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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) and her daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders--Burnham (Forest Whitaker), Raoul (Dwight Yoakam) and Junior (Jared Leto) -- during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.What Is SuperbitTM?
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"[Jodie Foster]...is spellbinding." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Tense, terrific, sweaty-palmed fun." Rene Rodriquez, Miami Herald
"A classy, intelligent thriller..." Paul Clinton, CNN
"...some fine, jolting surprises along the way." A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"...a perfectly constructed recipe for buttock-clenching, palm-sweating tension." Neil Smith, BBCi
Editor's Note
As David Fincher's PANIC ROOM begins, recently divorced Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) halfheartedly tours an old New York City townhouse with her restless young daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart). Using money from her divorce settlement, the unhappy mother decides to buy the spacious home. The former abode of a wealthy eccentric, this townhouse contains an unusual extra feature, a supposedly impenetrable "panic room" equipped with surveillance monitors, a separate phone line, and other survival aids, where residents can hide in case of emergency. When three men--Burnham (Forest Whitaker), Junior (Jared Leto), and Raoul (Dwight Yoakam)--break into their new home, Meg and Sarah end up using the panic room much sooner than they could have possibly imagined. And, unfortunately for them, these intruders are not simple burglars; they possess knowledge that makes the situation much more perilous. Hitchcockian in its confined setting and carefully doled-out suspense, Fincher's PANIC ROOM is more straightforward than his infamous FIGHT CLUB, though no less engaging. Foster (who replaced Nicole Kidman after she injured herself on the set of MOULIN ROUGE) gives her best performance since THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The thieves are equally compelling--Whitaker shines as a likeable, sad-eyed security expert; Leto provides comic relief as a talkative brat; and Yoakam is perfectly loathsome as an armed-to-the-teeth psycho. Although the film features some of Fincher's trademark hi-tech effects, its true bells and whistles are the excellent cast, the stunning photography, the moody score, and the simple yet thrilling story.
| Features | High bit rate digital transfer process that optimizes video quality | | Theatrical Teaser | | Filmographies | | Scene Selections | | Widescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Subtitles: English & French | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 9/27/2005 |
| Running Time: 112 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 06457 | | UPC: 00043396064577 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.40:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...PANIC ROOM is Fincher's high-style testament to the cool things movies can do to make us jump out of our seats in the dark....Foster nails the role, giving a tight, focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling..." 04/11/2002 p.137-8New York Times
"...Mr. Fincher has mastered the traditional syntax of cinematic suspense: the shifting points of view, startling cuts and slow camera movements that work subliminally to fill us with dread and anxiety..." 03/29/2002 p.E1 USA Today
"...Efficiently directed, fabulously shot....Photographed in the darkest visible tones by two of the industries greatest, ROOM and its tilting/panning camera have a blast zipping through and around a dozen large rooms..." 03/29/2002 p.4E Rolling Stone
"...PANIC ROOM sticks with us. Fincher works on a deeper level than just scares. He shows us the demons prowling around in our subconscious, where we really live..." 05/09/2002 p.80 Los Angeles Times
"...Fincher again demonstrates undeniable visual flair. There are swooping, insinuating camera moves, disconcerting rolls and tumbles, and all manner of bravura displays..." 03/29/2002 p.C1 Film Comment
"...PANIC ROOM rigorously and ingeniously maps narrative onto space....It's the internal rhythms of each shot, the counterpoint of images and sound, and the jolt of each edit that are inexhaustibly pleasurable..." 05/01/2002 p.74-5 Total Film
"...Eyeball it as a sustained exercise in style and suspense and it delivers. Big time....Fincher succeeds by literally ignoring the boundaries..." 06/01/2002 p.98-9 Variety
"...Smartly plotted, convincingly acted and brilliantly executed technically....[An] engrossing thriller..." 03/25/2002 p.35-42 Rolling Stone 9 of 10
...Panic Room is Fincher's high-style testament to the cool things movies can do to make us jump out of our seats in the dark... Foster nails the role, giving a tight, focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling... - Peter Travers
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
4 of 5 Greatest horror film of the season Monday, March 17, 2003
oreo1189 from Seaford New York
The Panic Room was an excellent horror film. The plot was magnificant. It was such a great idea for a movie. With the troubles in todays society and the encouragment for American citizens to make a panic room in case of war was a key connection between viewers and the movie plot. Allways exciting and the suspense allways holding you tightly occurs between every scene. The characters contributed posotively to the movies succes in the viewers eyes. The family position, having no father or husband, made this familys security minimum. The characters roles were an extreme part in my liking of this movie. They make you cry with grief of a characters position or scream with dibelief by the time this movie is over. All in all I recommend this movie to everyone and anyone. Enjoy the film! Was this review helpful?  
1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
1 of 5 Don't PANIC Sunday, October 06, 2002
Ed from Saramento, CA
This is my first review. I was looking forward to it, mostly because of the superbit transfer, which is good. The movie is dark, so the superbit isn't as good as Knight's Tale.
Why is this my first review? Because this movie is a huge disappointment. It was a good idea, poorly executed. The idea had a lot of potential and it ended with the opening credits, by far the best part of the movie.
Jodie and her daughter were absolutely stupid (the script, I can't imagine anyone acting that bad). I wanted to root for the bad guys, but they were equally idiotic. The only teasonable ending would be if they all killed themselves due to their own stupidity (they gave it a good try). The holes in the plot had my wife and I talking to the screen.
The big disappointment was this could have been good, and didn't try.
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