Bounce

Starring: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow Director: Don Roos Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 5th November, 2001 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: English

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DVD Extras: as with most two-disc sets the additional material is contained on the second disc & offers the usual assortment of outtakes, Making of documentaries & deleted scenes. The highlight is the outtake reel but the Behind the Scenes featurette with Paltrow & Affleck also has its moments with the pair interviewing crew. The 45 minutes of deleted scenes contain two alternative endings. The commentary with director Don Roos & producer Cohen is informative with discussions on narrative structure, context & shooting techniques. All in all this is a packed second disc with enough to keep Affleck or Paltrow fans happy for at least the night. The visual quality of this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen DVD is crisp & clean throughout. Because the film is heavy on dialogue, the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack doesn't really get an opportunity to show off, but the more emotional scenes are all perfectly audible & easy to understand.

Bounce has all the deft charm & breezy good looks youd expect from a romance starring Ben Affleck & Gwyneth Paltrow, but under the surface beats the poisoned heart of an independent film just going through the motions. Affleck plays Buddy Amaral, a successful ad exec with an empty life. In a Chicago airport, he meets Greg Janello , a failed playwright going home to his family & a corrupt job as a TV writer. Buddy, angling for a one-night stand with a fellow passenger, gives Greg his ticket, but feels bad when he discovers the plane crashed & the guy died. He feels so bad, in fact, that when he gets out of rehab a year or so later, he decides to give the guys widow, real estate agent Abby , commission on the sale of a building for his business, a sale shes not qualified to make. They start dating. She quickly forgets her initial impression of him as a creepy stalker. Affleck is good at playing privileged & shallow; Paltrow does what she can with the prepackaged grief of a widow; Joe Morton has very little to do as Buddys business partner ; & Johnny Galecki shines in a very small part as Buddys assistant. These are good performances in a rather creepy film by the guy who made The Opposite of Sex.

Benjamin Geza Affleck, is an American actor. Born in Berkeley, California, he grew up in the Boston, Massachusetts area. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California. He was a child actor, having roles on television series & made-for-television movies when young. He came to national attention when he & good friend Matt Damon wrote the screenplay for Good Will Hunting, for which they won an Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. He is also known for his roles in many of Kevin Smith s films - all of them, in fact, except for Clerks. Along with Matt Damon & producer Chris Moore, Affleck founded the production company LivePlanet, through which the three friends created the documentary series Project Greenlight. Afflecks most recent films, including Gigli, Paycheck, Jersey Girl & Surviving Christmas have been box office bombs. In 2002 it was announced that he was engaged to actress/singer Jennifer Lopez & the relationship between the two received an extremely ham-handed treatment by the entertainment media. Posters Of Ben Affleck

Editors Choice: Gigli, Paycheck, Daredevil, Pearl Harbor, The Third Wheel, Changing Lanes, The Sum Of All Fears, Bounce, View DVDology

Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress. Although several of her most acclaimed performances were roles as English women & she has a WASPy appearance, Paltrow is actually Scottish-Irish on her mothers side & Russian Jewish on her fathers side. She is the daughter of the late television producer & director Bruce Paltrow & the actress Blythe Danner. She studied Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara before committing herself to acting. Paltrow has a younger brother named Jake & is a cousin of actress Katherine Moennig. Born in Los Angeles, her debut film was Shout & she played in Steven Spielberg s Hook before starring in Se7en & dating her co-star Brad Pitt. Their relationship was much publicized, just like their break-up two years later. Her performance in Emma received its share of praise. She was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress two years later for her performance in Shakespeare in Love. Much attention was drawn to her at this event as a consequence of her bursting into tears during her acceptance speech. Posters Of Gwyneth Paltrow

Editors Choice: Proof, Shakespeare In Love, Sylvia, Possession, Shallow Hal, The Royal Tenenbaums, View From The Top, Bounce, View DVDology

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