American Psycho [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Bret Easton Ellis's dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s is brought to the screen in this unsettling drama with blackly comic overtones. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy Wall Street financier, is pursuing his own lucrative career with his father's firm. Bateman is the prototypical yuppie, obsessed with success, fashion, and style. He is also a serial killer who murders, rapes, and mutilates both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or reason. Donald Kimble (Willem Dafoe), a police detective, questions Bateman about the disappearance of Paul Allen (Jared Leto), whom Patrick murdered several days earlier. As Kimble stays on Bateman's trail, Bateman's mask of studied, distant cool begins to fall apart. American Psycho also features Reese Witherspoon as Bateman's girlfriend, as well as Samantha Mathis, Chloe Sevigny, and Guinevere Turner; the latter also co-authored the screenplay. Controversy followed the production from the start, when speculation that Leonardo Di Caprio would play Bateman sparked concerns that he would lure preteens to an R-rated movie. Di Caprio soon bowed out of the project, and original leading man Bale was reinstated. Later, a group of Toronto residents attempted to block filming in that city after Canadian serial killer Paul Bernardo claimed that Ellis's novel inspired his murder spree. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Surround EX
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • 1080p high definition
  • 16x9 widescreen version
  • DTS HD audio
  • 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX audio
  • English and Spanish subtitles
  • Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
  • Audio commentary with Mary Harmon
  • Audio commentary with writer Guinevere Turner
  • The '80s: Downtown

AWARDS

• National Board of Review

•     Won Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking - 2000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman
       Willem Dafoe - Donald Kimball
       Jared Leto - Paul Allen
       Reese Witherspoon - Evelyn Williams
       Samantha Mathis - Courtney Rawlinson
       Chloe Sevigny - Jean
       Justin Theroux - Timothy Bryce
       Josh Lucas - Craig McDermott
       Guinevere Turner - Elizabeth
       Matt Ross - Luis Carruthers
       Bill Sage - David Van Patten
       Cara Seymour - Christie

• Director:

  Mary Harron

• Producer:

  Edward R. Pressman, Christian Halsey Solomon, Chris Hanley

• Screenwriter:

  Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner

• Book Author:

  Bret Easton Ellis

• Cinematographer:

  Andrzej Sekula

• Composer (Music Score):

  John Cale, Danny Elfman

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Randall Poster, Barry Cole

• Editor:

  Andrew Marcus

• Production Designer:

  Gideon Ponte

• Art Director:

  Andrew M. Stearn

• Co-producer:

  Clifford Streit, Joe Drake, Ernie Barbaresh

• Executive Producer:

  Michael Paseornek, Jeff Sackman, Joe Drake

• Costume Designer:

  Isis Mussenden

• Casting:

  Kerry Barden, Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith

• Sound Effects Editor:

  David McCallum