Product Details

• Actors: Ashton Kutcher, Martin Lawrence, Debra Messing, Gary Sinise, Billy Connolly
• Directors: Anthony Stacchi, Jill Culton, Roger Allers
• Writers: Anthony Stacchi, Jill Culton, Dan Wilson, David Gilbreth, John B. Carls
• Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (139 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000L22SG6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,469 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Open Season (Widescreen Special Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Features include:

•MPAA Rating: PG
•Format: DVD
•Runtime: 83 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well done comedy that has appeal to both children and adults, February 1, 2007

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R. Kyle (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Open Season (Widescreen Special Edition) (DVD)

"Open Season" is the coming-of-age story of a very unlikely friendship. Boog (Voice by Martin Lawrence), the Bear, has lived a very sheltered life in the garage of Beth, the game ranger who rescued him. Elliott (voice by Ashton Kutcher), the mule deer, has had a very bad day. He's just gotten expelled from his pack by the Alpha Buck, gotten hit by a truck, lost an antler and ended up strapped to the hood of an insane hunter's truck.

When Boog saves Elliott's life, Elliott comes to join him in his garage haven--and they end up on a night on the town that gets Boog sent to the wilderness earlier than his game-ranger Mom would have preferred--and sadly, at the beginning of "Open Season."

To stay safe, the two must band together--and along the way, they learn a lot about friendship and teamwork. This is a great lesson film for kids as well as having some wonderful moments for adults, too.

Plus, the making of videos are fascinating. Viewers have the chance to learn about how animation is drawn and how the directors help bring the voices to life.

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good, October 9, 2006

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Ron (Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This is a fairly safe film that the whole family can enjoy. A little bathroom humor, a beaver saying "dam", and a fairly intense hunter are the only questionable parts of the movie. The movie involves a bear named Boog who has been taken in by a park ranger and lives in her garage like a pet. Everything is fine until he rescues a deer named Elliot who becomes his friend whether he wants it or not. Elliot gets Boog kicked out into the wild, where the movie follows the familar fish out of water plot as Boog tries to find his way into the wild. It ends with Boog leading the animals of the forest against the hunters during open season to save all of his new friends. The animation is nice, and the voice work is pretty strong. This is not quite a Pixar quality film, but it is not a cheapo movie. I think this is a good one to see with the kids.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow it looks good, July 23, 2007

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Chad Biggerstaff (KANSAS CITY, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Open Season [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I've had my Xbox HD-DVD player for 6 months and love it - hooked on HD movies. I was frustrated at not being able to get all the High Def movies available so I broke down and got the 100 dollar discounted PS3 as soon as the price break hit. For my first Blu-ray movie I selected Open Season, hoping I had made a good choice and felt comforted by the quality reviews I read on here (Amazon).
Sure enough the reviews were true the picture is amazing in 1080P High Def. The movie was more entertaining than I expected. With the quality of the picture and the decent animation story you certainly won't regret your purchase. I wasn't blown away by the uncompressed audio, but it also didn't disappoint - just didn't really stand out where as the picture certainly did.
I dunno if it's because this is an animated movie, but I can say that this is the best quality High Def content I've seen to date, better picture than the HD-DVD movies I've seen.