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| Genre | Thriller |
| Format | AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Timothy Hutton, Columbia Pictures, Charles Dutton, Johnny Depp, Maria Bello, John Turturro, Gavin Polone, David Koepp See more |
| Language | English, French |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 36 minutes |
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Academy Award(r) nominee Johnny Depp (2003 Best Actor, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) gives his most riveting performance in this action/suspense thriller featuring a top-notchcast including John Turturro, Maria Bello, Academy Award(r) winner Timothy Hutton (1981 Best Supporting Actor, Ordinary People) and Charles S. Dutton. Following a bitter separation from his wife (Bello), famed mystery writer Mort Rainey (Depp) is unexpectedly confronted at his remote lake house by adangerous stranger named John Shooter (Turturro). Claiming Rainey has plagiarized his short story,the psychotic Shooter demands justice. When Shooter't trust anyone or anything. A shocking psychological thriller from the writer of Panic Room, David Koepp.
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Johnny Depp gets high off another acting challenge in this tricky adaptation of a Stephen King yarn. Although the mood is too sinister to allow for the mischief of his Pirates of the Caribbean turn, Depp still manages to embroider his role here with plenty of quirky business. He plays a writer, depressed and nearly divorced, who's stuck in an isolated cabin (shades of The Shining) when a stranger (John Turturro) arrives, accusing him of plagiarism. Writer-director David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) does his best to make the rickety material compelling--he gets the maximum out of the cabin set, for instance--but the problems inherent in the King story eventually win out. The climactic scenes are particularly unpleasant, especially in contrast to the cleverness of Depp's performance. A Philip Glass score adds class, but this one ultimately feels like a disappointment. --Robert Horton
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Be sure to watch Secret Window before you dive into the DVD's special features, most of which quickly reveal the film's secrets. Writer-director David Koepp's commentary track is full of inside jokes and technical details but a bit dry; he might have benefited from another voice as a counter. He's also the centerpiece of the three lengthy featurettes (over an hour total), although the major cast members pitch in as well. And if it's true that "the only thing that matters is the ending," you get an alternate ending here among the four deleted scenes (two with optional Koepp commentary). It's not that different, tacking on a few striking but ultimately unnecessary seconds, but the computer-animated storyboards show that it's what Koepp originally had in mind. --David Horiuchi
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 Ounces
- Item model number : 2225999
- Director : David Koepp
- Media Format : AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 36 minutes
- Release date : June 22, 2004
- Actors : Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles Dutton
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Producers : Gavin Polone
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B0002234LS
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #36,866 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,876 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
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Depp plays Mort Rainey, a writer who's not only suffering from a mild case of writers block (and usually a wicked case of the bed head), but is also knee deep in divorce proceedings with his estranged wife Amy (Bello). Seems Mort found Amy in the arms (and bed) of another man named Ted (Hutton), and this prompted their separation (apparently their marriage had been suffering for some time, and Amy's liaison was the point when they decided to call it quits)...but the divorce has yet to be finalized, due to Mort dragging his feet on signing the papers. In line with the saying that `when it rains, it pours', Mort also finds himself accused of plagiarism by a hillbilly sort named John Shooter (Turturro), who turns out to be more than just your garden variety nut job, as he begins stalking Mort, leaving ominous messages and threatening even worse if Mort doesn't `make things right' (Mort claims to have proof that he didn't steal the story, as it was published in a magazine some years before Shooter claims to have written his). So not only does Mort have his wife and her somewhat greasy boyfriend to deal with (they're pushing him to sign the papers), but Shooter keeps upping the stakes, presenting Mort with little mementos regarding the ever increasing serious nature of his intent.
Without actually giving away the nature of the story, specifically the characters, I will say I've seen similar aspects of this story before. It's not that I necessarily recognized the elements as they were presented, but about halfway through I sort of knew where we were headed. The interesting thing is how writer /director Koepp decided to `let the cat' out of the bag, in particular with the slow build up and relatively quiet realization (about three-quarters of the way in), rather than a more sensational revelation near the end (he describes his reasoning for this, and many other choices, in one of the featurettes). I thought it was a nice twist. While I did find some of the elements predictable, the film was still fun and entertaining to me based on the performances, scripting, and well thought out direction. I enjoyed Depp's character a lot, and I thought he did a good job bringing Mort to life, infusing him with all kinds of humanizing mannerisms and an overall realistic tone. I thought Turturro's character was a little off in the beginning (not the psychological make up of the character himself, but the performance) as his southern drawl distracted me a little bit, but I did get used to it, and given the true nature of the character, it worked (I still think the choice of a different actor for this part may have worked better, but that's neither here nor there). Maria Bello...I'm not especially particular to blondes (I like them brunettes), but I've always found her pleasing to watch, not only as an actress but also as a hot babe. I think she did relatively well, even if her role wasn't often as well defined as I thought it should have been, but perhaps this was the intent as we are supposed to focus our attention on Depp's character, and the fact that he was on the short end of the relationship stick. I thought the direction was very well done, as Koepp certainly knows how to relate a story and get a desired effect from the audience, that audience being myself. He used a lot of literal interpretations within the film (they not always obvious when first presented) and I was sort of on the fence about this aspect, but then I remembered one of Depp's previous films, The Ninth Gate (1999), by Roman Polanski, and how much trouble I had picking up on the subtle, sometimes completely obscure, concepts presented there, and found myself comfortable in the fact I didn't have to exert my brain as much here as I did there. I don't mind films with ambiguous stories, open to all kinds of interpretation, but some directors can take it too far, forgoing the audience's enjoyment for the sake of their own, bizarre conceptualizations (in terms of Polanski, I've found I either really like his films like Chinatown, or I'm completely annoyed by them as in The Ninth Gate.
The wide screen (2.40:1 aspect ratio) looks really good on this DVD, as the colors are rich and vibrant, along with clear definition between the light and the dark. The Dolby Digital 5.1 audio is also excellent, and comes through clear. There are a number of extras on this DVD including three featurettes (From Book to Film, A Look Through It, and Secrets Revealed), Animatics (animated storyboards), a director's commentary, four deleted scenes (two with directors commentary), and a number of previews for other Columbia/Tristar releases.
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The ending is a shocker and so worth watching. I’ve seen it many times and every time I am amazed.
Trying to suss out the mysterious Shooter's story, and whether Mort really did steal from him, either deliberately or maybe even supernaturally, is fun while it lasts. John Turturro sells the heck out of the Mississippi loony, and steals every scene he's in with his friendly molasses drawl and pure evil eyes. He's frankly too good for this movie. No matter whether Mort actually stole it, you believe Shooter believes that "Secret Wndow" is his.
"Because if things turn out that way...then I suppose I am crazy. And that kind of crazy man...has no reason or excuse to live."
Some will like the ending and how it changes everything that came before it. I do not. Without spoiling, it falls distinctly in the M Night Shyamalan category of twists. It's not out of nowhere, but it makes you feel silly for whatever theory you had before. Which is a shame, cause it was a good mystery.
(By the way, this is unambigiously a Stephen King movie. A writer with a crazy fan out in the woods, and being accused of a bad ending to an otherwise great story? Oh, Steve. I still like you)
I'd really love to find someone who has both seen this movie and read the book to see what they think.
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It is 5/5 without that rating being restricted to any specific genre, it is 5/5 as a movie, its simple yet twisted enough to keep one interested and excited.






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