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High Fidelity [Blu-ray]
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| Genre | Romantic Comedy |
| Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Iben Hjejle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Screenplay By D.V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John, Sara Gilbert, Lili Taylor, Todd Louiso, Tim Robbins, Lisa Bonet, Ben Carr, Bruce Springsteen, Joelle Carter, Joan Cusack, Chris Rehmann, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Stephen Frears, John Cusack, Jack Black, Based Upon The Book By Nick Hornby See more |
| Language | English, Spanish, French |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 54 minutes |
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Product Description
Join John Cusack and Jack Black in a comedy sure to make your all-time Top-Five List. Experience all the laughter and drama of HIGH FIDELITY on Blu-ray for the first time, complete with a new digital restoration. Rob Gordon's (Cusack) semi-failing record store isn't the only thing in his life that's floundering. When his longtime girlfriend walks out on him, Rob's needle skips the love groove, and he is forced to examine his past romantic failures in his own unique way. Give HIGH FIDELITY a spin -- it rocks on Blu-ray!
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 Ounces
- Item model number : 25350823
- Director : Stephen Frears
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 54 minutes
- Release date : August 7, 2012
- Actors : John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet
- Dubbed: : French, Spanish
- Subtitles: : French, Spanish, English
- Language : English (DTS-HD High Res Audio), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Studio : TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
- ASIN : B0080BFW9U
- Writers : Based Upon The Book By Nick Hornby, Screenplay By D.V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,279 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #82 in Romance (Movies & TV)
- #620 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
- #747 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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Most of the film is Rob talking directly into the camera about his relationships. When he gets to his third break up Charlie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) he tells the audience that some people never got over Vietnam, he never got over Charlie. He starts organizing his records based upon his life like putting a Fleetwood Mac album in his fall of 1983 pile when he bought it for someone but didn’t give it to them. Things get even worse when he finds out Laura moved in with a man who used to live upstairs from them in an apartment building. That drives Rob into a fit of rage, especially when he thinks about them having sex. That scene will make you chuckle showing that just because it’s about Rob’s downward spiral it could still make fun of his situation.
Music is another prominent theme of the film. Rob and his two employees Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black) are total record snobs. All day they argue about what record is best, which rare album they just found, and make top five lists. They can also be extremely rude to customers who they look down upon based upon their musical choices. When a dad comes in looking for a song for his daughter Barry insults him and tells him he won’t sell it to him. He goes on to say that there was no way the father knew his daughter unless he wanted to play the song while she was in a coma. Another time Barry corrects Dick over whether a song has a “The” at the start of it or not. Their problem is that they have fallen so in love with music they think that they are better than everyone else.
There is also plenty of actual music throughout the film for a great soundtrack. The songs were expertly picked to go along with the scene or Rob’s feelings. After he found out that Laura had not slept with another man since their break up for example, Queen’s We Are The Champions comes on. At the end Barry joins a band and does his first performance, which is mind blowing.
Overall, this is a really great, heartfelt movie. It delves into Rob’s psyche as he goes through a rough spot in his life. You can both empathize with Rob’s situation, while also laugh at him at the same time.
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High Fidelity is more a clever comedy-drama for dramaphobics than a simple comedy. Although many scenes are funny and some are side-splitting, the story runs deeper than that. I've heard complaints about Cusack's monologues to the camera throughout the film, yet I think they're indispensible. His monologues are key to the story--because it's all about his perspective and how it matures--and they add humorous touches that otherwise couldn't be drawn out without straining the dialogue.
What's great about High Fidelity is that its characters are real people. They think in real ways, react to things like people we know would react. They deliver witty lines only if it suits their character, not if the screenwriter wishes to inject a cheap laugh. The obnoxious characters have their quiet moments; the beautiful people show ugly rough patches; some shoplifting nobodies turn out to be talented guys with a future. At every turn the movie encourages viewers to look beneath the surface of every character. The entire cast gives a solid, believable performance.
The down side: It's a tad long, and it doesn't really "click" until the first twenty or thirty minutes are past. At that point it's revealed as something more involved than a simple comedy, though none the worse for it. But these are minor flaws and will probably do the film no harm over time. I believe this movie to be one of the new classics, or at least one of the films that will inspire the next generation of revolutionary filmmakers to do something different and truly unique. High Fidelity doesn't try to fit the mold of a comedy or a drama, but sets its own pace and its own rules.
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I really enjoyed John Cusack’s lead and narration – he was very believable and a nice character to buy into. I’m not a lover of Jack Black but his character worked well enough here. The film was a huge financial success, costing some 20 million $ to make but grossing a whooping 156 million. It unsurprisingly scored well on IMDb & RT’s.
Whilst this film wouldn’t get into my top five, I still found it a first class watch and really enjoyed it.
This was the Jack Black's breakthrough performance in terms of being really known in the comedy world, and he fully took that opportunity, as sarcastic but likeable Barry. Cusack's one-on-one conversations with the audience, breaking the '4th Wall' element of film, gave the film a chance to stay close to the ideas and details within the book. Superb ending with Barry singing Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On' was just one of the great musical moments you'd expect from the soundtrack of a film involving three men working in a music store discussing music all day. 5 out of 5, and in my opinion the sort of film you can watch time and time again but never tire of.

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