| | Big Chill DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Friends Movies, Self-Discovery Videos, Character Study, Psychodrama, AFI Top 100 Movie Songs, All-Star | | Starring | Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, JoBeth Williams, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly | | Director | Lawrence Kasdan | | Composer | John Williams | | Director of Photography | John Bailey | | Editor | Carol Littleton | | Producer | Michael Shamberg | | Screenwriter | Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek |
DVD. Feature film. Rated R. Widescreen. 161 min. Seven members of a close-knit college group of friends are reunited fifteen years later after the eighth commits suicide. The funeral and reception lead to an extended weekend for all as they decide to spend time together pondering the recent events. Amidst a barrage of Motown classics, the members each offer little tidbits about their current lives while reminiscing about the past. In college, the absent and recently deceased Alex was the biggest and brightest star of the bunch but never seemed to get anywhere after being set loose in the real world. The slow acknowledgement that their champion never materialized leads the group in ever widening circles of thought. Discussions of their past lives and current bring about the realization that each has changed so much while remaining remarkably similar. Despite the tragic circumstances, the group disperses with renewed friendships and a newfound appreciation for life. Kevin Costner played Alex, the dead friend, but alas, all of his scenes were cut from the film. He can still be seen briefly in the opening titles.
Vincent Canby, the New York Times film critic, named "The Big Chill" one of the ten-best films of 1983.
Filmed on location in Beaufort, South Carolina. Shot in Metrocolor.
Screened at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, where it was the opening film. Big Chill Reviews: "...[A] sweet, sharp, melancholy new comedy....The performances represent ensemble playing of an order Hollywood films seldom have time for..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1983"
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times "...All of [the actors] are given opportunities to shine, and all rise to the occasion with seeming effortlessness..."
-- Cart., Variety "...It's an anthropological soap opera that casts a hushed, elegant spell..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...The then fresh-faced Kevin Kline, William Hurt and Glenn Close excel as erstwhile '60s radicals, reunited in the '80s..."
-- Daniel Webb, Total Film Big Chill | List Price | $14.94 (You save $4.59) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1983 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1955  | | CD Universe Part number | 1180605 | | Catalog number | 2632 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 26, 1999 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Running Time | 170 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Anniversary Edition | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Digitally Re-Mastered; Surround Sound; Digital Sound; Stereo Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; Anniversary Edition; 15th Anniversary Edition - Widescreen |
Big Chill DVD Region 1
Letterbox -
1.85
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: 56 Minute "Making Of" Featurette Directed by Laurent Bouzereau
9 Minutes of Deleted Scenes
Trailers: SILVERADO
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