Changing Lanes

Starring: Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Sydney Pollack, Toni Collette Director: Roger Michell Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 2nd June, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Turkish Dubbed In: Czech, German

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Changing Lanes is a drama / thriller film, directed by Roger Michell. A successful New York attorney, Gavin Banek, is in a rush to file a Power of Appointment, which will sign the company of a dying old man over to his. He has a collision with another car, belonging to an insurance salesman, Doyle Gipson. He is also in a rush to a hearing to try & gain custody of his children & prevent his estranged wife from taking them to Oregon. After trying to brush him off with a cheque, the attorney esapes the scene, stranding Gipson. After arriving to the court late, he learns that it proceeded without him & that it didnt go in his favour. Unfortunately for Banek, he dropped an important file at the scene of the accident & the judge gives him until the end of the day to reobtain the papers & present them. Gipson has no intention of returning the papers & in desperation, Banek goes to someone skilled with computers & gets him to switch off Gipsons credit. Posters Of Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes finds director Roger Michell going American but not Hollywood, working from a script written by Michael Tolkin & newcomer Chip Taylor. The result is something like Falling Down squared.

It all starts with a car collision in New York. An alcoholic insurance salesman Doyle Gipson , hurrying for a vital hearing at which he might lose access to his kids, is entangled with yuppie lawyer Gavin Banek , himself speeding to a court hearing at which he must present an important document to secure his firms custodianship of a 100 million dollar foundation. Doyle wants to handle things by the book & spurns Gavins offer of a blank cheque, which prompts the lawyer to drive off, leaving Doyle in the rain & doomed not to make the court in time, though he leaves behind the crucial document.

Over the course of the day, things escalate as Gavin tries to get the file back & an embittered Doyle refuses. In a game of deadly tit-for-tat, Gavin hires a hacker to wipe out Doyles financial records, while Doyle resorts to sabotaging Gavins car.

The script is carefully balanced: assuming our natural sympathy for the put-upon Jackson as opposed to the smooth Affleck, we are carefully shown that the picture is not that simple, Jackson wouldnt be in a custody hearing if this was the first time his life ran out of control, while the whole crisis forces Affleck to reassess his fast-track life. Its fable-like rather than credible, but the suspense ratchets ever higher & there are some fine speeches well delivered by the stars.

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

Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor. He has starred in many Hollywood movies. His performance in Jungle Fever was so acclaimed, the 1991 Cannes Film Festival created a Supporting Actor award just for him. Along with that award, he has won many others including a Silver Berlin Bear, A BAFTA Film Award & two Independent Spirit Awards. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Spike Lee movies Do The Right Thing, Mo Better Blues & Jungle Fever, the Quentin Tarantino movies Pulp Fiction & Jackie Brown & as jedi Mace Windu in the prequel Star Wars Trilogy. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction. Star Wars Episode III. Revenge of the Sith. Star Wars Episode II. Attack of the Clones. Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. Posters Of Xxx

Editors Choice: Xxx, In My Country, The Man, Changing Lanes, No Good Deed, The Art Of Action, The 51st State, Rules Of Engagement, View DVDology

Antonia Toni Collette is an Australian actress. She has appeared in many Australian & American movies. She has been married to Dave Galafassi since January 11th, 2003. She has won three Australian Film Institute awards, including Best Actress in a Lead Role for Muriels Wedding, in 1994, a role for which she gained 40 lb in seven weeks. She is probably best known for her Academy Award nominated role as the mother of troubled boy Cole in the film The Sixth Sense. Collette, who shares her birthdate with Jenny McCarthy, married Dave Galafassi on January 11, 2003. Posters Of Dirty Deeds

Editors Choice: Japanese Story, Connie And Carla, Dirty Deeds, About A Boy, Changing Lanes, The Boys, View DVDology

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