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Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled
Editor's Note
Roxanne (Darryl Hannah) is a beautiful astronomer in search of a comet, and Chris is a hunky but inarticulate fire expert who has been hired to train C.D.'s team of well-meaning firemen. C.D. immediately falls in love with Roxanne but he is sure that she won't notice anything about him except his extremely prominent facial feature and is quick to hide his passionate desires. However, Roxanne has captured the fancy of another, Chris. When C.D. learns of Chris's crush, he uses his gift for poetry to help the inexperienced courtier capture her affections. Wooed by the beauty of the words, Roxanne falls for Chris, not realizing that C.D. was the one really doing the talking. Of course, when put to the test, Chris does not live up to Roxanne's expectations and she quickly learns the identity of her real poetic suitor. Steve Martin is at his agile and uproarious best in this superior version of a classic story that revels in the oddity of life and the power of true love.
| Features | Package Note: Region ABC | | Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40 | | Audio:
| Dolby True HD 5.1 - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish | | Subtitles - English - SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish - Optional | | Interactive Features:
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| Entertainment Reviews
 | Roxanne - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: Josh Lasser - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 5/28/2009 2:04 AM | | What can be said about a movie which takes a famous love story and completely updates it for modern times, creating a new, yet utterly classic tale. Steve Martin's 1987 classic, Roxanne, which has just been released to Blu-ray, not only makes its influences quite obvious, but manages to create a heartwarming, hysterical, story all its own. Directed by Fred Schepisi (Mr. Baseball), the film really is Martin's, he not only stars (playing C.D. Bales), he served as executive producer on the film and wrote the screenplay. Acting opposite Martin is Daryl Hannah in the titular role, and Rick Rossovich as Chris, the attractive lug whom C.D. has to help woo Roxanne....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 5/5/2009 |
| Running Time: 107 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1987 | | Catalog ID: 26292 | | UPC: 00043396262928 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "It must be wonderful to wake up in the morning and smell the coffee ---- in Brazil." ---- C.D. Bales (STEVE MARTIN) | | "I'd hate to see the grindstone." ---- C.D. Bales (STEVE MARTIN) | | "Why should we sip from a teacup when we can drink from a river?" ---- C.D. Bales (STEVE MARTIN) | | "What's a light year?"|"Same as a regular year only it has less calories." ---- Andy (MICHAEL J. POLLARD) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Martin makes the familiar story feel fresh....Whimsy [and] pathos..." -- Rating: B 01/21/2000 pp.108-9New York Times
"...Martin gives a sweet and serious performance....A thoroughly pleasant, down-to-earth romantic comedy..." 06/19/1987 p.C3 Variety
"...[The film creates] a small-town wonderland suitable for a fairy tale like ROXANNE..." 06/10/1987 Los Angeles Times
"...What gives ROXANNE its zing is both Martin's loose-limbed, authoritative physicality and his un-show-offy mental dexterity are combined so sweetly and successfully....ROXANNE shows us its infinite rewards..." 06/28/1987 p.C30 |
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