| | | An Adrian Lyne film
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format)
From the director of Fatal Attraction comes this scorching "seductive tease of a thriller" (Rolling Stone) about sexual passion so intense, it consumes everything--and everyone--that crosses its path. Edward and Connie Sumner (Richard Gere, Diane Lane) seem to have the perfect marriage. But when Connie's chance encounter with a handsome stranger (Olivier Martinez) erupts into a full-blown affair, desire becomes obsession and the true price of betrayal takes a shattering toll. Pulsing with heart-pounding suspense and erotic thrills, Unfaithful is "sensational!" (Entertainment Weekly)
"Lane...is tremendous...always honest, truthful and utterly convincing." Jason Best, BBCi
"Erotic electricity...a steamy thriller!" People Magazine
"Ms. Lane has the role of her career..." Stephen Holden, The New York imes
"...the performance by Diane Lane [is] nothing short of miraculous." Rex Reed, New York Observer
Editor's Note
Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) travels to New York City from the suburban home she shares with her husband Edward (Richard Gere) and young son Charlie (Erik Per Sullivan). It is a very windy day and, caught by a particularly savage gust, Connie falls and bumps into bookseller Paul Martel (Olivier Martinez) in the process. She scrapes her knees, and Paul invites her into his apartment. She stays only briefly, leaving after attending to her knees. She passes the accident off as trivial to Edward. But, she is drawn to the younger man and soon returns to his apartment with eventually disastrous results.UNFAITHFUL is based on Claude Chabrol's classic LA FEMME INFIDELE (1969). The drama has been shifted from Paris to New York City by scriptwriters Alvin Sargent and William Broyles Jr. Beautifully lit by director of photography Peter Biziou, UNFAITHFUL is staged with rare subtlety by director Adrian Lyne. Diane Lane gives an extraordinarily fine performance, viscerally conveying how torn Connie is between her attraction for Paul and her love for Edward and Charlie. There is excellent support from Gere, Martinez, Sullivan and Zeljko Ivanek. UNFAITHFUL is the rare case of a remake that measures up to, and maybe even surpasses, the original.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | Behind-The-Scenes Featurette "An Affair To Remember" | | Editing Featurette | | Cast Interviews | | Scene-Specific Actors' Commentary | | 11 Deleted Scenes (Including Alternate Ending) With Optional Director's Commentary | | Interview With Richard Gere, Diane Lane And Adrian Lyne From The Charlie Rose Show | | Full Length Audio Commentary By Director Adrian Lyne | | Audio: English 5.1 Surround; Spanish, French Dolby Surround | | Subtitles: English, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 1/15/2008 |
| Running Time: 124 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 2005962 | | UPC: 00024543059622 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...Slick, sleek...Erotic....Lane's finely emotional presentation is the film's convincer..." 05/08/2002 p.C1USA Today
"...[Lane] reaches a new career plateau..." 05/08/2002 p.6D New York Times
"...UNFAITHFUL has a taut, economical screenplay..." 05/08/2002 p.E1 USA Today
"...Filmed both sensually and thoughtfully, thanks in part to a performance by Diane Lane that gracefully turns from forcefully sensual to weary..." 05/10/2002 p.12D Rolling Stone
"...Lane is a force of nature. Her slow-burning, fiercely erotic performance charges the movie..." 06/06/2002 p.84 Variety
"...Lane serves up a compulsively watchable performance....[Martinez] is smoothly convincing..." 05/06/2002 p.41-6 Entertainment Weekly
"...Sensational sex-and-its-consequences melodrama....Lane, in the most urgent performance of her career, is a revelation..." 05/17/2002 p.50 Entertainment Today 8 of 10
...a true study, a film with a questioning heart and mind that isn't afraid to admit it doesn't have all the answers. - Brent Simon
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
...Instead of pumping up the plot with recycled manufactured thrills, [the film is] content to contemplate two reasonably sane adults who get themselves into an almost insoluble dilemma... Although cops turn up from time to time in Unfaithful, this is not a crime story, but a marital tragedy. - Roger Ebert
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