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    Unique ID Code: 0000004477
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 25/4/2000 12:15
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    Run Lola Run (UK)

    8 / 10
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    "This... gem is truly original" - Heat
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 77 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
    Release Date:

    Synopsis:
    Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time couier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100,000 marks to his unforgiving boss.

    Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Frank Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death.

    As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life altering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur.

    One story told from three different perspectives, Run Lola Run is a veritable maze of intriguing plot twists and heart-stopping suspense in a high-octane thrill ride about one woman`s desperate attempt to save her lover.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Commentary from director Tom Twyker and star Frankie Potente
    Filmographies
    Music Video - Frankie Potente `Believe`
    Trailer

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English
    Dolby Digital 5.1 German

    Subtitle Tracks:
    English

    Directed By:
    Tom Tykwer

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Ludger Pistor
    Joachim Król
    Armin Rohde
    Nina Petri
    Herbert Knaup
    Moritz Bleibtreu
    Franka Potente

    Casting By:
    Barbara Schernthaner

    Soundtrack By:
    Tom Tykwer
    Franka Potente
    Johnny Klimek
    Reinhold Heil

    Director of Photography:
    Frank Griebe

    Editor:
    Mathilde Bonnefoy

    Costume Designer:
    Monika Jacobs

    Production Designer:
    Alexander Manasse

    Producer:
    Maria Köpf
    Stefan Arndt

    Distributor:
    Sony Pictures

    Your Opinions and Comments

    8 / 10
    It`s not very often that the Germans make good music, write good books or make good films. Run Lola Run is different. A somewhat thin storyline based upon a clumsy small time mob courier, the movie itself is simple but yet incredibly effective.

    Picture is excellent, and audio is as good as it really needs to be - there are no explosions, or other sounds of epic proportion.

    The disc and extras themselves aren`t groundbreaking, but still offer a little more than tremendously disappointing DVDs such as Pulp Fiction. There is just enough within the special features to avoid the film itself being let down, but then again it would be hard to see what additional extras could be added for this title.

    Overall a worthy title, especially for those learning German (like myself).
    posted by Dan Rees on 21/12/2000 09:29