective confessional about being an adult--but not acting like one--HIGH FIDELITY is the story of Rob Gordon (John Cusack), the thirtysomething owner of Championship Vinyl, a record store in the suburbs of Chicago. Rob is in the throes of a difficult breakup with his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle), and he creates a list of the ex-girlfriends who qualify as his Top Five Worst Breakups, then tracks them down one by one. At work, Rob's relationship with the geeky guys who help run the store, Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black), is hilarious and juvenile: The three espouse encyclopedic knowledge of records while making lists of everything from the Top Five Side 1s and Track 1s to the Top Five Songs About Death. Director Stephen Frears works from a script based on the 1996 Nick Hornby novel of the same title, adapted by D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, Cusack, and Scott Rosenberg. Frears integrates Cusack's signature goofball antics and gives him a series of talk-to-the-camera, Ferris Bueller-style monologues that Cusack delivers with personal ingenuity.


Plot Summary

Nick Hornby's popular novel makes the shift from London to Chicago in this Hollywood adaptation from the writing team responsible for GROSSE POINT BLANK. John Cusack stars as Rob, a thirtysomething record store owner who searches for the answer to the seemingly impossible question: Does he listen to pop music because he feels miserable, or is the music the cause of his misery? As he humorously deals with his store's pathetic employees (Jack Black and Todd Louiso), he embarks on a mission to track down his Top Five Worst Breakups to discover where things went wrong between himself and his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle). Given director Stephen Frears's sure hand and Cusack's strong lead performance, HIGH FIDELITY is a funny and compelling look at growing up and falling in love.

 
Features
Region 1
Note: EZ-D DVDs only play for 48 hours once the package is opened.
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes
Deleted Scenes
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Production Interviews:
1. Stephen Frears - Director
2. John Cusack - Star/Screenwriter/Producer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access





 
Technical Info

Release Information
Release Date: 2/12/2004
Running Time: 113 minutes
Original Release Date: 2000
Catalog ID: 35077
UPC: 00786936239423
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed
Available Subtitles: Spanish
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
John Cusack
Jack Black
Tim Robbins
Iben Hjejle
Lili Taylor
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Todd Louiso
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Lisa Bonet
Joan Cusack
Sara Gilbert
Beverly D'Angelo
Steve Pink - Screenwriter
Seamus McGarvey - Director of Photography
Laura Cunningham - Costume Designer
Tim Bevan - Producer
David Chapman - Production Designer
Nick Hornby - Source Writer
Mick Audsley - Editor
D.V. DeVincentis - Screenwriter
Scott Rosenberg - Screenwriter
John Cusack - Screenwriter
Rudd Simmons - Producer
Carter Burwell - Composer
Bruce Springsteen - Cameo
Stephen Frears - Director

 
Memorable Quotes
"Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable? Or am I miserable because I listen to pop music?"----Rob (John Cusack), in voice--over

"We're no longer called Sonic Death Monkey. We're on the verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but just for tonight, we are Barry Jive and His Uptown Five."----Barry (Jack Black), introducing his band


 
Professional Reviews
Premiere
"...HIGH FIDELITY is a solid, entertaining, and often very funny piece of work..." 05/??/2000 p.22

Variety
"...A trenchantly witty and acutely insightful script....[John Cusack gives a] fresh, fearless and ferociously funny lead performance..." 3/20-26/2000 p.26-33

Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...Fueled by high-octane writing and wickedly comic performances..." 09/01/2000 p.90

Total Film
"...Cool....Funny and insightful..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 08/01/2000 p.88

New York Times
"...[A] witty, exquisitely fine-tuned adaptation of Nick Hornby's 1995 novel....The movie is sparked by more than half a dozen incisive performances..." 03/31/2000 p.E15

Box Office
"...A ruthlessly truthful and deviously smart comedy....Black's hilariously vitriolic rock snob Barry is especially impressive -- a long overdue breakthrough role for a very deserving talent..." 05/01/2000 p.67

Los Angeles Times
"...HIGH FIDELITY is a sharp and satisfying romantic comedy about the difficulty of commitment....The film's music is expertly chosen..." 03/31/2000 p.F1

Rolling Stone
"...[A] superb adaptation....With wit and attention to record-geek trivia intact..." 11/27/2003 p.72

  
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