![]() ![]() Heath Ledger, in a brilliant, nuanced performance, and Abbie Cornish (also amazing) co-star as Dan and Candy. A first cinematic venture for Neil Armfield, a theater director, and based on the semi-autobiographical book by Luke Davies, the screenplay was co-written by the two men. “Candy” (audio: ****, video: ***, extras: ***) is a gem of a film about a young Australian couple’s descent into the hell of heroin addiction. (HD and enhanced widescreen, 2006, R, violence, language, drug use, brief nudity) (It includes the standard version, too, allowing for side-by-side comparison.) Also included is an extra not on the standard DVD: a pop-up video that lets you view documentaries, clips and the film’s full ads as the story unfolds. While the movie looks spectacular, the high-def disc immerses you in it. Other extras provide food for thought, especially one that recruits philosophers and historians to discuss the film’s broader implications. Cuarón says he chose those more difficult sequences to take advantage of the element of real time. ![]() One looks at the design another dissects a lengthy bombing sequence and a 12-minute shot inside a car that necessitated the creation of equipment that let the filmmakers shoot, by remote control, a full 360 degrees. Hope has given way to chaos, until a disillusioned government cog (Clive Owen) is recruited to escort a young pregnant woman out of the country.Įxtras give credit where it’s due. It is 2027 – 18 years since a baby has been born. “Children of Men” (audio: ***1/2, video: ****, extras: ***1/2) is the eye-popping realization of the director’s vision. The film is set in the future, but he didn’t want inventiveness, he wanted reference – “contemporary reference already engraved in human consciousness.” HD-DVD and DVD Combo Format jacket for “Children of Men” from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.ĪLFONSO CUARÓN had one rule for his design crew: recognizability. (HD widescreen, 2006, PG-13 for some language) - Bill Kelley III Muccino provides a passionate commentary where he praises his leading man for his willingness to be directed, allowing the director have his own vision and voice for the production. He hopes – and we do, too – that it will be the break he’s been looking for.Īdditional documentaries highlight Gardner’s influence on the script, Smith’s selection of Italian director Gabriele Muccino, and the endless process of trying to find the right kid to play Christopher.įilmed in San Francisco, where the story unfolds during the early 1980s, the HD picture is spectacular, much sharper than the DVD. But the Rubik’s Cube ace never gives up, especially after he gets an unpaid internship at a Dean Witter brokerage. We get a vivid picture of the struggle, which includes the father and his son sleeping in a men’s bathroom at a subway station. Thandie Newton plays Gardner’s wife, Linda. His emotional, Oscar nominated performance took its own personal turn when his son Jaden was offered the part of Gardner’s young son, Christopher. Smith was so moved, he decided to co-produce the rags-to-riches bio. “I wanted him to get a sense of how important it was for me to be with my son.” During one of the four high-def mini-documentaries featured on Blu-ray and standard-def DVD, Gardner said he tried to entice actor Will Smith to do the movie version by sending him a transcript of his personal story. “I want to break the cycle of men not being there for their children,” says the author of “The Pursuit of Happyness” (audio: ***1/2, video: ***1/2, extras: ***). The Blu-ray jacket for “The Pursuit of Happyness” from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.ĬHRIS GARDNER is on a mission. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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