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- Widescreen 1.85:1
- 16:9 Enhanced
- Dual Layer ( 53:47)
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- English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
- Commentary - English: Dolby Digital Stereo
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English, Swedish, Commentary - English |
Extras |
- Additional footage - 19 minutes
- Theatrical trailer - 2.35:1, 16:9
- Audio commentary - The Farrellys
- Featurette - Plenty
- Photo gallery - Worldwide Poster Art
- Music video - Dandy Warhols 'Everyday Should Be A Holiday'
- Behind the scenes footage
- TV spot - Plenty
- Karaoke - Build Me Up, Buttercup
- Interviews - Plenty
- Awards/Nominations - Best Fight Award
- Outtakes
- Short film - Original animated opening titles
- Bonus feature film - Original version
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There's Something About Mary: SE |
20th Century Fox/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment .
R4 . COLOR . 125 mins .
MA15+ . PAL |
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There’s something about that dog, man. Puffy pulls the sweetest chick in the whole film and makes out with her right there on the couch, forever breaking down the barriers of inter-species sexual relations. He’s a groundbreaker, man. And more power to him, too. It’s courage like that we should reward, not persecute. Anyway, dogs aside, this modern classic contains many such moments of groundbreakingnessness for alienated peoples everywhere. Stalkers, masturbators, shoe fetishists, serial killers, bad cops, good cops...
Footballers... the list goes on. For anyone who’s never heard of this film, this new cut contains over 19 minutes of extended scenes, making the whole thing run for around 125 minutes... which is 19 minutes longer than the previous 106 minutes. And, while these don’t truly bring anything newer or funnier to the film, they do give a novelty edge for anyone still oohing and ahhing about forking out for this film on DVD. In fact, if you’ve always wanted to buy it, this is now the best version to own as the whole thing is spread over two packed dual layer discs and contains both, yes both versions of the film. Plus a shitload of other stuff. Sorry... that last paragraph started out where I was going to say what the film was actually about but I got sidetracked, so I’ll try that again.
Ahem...
...Y’know, it’s funny. I never really clear my throat in real life before I say anything of import (and perhaps because I rarely say anything of import) yet here I felt the need to. Like making the whole thing more dramatic or something. That’s fairly pretentious, wouldn’t you say? Not to mention treating you, gentle reader, like you aren’t clever enough to figure out that this is an important moment or something. Man that’s rude. To be honest I’m surprised you’re even still reading this and haven’t skipped on to the audio or video bits by now. Or are you? It’s a clever misrepresentation that, isn’t it? See, for you to be reading it, you know I’m thanking you for doing so. I’m throwing a friendly arm around your shoulder and saying I admire your stick-to-it-iveness. You and me are pals, because the other guys, the ones who aren’t reading this, will never share that unique bond you and I now have because you stuck with me to the bitter end. But, if you don’t read it, I’m right and get away with it because you’ll never know how I was agreeing with you and thanking you, because you didn’t read it to know I was doing so.
Or something.
I kinda lost myself around halfway there. Anyway, just move along to the video bit. I feel drained now and my brain hurts a little bit. This movie funny. (If you really need to know the story, you can go here and read Steve's review of the first disc offering way back when).
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Well, as far as visual transfers go, this is a corker. A perfect transfer in nearly every regard. However, note I said; nearly. Picture quality, shadow detail, colours, blacks, flesh tones, contrast, limited film artefacts, everything fine. Except for the layer change. Occurring just prior to midway through the extended version of the film, this is as clunky and scene-returning-to as they come. What a shocker. That’s actually what I wrote on my notes: ‘Layer change 53:47 shocker’. Oh well. We can’t have everything and everything has to have a flaw right? And by the way: our picture is delivered here in 1.85:1 with 16:9 anamorphicnessness.
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Well, to be honest, I’m skimming through this stuff because the two-disc set here is so full of stuff I need to write about in the extras section that I’ll just say this; the sound is Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and is just awesome - and with no clunky layer change.
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Well, this film remains among the classic cinema comedy moments of the last decade without doubt. A glorious transfer here with two versions of the film included plus a generous swag of extras make this the best available There’s Something About Mary on the market. As a comedy I’ve seen this film appeal to all sorts of people from all walks of life and, in my opinion, this remains the funniest of all the Farrelly Brothers films. As far as value goes, this disc has it in bucket loads and I can sincerely recommend this for anyone wanting this film to swell out their comedy collection, as it remains funny upon repeated viewings. I still managed to pick up funny things I’d previously either missed or thought not so funny and no doubt will find even more next time I choose to watch this very funny, very likeable film.
LINK: http://www.dvd.net.au/review.cgi?review_id=3335
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"A modern classic of comedy transfers to DVD in the style it deserves, bringing with it a huge swag of bonuses for fans." - Jules Faber |
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Review Equipment |
- DVD Player:
Nintaus DVD-N9901
- TV:
Sony 51cm
- Receiver:
Diamond
- Speakers:
Diamond
- Surrounds:
No Name
- Audio Cables:
Standard Optical
- Video Cables:
Standard Component RCA
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