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Life is a contact sport
Certificate: MA
Running Time: 150 mins
Retail Price: 36.95
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Synopsis:
Life is a contact sport and football is life when three-time Academy Award–winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and a dynamic acting ensemble explore the fortunes of the Miami Sharks in 'Any Given Sunday'.

At the 50-yard line of this gridiron cosmos is Al Pacino as Tony D’Amato, the embattled Sharks coach facing a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner (Cameron Diaz) who’s sure Tony is way too old-school.

An injured quarterback (Dennis Quaid), a flashy, bull-headed backup QB (Jamie Foxx), a slithery team doctor (James Woods) and a running back with an incentive-laden contract (LL Cool J) also provide some of the stories that zigzag like diagrams in a playbook.

Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
'Full Contact' HBO Making Of Documentary
Three music videos from Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J
Gag Reel/Out-takes including montages
Trailer
Screen Tests & Auditions
Extra footage including 16 deleted/extended scenes with optional commentary
Isolated Score
Stills Gallery
The Art Of Selling
Director's Commentary
Cast & Crew Commentary
DVD-ROM feature: Grid Iron Challenge trivia game, Weblinks, Complete
Theatrical Website, Essys & Reviews, From Screen To Script, Virtual Edit
Suite
Dual region coded 2 & 4

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian

Subtitle Tracks:
French
English
Portuguese

Directed By:
Oliver Stone

Written By:
Oliver Stone
John Logan
John Logan
Daniel Pyne

Starring:
LL Cool J
Elizabeth Berkley
James Woods
Dennis Quaid
Jamie Foxx
Cameron Diaz
Al Pacino

Casting By:
Mary Vernieu
Billy Hopkins

Soundtrack By:
Robbie Robertson
Michael A. Reagan
Moby
Tony McAnaney
Michael A. Levine
Paul Kelly
Camara Kambon
Richard Horowitz
Bill Brown
Swizz Beat

Director of Photography:
Salvatore Totino

Editor:
Stuart Waks
Keith Salmon
Thomas J. Nordberg
Stuart Levy

Costume Designer:
Mary Zophres

Production Designer:
Victor Kempster

Producer:
Clayton Townsend
Lauren Shuler Donner
Richard Rutowski
Jonathan Krauss
Eric Hamburg
Dan Halsted

Executive Producer:
Oliver Stone
Richard Donner

Distributor:
Warner Bros

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ChangesPosted by Chris Gould on 13-2-2001 23:09
9 / 10

The region 4 release of Any Given Sunday is almost identical to the UK region 2 package. The only differences are the inclusion of an Italian 5.1 audio track (I believe the R2 disc has a French track instead), and the fact that the disc is actually dual coded for regions 2 & 4 (like most R4 Warner discs). This makes it attractive to those people who still may have 'virgin' DVD players. It's also cheaper than the UK disc, you can expect to have it delivered from Australia in under a week for about £13. Oh, it doesn't come in one of those horrible snapper things either.

Full review of the film can be seen over on the R2 disc's page.

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