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Intolerable Cruelty [P&S]
Description by Perry Seibert

Joel and Ethan Coen's screwball comedy Intolerable Cruelty, the first film they have ever made that did not originate with them, comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the movie, but does a fabulous job of capturing the film's bright color scheme. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and a second English soundtrack is accessible in DTS 5.1. French and Spanish subtitles are accessible, and English captions are optional. Supplemental materials include a humorous blooper reel personally approved by Joel Coen, a ten minute making-of featurette containing interview clips with the brothers as well as stars George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and a featurette concerning the work that went into the film's excellent costume design. This is a fine release from Universal for what it is, but the same extra are available in a different edition that also contains a widescreen transfer of the film. That version is preferable to this one.

Features
  • cc "Hilarious outtakes and Hysterical Hijinks" featurette with Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney
  • "The Wardrobe" featurette on the fashions of "Intolerable Cruelty"
  • "A Look Inside Intolerable Cruelty" making-of featurette
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