28 Days

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

In this romantic comedy, a journalist who's become too much the life of the party finds a new lease on life in a drug and alcohol treatment center. New York newspaper columnist Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) has a fondness for liquor, a boyfriend (Dominic West) with a similar taste for the bottle, and a party girl image that camouflages plenty of emotional baggage. At the wedding of her sister (Elizabeth Perkins), Gwen's pursuit of a good time goes a bit too far when she topples the wedding cake and steals the bridal party's limousine. The result is a court-ordered, 28-day stay in a rehabilitation facility for drug and alcohol abusers. Gwen's failure to get with the program causes her to butt heads with the clinic's director (Steve Buscemi), but her attitude begins to change when she meets Eddie Boone (Viggo Mortensen), a baseball player trying to deal with his substance abuse problems. Diane Ladd, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Azura Skye play Gwen's fellow rehab inmates, and legendary roots rock band NRBQ performs at the wedding reception. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: English
• Features:
  • Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video
  • Widescreen presentation
  • Audio: English 5.1 [Dolby Digital] and 2-channel [Dolby Surround]
  • Subtitles: English
  • Director, editor, composer, and producer audio commentary
  • HBO making-of special
  • Character testimonials
  • "Santa Cruz" Soap Opera: The Lost Episodes
  • How to make a gun wrapper chain
  • Isolated music score
  • Theatrical trailers
  • Talent files
  • Interactive menus
  • Production notes
  • Scene selections
  • Guitar Guys lost songs

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Betty Thomas

• Producer:

  Jenno Topping

• Screenwriter:

  Susannah Grant

• Cinematographer:

  Declan Quinn

• Composer (Music Score):

  Richard Gibbs

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Randall Poster

• Editor:

  Peter Teschner

• Production Designer:

  Marcia Hinds-Johnson

• Art Director:

  Rick Butler, Robert Guerra, Bo Johnson

• Co-producer:

  Celia Costas

• Set Designer:

  Geoffrey S. Grimsman, C. Scott Baker, Bill King

• Costume Designer:

  Ellen Lutter

• Set Decorator:

  Debra Schutt

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Tod A. Maitland

• First Assistant Director:

  Richard Graves

• Casting:

  Francine Maisler

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Michael J. Benavente