| | | The weekend has landed!
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1)
For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the crazy roller coaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning. An adrenaline-pumped comedy, Human Traffic chronicles the ups and downs--both chemical and emotional--of five friends whose weekends are filled with endless clubbing, pubbing and partying. Where there are no rules, no limits and no saying "no".
"The year's hottest movie!" The Observer
"A hypnotic side-splitting delight!" The Daily Telegraph
Editor's Note
The Ecstasy-fueled youth culture of England is examined in this buoyant, good-natured film from 25-year-old newcomer, Justin Kerrigan. A group of young Welsh revelers, including Jip (John Simm), Lulu (Lorrain Piliongon), and Koop (Shaun Parkes) endure their mundane jobs all week, and then cut loose on a typically wild Friday night of dancing, drinking, drugging, shagging, and then recovering in order to deal with their parents come Sunday. The film's guileless pro-drug stance may prove off-putting to more jaded and conservative American audiences, but as a "peak" at England's thriving 1990s counterculture, it's a fun, fascinating document, and a cheery companion to TRAINSPOTTING (which was obviously a huge inspiration). Kerrigan fills the film with lots of surreal and fantastical digressions, direct addresses to the camera, and quote-worthy bits of British slang. Energetic electronica pulses throughout for a dynamite score, which combines with the high-spirited performances of the cast and makes for good time, whatever your "buzz" may be. Its honesty about the good, great, and not-so-great aspects of the lifestyle should ring true to those familiar with the scene, and provide others with a thrilling, propaganda-free glimpse into club-kid nightlife.
| Features | Audio: English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | Scene Access | | Interactive Menus | | Enhanced For 16X9 TV |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista Home Video |
| Release Date: 3/7/2006 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 21277 | | UPC: 00786936141115 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "We're nympholeptics, desiring the unobtainable. We risk sanity for moments of temporary enlightenment. So many ideas, so little memory. The last thought killed by anticipation of the next. We feel an oberwhelming feeling of love; we flow in unison." ----Jip (John Simm) giving a voice--over of his ecstacy experience. |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"Well cast, engagingly played and directed with a stylistic pedal to the metal..." 6/14-21/1999 p.34Sight and Sound
"...HUMAN TRAFFIC rings sweet and true....Good acting gives [the film] its soul..." 06/??/1999 p.46-7 Total Film
"...Arguably the best -- certainly the boldest -- Brit movie of last year..." 07/01/2000 p.106 The New York Times 7 of 10
A blissfully hedonistic film...Human Traffic has something singular: wastrel verve. It revels in its foolishness, and in its likable characters. It's a celebration of superficiality that functions as a pop gesture... - Elvis Mitchell
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