The Big Chill (15th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
by Lawrence Kasdan
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Actor: Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Kline, Tom Berenger, William HurtDirector: Lawrence Kasdan
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: John Bailey
Producer: Lawrence Kasdan
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan
Producer: Barrie M. Osborne
Producer: Marcia Nasatir
Producer: Michael Shamberg
Writer: Barbara Benedek
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Big Chill (15th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: A wonderfully effecting film about the true meaning of friendship...
Summary: 5 Stars
Friends; the real ones only come around once in a lifetime. Sure, the general embodiment of the term `friend' comes in and out of our lives with reckless abandonment and makes their little dents in who we are, but true friends never leave us and are irreplaceable. You'll know it when you meet that someone, or those someones. You'll know it immediately because there is a close comfort that comes very rarely; a feeling of overwhelming ease that allows you to be yourself, more yourself then maybe you've ever been and thus it is those real friends that help you realize who it is that you really are.
I'm lucky to have such a friend, and no doubt you have that person (or persons) as well.
`The Big Chill' is a story about that kind of friendship, a friendship that survives all and continues to shape and mold us. It's a story about realizing that we are nothing without that friendship, and that all that we have attempted to become becomes null and void without that friendship.
The film begins under very somber pretences, with the passing of a dear friend; Alex. Alex, who took his own life, left a tight-knit group of friends to ponder why it was that he left them. Over the weekend these eight people lock themselves away in a house and rediscover themselves. There is Sarah and Harold Cooper, the happily married couple (who own the house in which they are all staying); there is Sam Weber, the ashamed television actor; there is Michael Gold, the obnoxious journalist; there is Meg Jones, desperate for a child; there is Nick Carlton, out of touch with himself and those around him; there is Karen Bowens, the unhappily married mother and there is Chloe, Alex's girlfriend, stranger to the group.
They all fight, they all break down, they all overreact and possibly underreact and basically all deal with the sudden situation as humans do; naturally and passionately.
What makes `The Big Chill' so wonderful is that it feels so real, so raw and intelligent. Each character is wonderfully fleshed out to reveal their honest and true emotions and the metamorphosis they make over the short weekend seems legit and understandable. Sometimes being away from the ones who complete you for so long can make you become a variation of yourself that you are not comfortable with. When you are reunited with those persons it doesn't take long to realize what has been missing and what needs to change.
The script is magnificent, but it is the acting that elevates every scene. Standouts are definitely William Hurt, Glenn Close and Kevin Kline; all three of which turning in some of their finest work. This was a breakout film for a lot of these actors, proving to be a jump off point in their careers. Hurt went on to do `Kiss of the Spider Woman' shortly after (winning an Oscar); Kline went on to do `A Fish Called Wanda' (winning the Oscar). Close had a string of Oscar nominations in the late 80's (she was also nominated for this). Meg Tilly received an Oscar nomination for her work in 85's `Agnes of God'; Berenger went on to be nominated for his stunning work in `Platoon'. The entire cast used this as a solid foundation for their careers, and some of them (namely Close and Hurt) are still working solidly today.
Couple the acting and the script with the impressive musical accompaniments and you have a film that feels complete and warming and understanding and moving. It is a complete package, from start to finish, with never a dull moment and barely a thing to fault it over (I am not a Goldblum fan, and he annoyed me here, but there is always that one friend you can't stand so it fits well).
Summary of The Big Chill (15th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
A compassionate \comedy of values" probes the growing pains of seven college housemates from the 1960's who have drifted apart and have been reunited at the funeral of a friend.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 30-OCT-2001
Media Type: DVD"""
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