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    Unique ID Code: 0000018489
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 23/5/2001 18:21
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    High Fidelity (UK)

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    A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 109 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    Based on the international best-selling novel comes the hilarious `High Fidelity`.
    John Cusack (Con Air, Being John Malkovich) stars as Rob Gordon, the owner of a semi-falling record store located on one of the back streets of Chicago. He sells music the old-fashioned way, with his two wacky clerks - the hysterically funny rock snob Barry (Jack Black) and the more quietly opinionated underachiever Dick (Todd Louiso). But Rob`s business isn`t the only thing in his life that`s floundering - his needle skips the love groove when his longtime girlfriend Laura (newcomer Iben Hjejle) walks out on him. And this forces him to examine his past failed attempts at romance the only way he knows how...

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Deleted Scenes
    Interview with Stephen Frears
    Interview with John Cusack
    Theatrical Trailer

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    Hebrew
    Icelandic
    Swedish
    Finnish
    English
    CC: English
    Greek
    Danish
    Norwegian

    Directed By:
    Stephen Frears

    Written By:





    Starring:
    Tim Robbins
    Joan Cusack
    Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Jack Black
    Todd Louiso
    Iben Hjejle
    John Cusack

    Casting By:
    Victoria Thomas

    Soundtrack By:
    Howard Shore
    Elton John
    Bob Dylan

    Director of Photography:
    Seamus McGarvey

    Editor:
    Mick Audsley

    Costume Designer:
    Laura Cunningham

    Production Designer:
    Thérèse DePrez
    David Chapman

    Producer:
    Rudd Simmons
    Steve Pink
    D.V. DeVincentis
    John Cusack
    Liza Chasin
    Tim Bevan

    Executive Producer:
    Mike Newell
    Alan Greenspan

    Distributor:
    Buena Vista

    Your Opinions and Comments

    9 / 10
    Being someone who loved Nick Hornby's book I had already prepared myself for a disappointment when watching this film for the first time. but there really was no need. This is a great romantic comedy about life and relationships, and a great adaptation of Hornby's hilarious novel. I thought all the performances were excellent especially the ever brilliant Cusack. Jack Black & Todd Louiso steal every scene they are in. Tim Robbins is brilliant (but brief) as Ian, and also I really enjoyed "newcomer" Iben Hjejle's performance as Cusack's girlfriend Laura.

    Visuals and audio are both good, as would be expected of a recent film. The extras are a little on the limited side of things. Having said that, what little we do get is very good. The deleted scenes are fully produced and add to the characters, especially Cusack's (it's a shame there wasn't an option to seamlessly branch them into the film, or even a play all function though). The deleted scenes will particularly appeal to fans of the book, as some of them are "classic" scenes from the book, that they obviously felt didn't work for one reason or another.

    The "conversations" with John Cusack and the director Stephen Frears are a cut above the average (i.e. they are actually quite interesting and informative). Cusack's interviews I particularly enjoyed as he was clearly involved with the film from an early stage as he starred, co-produced and co-wrote the film.

    We also get a trailer. The menus are unoriginal and static, but easy to navigate at least!

    Overall, a great adaptation with some nice extras - I just want more! I would have loved to have a commentary from either the director (who I thought came over very well in the interviews) or Cusack - both of them together would also have been acceptable.
    posted by Rich Davies on 19/10/2002 00:08