Any Given Sunday – Special Edition Director's Cut

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	Al Pacino	Tony D'Amato
	Cameron Diaz	Christina Pagniacci
	Dennis Quaid	Jack 'Cap' Rooney
	James Woods	Dr. Harvey Mandrake
	Jamie Foxx	Willie Beamen
	LL Cool J	Julian Washington
	Matthew Modine	Dr. Ollie Powers
	Jim Brown	Montezuma Monroe
	Lawrence Taylor	Luther 'Shark' Lavay
	Bill Bellamy	Jimmy Sanderson
	Andrew Bryniarski	Patrick 'Madman' Kelly
	Lela Rochon	Vanessa Struthers
	Lauren Holly	Cindy Rooney
	Ann-Margret	Margaret Pagniacci
	Aaron Eckhart	Nick Crozier
	Elizabeth Berkley	Mandy Murphy
	Charlton Heston	AFFA Football Commissioner
	John C. McGinley	Jack Rose
	James Karen	Christina's Advisor
	Gianni Russo	Christina's Advisor
	Duane Martin	Willie's Agent
	Clifton Davis	Mayor Tyrone Smalls
	John Daniel	Suitor in Christina's Box
	Terrell Owens	Terrell Owens
	Irving Fryar	Irving Fryar

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Director	Oliver Stone
Writer	Daniel Pyne, John Logan, Oliver Stone
Producer	Richard Donner, Dan Halsted, Eric Hamburg, Jonathan Krauss, Richard Rutowski, Lauren Shuler Donner, Oliver Stone, Clayton Townsend
Musician	Richard Horowitz, Paul Kelly
Photography	Salvatore Totino

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WSR Narrative Review

Story Synopsis:
With the best real on-field football action since Varsity Blues, Any Given Sunday stars Al Pacino as Tony D’Amato, long-time coach for the Miami Sharks facing personal problems, recent losing seasons, injuries, primadonna athletes, a team doctor (Woods) with questionable ethics and a profit-minded owner (Diaz) who inherited the team from her daddy. You know, typical professional sports team troubles. Note to filmmakers: real sports writers do not look or dress like the ones you all insist on casting in your movies. Please work on this. The disc is listed as a ”Special Edition Director’s Cut” and interestingly, runs three- to five-minutes (depending on the source) shorter than the theatrical release. The Warner press release for the DVD states the disc is six minutes longer than the theatrical version. (Laurie Sevano)

DVD Picture:
The most impressive aspect of this anamorphically enhanced 2.40:1 DVD is the incredible clarity displayed throughout the picture. Somewhat distracting is the exaggeration of hues, but balance throughout the color scheme reflects the stylized vision of director Oliver Stone and DP Salvatore Totino. Fleshtones can appear quite orange at times. The locker room scenes seem plugged-up and pasty under initial evaluation, but the soft, warm lighting during the filming of these scenes lends to the intended, heavy ambience. Other times, chromatic realism is absolutely stunning. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely rendered. Taking the color stylization into consideration, the picture exhibits beautiful quality with no major distractions of any kind.

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack is an absolute sonic standout in terms of its sound design and spatial attributes. Fidelity is truly remarkable and the audio is characterized by impeccable clarity. This is one of the few film soundtracks that offer a completely satisfying experience with a downright engrossing sonic image across the screen, and prominent split surround engagement to pull you right into the intensity and momentum of the football games. The dialogue is an exemplary production, with natural-sounding voices and spatial integration that is noteworthy and downright convincing. The sound effects for the hits and tackles are rendered with effective visceral effect, often accompanied by pulses of deep bass. The crowd ambience is the production of creative multichannel recordings of live football games. The very well recorded music impressively energizes the listening space, with an involving, aggressive presence and expansive imaging. The low end is impressively deep, with honest-to-goodness, solid bass that is clean and occasionally powerful with extension to below 25Hz in all channels, along with punctuated .1 LFE engagement. "Any Given Sunday" doesn’t deliver any given soundtrack-this is excellent film sound that is creatively produced and delivers a wholly exciting and energetic presentation!

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality
Superb Color Fidelity
Superb Cinematography
Superb Music Score Recording Quality

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