Family Comedies: 4 Film Favorites [2 Discs]

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 2
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Color
• Subtitle: Spanish, French, English
• Features:
  • Space Jam: Commentary by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and director Joe Pyka
  • Music videos
  • Music-only audio track
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Looney Tunes Back In Action: Full-screen version
  • Looney Tunes OUt of Action: Best scenes you've never seen
  • Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote in The Whizzard of Ow
  • Behind the Tunes: Tour the film set with Bugs and Daffy
  • Bang Crash Boom: Rabbit and Duck perspectives on special effects DVD-ROM enhanced features: Link to additional scenes
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Funky Monkey: Full-screen version
  • Osmosis Jones: Full-screen version
  • Deleted spleens
  • Filmmakers commentary
  • Interactive adventure
  • Featurettes
  • DVD-ROM enhanced features
  • Theatrical trailer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Brendan Fraser - D.J. Drake
       Michael Jordan - Himself
       Bill Murray - Frank
       Charles Barkley - Himself
       Jenna Elfman - Kate Houghton
       Wayne Knight - Stan Podolak
       Molly Shannon - Mrs. Boyd
       Patrick Ewing - Himself
       Steve Martin - Mr. Chairman
       Theresa Randle - Juanita
       Muggsy Bogues
       Timothy Dalton - Damien Drake
       Billy West - Bugs Bunny
       D. Bradley Baker - Bull Dee
       D. Bradley Baker - Tazmanian Devil
       D. Bradley Baker - Daffy Duck
       Heather Locklear - Dusty Tails
       Bill Murray
       Chris Rock - Osmosis Jones
       Joan Cusack - Mother
       Laurence Fishburne - Thrax
       David Hyde Pierce - Drix
       Seth Adkins - Michael Dean
       Roma Downey - Megan Dean
       Matthew Modine - Alec McCall

• Director:

  Joe Dante, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Joe Pytka, Gene Quintano

• Producer:

  Allison Abbate, Christopher de Faria, Dennis Edwards, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Daniel Goldberg, Bernie Goldmann, Joe Medjuck, Zak Penn, Jerry Rees, Ivan Reitman, Joel Simon, Bradley Thomas, Paula Weinstein

• Dialogue Writer:

  Mary Andrews

• Screenwriter:

  Leo Benvenuti, Larry Doyle, Timothy Harris, Marc Hyman, Gene Quintano, Steve Rudnick, Herschel Weingrod

• Cinematographer:

  Michael Chapman, Dean Cudney, Dean Cundey, Mark Irwin, Patrick Loungway, Mark Vargo

• Composer (Music Score):

  John Debney, Randy Edelman, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard

• Musical Arrangement:

  Brad Dechter

• Editor:

  David L. Bertman, Rick W. Finney, Marshall Harvey, Sheldon Kahn, Jason Tucker

• Production Designer:

  Sidney Bartholomew Jr., Bill Brzeski, Geoffrey Kirkland, Steve Pilcher

• Art Director:

  David F. Klassen, John Kleber, Paul Sonski, Stella Vaccaro, Michael T. Verano

• Supervising Art Director:

  Stella Vaccaro

• Co-producer:

  Sheldon Kahn, Curtis Polk, Gordon A. Webb

• Associate Producer:

  Steven Wilzbach

REVIEWS:

• More than a decade after the seamlessly eye-popping blend of live action and animation that was Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), this box-office turkey putters along unimaginatively, cutting back and forth between the two. Long before its conclusion, this gross-out comedy has already run out of gas, both literally and figuratively. It's to be expected that the barons of bodily function humor known as the Farrelly brothers would be responsible for a film filled to the brim with jokes inspired by puke, acne, mucous, flatulence, digestive juices, and more. The difference between this film and some of the merry pranksters' other work is that here, it's just not funny -- it is truly, horribly disgusting. Bill Murray, as a hygienically challenged zookeeper, tries to muster the energy to mug briefly in his truncated scenes, but it seems the veteran comic pro knows how lame the end result will be and sagely sleepwalks through the proceedings. Although he manages to demonstrate he's got a pulse, vocal co-star Chris Rock becomes as annoying as nails on a chalkboard, his screeching, babbling patter eventually merging into a deafening sonic whine. Nobody emerges unscathed from this brain-dead pile of guano, one of the year's top must-miss titles and a picture that will be hard-pressed to entertain even pre-pubescent boys. To see Osmosis Jones is finally to understand why they called such lowbrow shtick "gags." ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
• Many lesser basketball stars have graced the big screen, so it was almost a surprise that it took Michael Jordan this long. But it should be no surprise that Space Jam isn't half the fun of simply watching one of Jordan's highlight reels. For all his choreographed jams in dunk contests, Michael Jordan found his greatest glory during moments of in-game improvisation, when his stunning talent manifested itself as pure instinct. In a semi-animated movie, the necessarily careful staging removes the wonder from Jordan's repertoire, leaving only generic feats of above-average athleticism that have no real-world reference point. Of course, Space Jam is not meant as a highlight reel, rather, an opportunity to promote the persona of Michael Jordan and revive a cast of beloved Warner Brothers cartoons that haven't been dusted off in years. On these scores it's also weak, even with R. Kelly singing "I Believe I Can Fly" as urgently as anyone could want. Trying to insinuate themselves into a sophisticated world of animation that has passed them by, the characters seem like relics, their old-fashioned quips as tired as the hand joints of the animators who draw them. Where Space Jam does find a few laughs is in the cameos of other NBA players, notably Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing, who struggle humorously with methods to recoup their stolen basketball skills. It's while spoofing himself that Jordan is also most effective, including some good-sport jabs at his brief and comical foray into professional baseball. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

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