Captain Jack

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost Director: Robert Young Original UK Premiere: 1998 Dvd Release: 11th February, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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DVD Extras: the only extra is a terribly British trailer, presented non-anamorphically. The main feature however is presented in an excellent 1.77:1 anamorphically enhanced widescreen transfer. The picture is crisp & detailed, with not a blemish anywhere. The stereo sound is everything this kind of film needs without being in anyway spectacular.

Based loosely on a true story, Captain Jack is an Ealing-style whimsical comedy-drama about the triumph of everyday eccentrics. Captain Jack is a Whitby boat captain sick of hearing how the he wants to celebrate his predecessors discovery of the Arctic by recreating his voyage on its 200th anniversary. Jack breaks harbour regulations & finds himself on the run from the Coastguard & Navy, accompanied by a crew of landlubbers including sisters played by Anna Massey & Gemma Jones. Sadie Frost is a passionate young stowaway who has her eye on Aussie Peter McDonald, while making up the party is David Troughton. Back on shore there are entertaining supporting roles for Patrick Malahide, Michelle Dotrice & Maureen Lipman, wife of writer Jack Rosenthal. Rosenthal screenplay isnt especially amusing, but he does manage to pack in all the expected feel-good developments, as well as including appropriate Dracula & Mutiny on the Bounty jokes. Theres a whale, a pair of polar bears, a storm, lots of bonding & a gruff but warm-hearted sensibility throughout. Another winning piece of entertainment from Yorkshire, the county that gave the world The Full Monty.

Robert William Bob Hoskins is a British actor who specialises in playing Cockney rough diamonds and/or gangsters & in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, Hoskins had a number of occupations before going into acting & made his stage debut in 1969. He hit the big time in 1978 when he starred in Dennis Potter s successful BBC drama serial, Pennies From Heaven. His performances in British films such as The Long Good Friday & Mona Lisa won him the approval of the critics and, in the case of the latter, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He has also appeared in Super Mario Bros., which was considered a flop. Hoskins is known for his cold bum test which he uses whenever he receives a new script. He takes it to the lavatory to read & if its an enthralling script, his buttocks will have gone cold due to the time elapsed. He made a cameo appearance as a rock bands manager in the Pink Floyd film The Wall, where his one-word expletive exclamation was the films only dialogue. He has also directed films. Posters Of Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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Sadie Frost, is a British actress, is probably best known for her marriage to British actor Jude Law which has made her a staple of the tabloids. She co-owns the fashion label FrostFrench. Along with Patsy Kensit she is a regular feature of tabloid & gossip magazine coverage but is better known for her series of high profile relationships than her own film & television work. She has been married twice. Her first husband was Spandau Ballet s Gary Kemp & her second husband, with whom she had three children, was Jude Law. She divorced Jude in 2003. Posters Of An Ideal Husband

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